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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
JCL.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say,
"the best thing to do is to get it set right"! 
On the E-53 theres that dreaded wheel on the dashboard
with those red and blue dots that you can adjust.
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I mean get it set right for the driver and passenger, with their preferred temperature, airflow intensity, temperature offset for the dash vents, top/bottom balance, etc. Then leave it. I haven't played with my AC controls on my E60 since the week I purchased the vehicle in 2007. Works great. I did push the defrost button once, as it was wet inside the vehicle, but once the windshield cleared I pushed it again to return it to full automatic mode. Sit it and forget it.
I don't dread the thumbwheel, I welcome it. It works great IMO but it seems that many owners don't understand what it does, they think it is an absolute temperature control. It isn't, it is an offset control from whatever temperature you have set on the electronic controls (always on one blue dot, or -1C, in my case). It should be explained by BMW as being like an equalizer for your stereo, it simply boosts or reduces the output from one channel, in this case the dash vents.
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