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Old 12-04-2009, 12:58 PM
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Map/Reading Lights

I was listening to bimmerfile podcast #10 and there was some brief mention of plastic lenses being removed for cost savings but no details of exactly what they were referring to. I always thought the lack of lenses on my 2010 E70 was odd but confirmed the E71 is exactly the same. Does anyone with an older E70 have any kind of plastic lens over the map/reading lights?

Here's a picture of the rear lights, front upper center console are the same.

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Old 12-04-2009, 01:19 PM
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July 2007 build. No cover over lights - same as my two front reading lights.
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Case closed, thanks.

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Tim, but you are right, it does look really odd. That was one of the things I noticed when I picked up my '10, and even wrote a post on that.
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Is there something wrong with my build ? I dont even seem to have a switch to turn on the back lights.....They only come on when I turn the front dome lights on.
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Is there something wrong with my build ? I dont even seem to have a switch to turn on the back lights.....They only come on when I turn the front dome lights on.
Pic please. That seems odd.
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Yeah, it does seem a bit strange.
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Yeah, it does seem a bit strange.

Yet another cost reduction no doubt...
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Absolutely. How do I go about just turning the back light on for the kids ? Ahh makes no sense at all.
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Absolutely. How do I go about just turning the back light on for the kids ? Ahh makes no sense at all.

Considering what the X5 is suppose to be, a luxury SAV, it's mildly irritating that one must go to some trouble and cost to put things back in that they have cost reduced after purchasing it. Do I really need a gas cylinder to keep the rear floor lid raised? No, but on a $60,000 vehicle it is not an unreasonable expectation.

Do I really need the emergency roof closing tool/handle? Probably not, but for $9 I'm going to order one just to have handy if the roof won't close and it starts to rain.

Again, minor points, but I'm not sure the little bit of money BMW is saving is worth it, considering the irritation it causes some small portion of their customers. I'm pretty sure that the emergency roof crank, gas cylinder, and read switchable reading lights can't amount to more than $75 or so of extra cost to BMW NA. I don't think an extra $75 would have made a difference in my purchase decision, but these minor irritations might dampen my enthusiasm a little bit when talking to other people about how much I like my new BMW.

Again, minor items, but is it really worth the few bucks of cost savings?

P.S. Yes, I've been in some of those cost reduction meetings many years ago when I worked for a auto company for five years out of college. I remember discussions about taking a small plastic chrome emblem off the inside door trim to save 50 cents per vehicle, taking one screw out of the windshield chrome trim, so that it was held in place with 7 screws instead of 8, etc. But I'd like to think BMW is a bit different when it comes to those decisions.
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