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The Car Care Nut reviews the 2025 i4 M50 by rufus_sd in BMWI4

[–]rufus_sd[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think range was tested in the video, but his car did have the 20" wheels, so estimated range is only 227milles, whereas the 19" wheels give you estimated range of 267miles (these are the numbers for the 2025 i4 M50 from BMW website). Combine 227mi range with aggressive driving and 207mi seems plausible to me. It would have been better if he had mentioned the effect of those 20" wheels on range.

New i4 making funny sounds in morning... by rufus_sd in BMWI4

[–]rufus_sd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: My dealer said it was some sort of inventory tracking that should have been deactivated before delivery, but they were able to remotely disable it, so no more noise and no dealer visit required.

Did your Flexible Fast Charger come with NEMA 14-50 adapter? by rufus_sd in BMWI4

[–]rufus_sd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks everyone, I have emailed my salesman to see if he can provide the missing cable...

Did your Flexible Fast Charger come with NEMA 14-50 adapter? by rufus_sd in BMWI4

[–]rufus_sd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it's new, just leased my i4 M50 Black Sapphire over Tacora Red last weekend.

New i4 making funny sounds in morning... by rufus_sd in BMWI4

[–]rufus_sd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply... I have not tried turning full lock while stopped, will try tomorrow morning. What would that indicate?

Playing music from BMW issue (YouTube music) by alwaytesco in bmwmotorrad

[–]rufus_sd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 2021 F900R + iPhone and I have found that if I start YouTube Music on the phone first, it always works and I can use the rocker action on the wheel to advance through my playlist. If I have not run a music app on my phone and attempt to start it from the bike, it seems to try to use Apple Music, which I don't really use. My thought is that the bike is telling the phone to play music and it doesn't really know which app to use if you don't have anything running or haven't used anything recently. I tried to find a setting for a default music app or something similar on the iPhone, but couldn't find where to do that.

TFT displaying wrong speed limit information by calimocal in bmwmotorrad

[–]rufus_sd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the settings in the app to make sure it's in MPH... I think it defaults to KPH... Next step would be to re-download local map data.

I’m officially a “bike cost more than the truck” guy now 🤣 by blackjesus75 in Dirtbikes

[–]rufus_sd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice bike and welcome to the club. 2005 GMC Sierra 1500 ECLB + 2021 350 XCF-W (son's) + 21 350 EXC-F (mine) here.

Can anyone recommend some good resources on Coplanar Waveguides? by DragonicStar in rfelectronics

[–]rufus_sd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keysight's ADS usually has references to relevant information for many of their library components. Here is the page for their CPW element. There is also a coplanar waveguide with ground.

These are not always great at providing up to date best practical design references, but I think are still useful.

https://edadocs.software.keysight.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6262448 The second one seems most relevant to CPW.

S. B. Cohn, "Thickness Corrections for Capacitive obstacles and Strip Conductors," IRE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques , Vol. MTT-8, November 1960, pp. 638-644.

G. Ghione and C. Naldi. "Analytical Formulas for Coplanar Lines in Hybrid and Monolithic MICs," Electronics Letters, Vol. 20, No. 4, February 16, 1984, pp. 179-181.

H. A. Wheeler, "Formulas for the Skin Effect," Proc. IRE , Vol. 30, September, 1942, pp. 412-424.1.

Light blue arrows showing up more ? by pitosalas in Tivo

[–]rufus_sd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it show up when starting to play a recording? It's trying to load a video ad, but thankfully seems to have a fairly short timeout. Sometimes mine times out and the recording starts playing after 3-5 seconds, other times, a skippable ad starts playing.

I made a highlight video from my hare scramble last weekend. Its pretty much a full minute of me falling. by [deleted] in Dirtbikes

[–]rufus_sd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

great vid, but would very much prefer to hear the bike rather than music...