I assume that you have switched on the headlights.
The headlights were automatically on, or maybe it was just daytime running lights and I thought they were on….? I’ll double check! Thanks!
The headlights are controlled by the left stalk - it's a turn/twist knob.
Here you go.
We don't have that little fog lamp button here in the states.
The fog lamp is of no interest in this case. As @Krabby writes "The headlights are controlled by the left stalk - it's a turn/twist knob. "We don't have that little fog lamp button here in the states.
Thanks, super helpful. You know what else would be super helpful, if the instrument illumination gauge didn’t say 50% when it was completely off. I’ll just go ahead and ask here.
another one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
. Is that the German engineering everyone is talking about? Sometimes it’s just easier to ask rather than look up confusing directions that don’t make any rational sense. In fact it’s pretty much the entire point of this forum.
That got me at first, not having driven BMWs. It took me weeks of use before it became intuitive, I still have to stop and think sometimes if manoeuvring in a tight space with a traileranother one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
I thought you had that one in your definitive listHad to Google for it
Bet you have now 
Blame ZF, they designed the shifter specifically for their transmission... BMW just uses itanother one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
This was my license plate a few years back. PLZ = Please.
Hi Stryder, I remember when LandRover decided to change how their shifter worked from one Range Rover year to another one year. Everything was just the opposite. Took me a couple month to get used to the reversal.another one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
It makes perfect rational sense, if you think momentum. It's the same reason you downshift on manual by pushing the selector away from you and downshift by pulling towards you. With the BMW shifter, you can actually balance the car out of a mudhole, and it works almost 100% as efficient as a manual transmission in this regard. Which is almost impossible in a Land Cruiser 300 or Prado, you lose all momentum.another one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
It's the same on the new Defender. You'd think that in order to drive in reverse you would pull the lever back, but you push it forwards.another one I love is that in order to go into reverse, you have to move the BMW gear selector forward
