Notes -> About this Owner's Manual for your BMW 3 Series 1997-2006

4 Notes  
About this Owner's Manual  
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Your individual vehicle  
We have made every effort to ensure  
that you are able to find what you need  
in this Owner's Manual as quickly as  
possible. The fastest way to find certain and serious damage to the vehicle.  
topics is by using the detailed index at  
Indicates precautions that must  
be followed precisely in order to  
avoid the possibility of personal injury  
On purchasing your BMW, you have  
decided in favor of a model with individ-  
ualized equipment and features. This  
Owner's Manual will describe all of the  
equipment that the BMW M3 convert-  
ible has to offer you.  
Contains information that will  
the end. If you wish to gain an initial  
assist you in gaining the optimum  
overview of your vehicle, you will find  
this in the first chapter.  
benefit from your vehicle and enable  
you to care more effectively for your  
vehicle.  
Refers to measures that can be  
taken to help protect the environ-  
ment.  
We hope you will understand that  
equipment and features are included  
that you might not have chosen for your  
vehicle. You can easily identify any dif-  
ferences with the aid of the asterisk  
used to identify all optional equipment  
and accessories.  
Should you wish to sell your BMW at  
some time in the future, please remem-  
ber to hand over this Owner's Manual  
to the new owner; it is an important part  
of the vehicle.  
Marks the end of a specific item of  
information.  
Should you have any further questions,  
your BMW center will be glad to assist  
at any time.  
If your BMW features equipment that is  
not described in this Owner's Manual,  
such as a car radio or telephone, we  
have enclosed Supplementary Owner's  
Manuals. We ask you to read these  
manuals as well.  
Indicates special equipment, coun-  
try-specific equipment and optional  
extras.  
Identifies systems or components  
which can be activated or adapted  
to suit an individual driver's require-  
ments – Vehicle Memory, Key Memory.  
Refer to page 65. Activation and adjust-  
ments on some of these systems can  
be performed at your BMW center.<  
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Munich, Germany  
Reprinting, including excerpts, only with the  
written consent of BMW M GmbH, Munich.  
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US English VIII/02  
Printed in Germany  
Printed on environmentally friendly paper –  
bleached without chlorine, suitable for recycling.