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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
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written consent of BMW M GmbH, Munich.
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