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    Default Question - Phone in E34s?

    I was curious if any E34s came with cellular telephones like the E32 did.

    I did a search and it came up with nothing...
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    Hi,

    My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

    http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8...0001101kt6.jpg

    Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.
    Last edited by Traian; 02-21-2007 at 01:05 AM.

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    i have seen a few here in OZ. as for the analog phone where on earth do they still use those things?

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    My '95 is factory wired for one but not so equipped. They are a dime a dozen now if you want one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Traian
    Hi,

    My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

    http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8...0001101kt6.jpg

    Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.
    for about maybe a year more, nextel supports it. people doing local boat tours, short range boat trips (<10 miles) from shore use bagphones and old analogue phones because they have much higher power amplifiers in them--1 watt for handhelds, up to 5 watts for bag phones. i would guess that one could get nextel service for their bmw phone, but the service is expensive, in the range of at least $.30 per minute.
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    It looks like your center console section is raised and maybe widened to conform to the size of the phone... Is there a special console partition required if you purchase a phone?


    Quote Originally Posted by Traian
    Hi,

    My car came with one, I thought it was really cool when I bought it. The writing on it says BMW, and I saw a few a while ago on sale on ebay.de (for like 10 euros), they're actually made by Siemens. anyway, here is a crappy photo of mine, sorry I don't know how to use a camera properly:

    http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8...0001101kt6.jpg

    Edit: speakin of which, anyone actually has a working phone analog car phone? I've been all around and spoke with lots of phone company reps and all the answers came back negative.
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    There is a filler that covers the rear compartment of the console, the phone is attatched to it.
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    The truely only cool thing is the OBC display and radio mute... Now
    if only some computer loving Bimmer lover would figure out a way to make a bluetooth unit that would trick the car into thinking the phone was connected so those two features would work with a bluetooth phone... I know I'd pay $150+ to get one.
    Last edited by attack eagle; 02-21-2007 at 02:48 PM.

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    i have one, and the guy i bought the car from used it, so they still work up here in Canada.

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    Has anyone ever seen one mounted like this before?


    It's from an E34 on german eBay.de
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