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      10-23-2019, 12:45 PM   #1
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Gran Coupe window shades?

Help. Does anyone know if the Gran Coupe optioned side window shades are power or manual? My 650 GC are powered, but configurator says manual.
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Help. Does anyone know if the Gran Coupe optioned side window shades are power or manual? My 650 GC are powered, but configurator says manual.
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Weird that the online configurator shows

"Power rear sunshade & rear side window shades
Shield the rear seating area from the sun’s heat and glare with a power rear-window sunshade and manually operated rear side-window sunshades."

I wonder if different markets get different side shades or if the website is wrong.
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Power
Weird that the online configurator shows

"Power rear sunshade & rear side window shades
Shield the rear seating area from the sun’s heat and glare with a power rear-window sunshade and manually operated rear side-window sunshades."

I wonder if different markets get different side shades or if the website is wrong.
Can confirm that the shades are power.
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Weird that the online configurator shows

"Power rear sunshade & rear side window shades
Shield the rear seating area from the sun’s heat and glare with a power rear-window sunshade and manually operated rear side-window sunshades."

I wonder if different markets get different side shades or if the website is wrong.
The last thing I would trust is the BMW USA website's configurator after the Driving Assistance Package vs Package 2 debacle of last year. In fact after reporting the issue last August it took them 5 months to fix that as the Driving Assistance Package is now live and they removed the Package 2 (which I never understood why it existed in the first place as whom is going to choose it to save $600 and forgo 3D Camera View, Parking Assistant Plus and Drive Recorder on a $120K+ car).

Best thing to do is to check local inventory of GC's with the option and go see one to ensure manual vs power. Unless BMW FUBAR'd the design I would expect power rear side shades on the 8 series.
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Is there any way to control the rear side window power shades from the drivers seat? Not seeing a button for that. Can only control the rear window shade with the one button on the driver door handle.
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Help. Does anyone know if the Gran Coupe optioned side window shades are power or manual? My 650 GC are powered, but configurator says manual.
All 3 are powered—that's true of both my US M8s (2020/2022).
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Is there any way to control the rear side window power shades from the drivers seat? Not seeing a button for that. Can only control the rear window shade with the one button on the driver door handle.
Hold it down.
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Hold it down.
I had JUST logged on here to mention the same thing

Thanks for the response...I just figured it out a few days ago and had been meaning to update this thread.

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