08 Z4 decoded Vin, I have all these options?

2008si · 12-11-2019, 08:32 AM

New to me Z4. I decoded my vin and got the below list. Are all of those on the car or some options?
https://www.mdecoder.com/decode/lx85881
What is S224A Driving Dynamic Control and can I control it? Button?

Huz-Z · 12-11-2019, 01:23 PM

Sounds like the Sport button on the left side of the center console, just by the shifter.

Engaging the Sport Button makes the electric power steering stiffer, the throttle is more responsive, and for automatic transmission cars ( and I think your car is an auto), the transmission shifts up to the next gear at higher rpms. All in all, the character of the car is noticeably very different.

2008si · 12-11-2019, 03:17 PM

Oh yea pushing the sport button makes the car MUCH better. I thought the Dynamic control this was a diff thing.

Our03z4 · 12-11-2019, 04:14 PM

Its the sport button but on the Z4 it also means the DSC. Its the button above the ashtray and changes how much traction assistance you receive. Be careful when messing with that part, one click is usually okay but try not to turn it all the way off unless doing AutoCross.

2008si · 12-11-2019, 05:09 PM

DSC, one click? If you hit it more than one time it goes off more to all the way?

Huz-Z · 12-11-2019, 05:10 PM

Yup! For a while I used to call it the Jekyll and Hyde button!

Our03z4 · 12-11-2019, 06:26 PM

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Yup! For a while I used to call it the Jekyll and Hyde button!

Lol man that is a perfect description! Bout killed myself when I turned it all the way off when I 1st bought the car. My 2.5i wasn't an issue with it completely off but the 3.0si was different. That said it did have pretty bald tires when I bought it.

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Huz-Z Brigadier General 851 Rep 4,057 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si, 328 XDrive, X5 35i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Sounds like the Sport button on the left side of the center console, just by the shifter. Engaging the Sport Button makes the electric power steering stiffer, the throttle is more responsive, and for automatic transmission cars ( and I think your car is an auto), the transmission shifts up to the next gear at higher rpms. All in all, the character of the car is noticeably very different. __________________ Huz-Z BMW Z4 3.0si Roadster. Montego Blue Metallic. Premium and Sport Package.
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2008si Enlisted Member 5 Rep 34 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: SW OHIO iTrader: (0)	Oh yea pushing the sport button makes the car MUCH better. I thought the Dynamic control this was a diff thing.
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Our03z4 Captain 1691 Rep 685 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW Z4 3.0si Coupe, Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Its the sport button but on the Z4 it also means the DSC. Its the button above the ashtray and changes how much traction assistance you receive. Be careful when messing with that part, one click is usually okay but try not to turn it all the way off unless doing AutoCross.
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2008si Enlisted Member 5 Rep 34 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: SW OHIO iTrader: (0)	DSC, one click? If you hit it more than one time it goes off more to all the way?
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Huz-Z Brigadier General 851 Rep 4,057 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si, 328 XDrive, X5 35i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Yup! For a while I used to call it the Jekyll and Hyde button!
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