Used BMW Cigarette Lighters
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About Cigarette Lighters
The BMW cigarette lighter has many uses in a vehicle. It’s primary use when created was to light cigarettes, and looks like a cylindrical plastic cover with a wire element in it. When placed in it cigarette lighter receptacle it can be heated by pressing a button on the top of the BMW cigarette lighter. When this is pushed, an electric current is passed through the lighter making it hot enough to burn. As the current is passed through the lighter, it’s held in place by a spring clip when the button is pressed. When the lighter is ready, it pops up and is able to be removed from the holder.
With smoking becoming less popular, the receptacle that held the cigarette lighter has been utilised for many other uses and is now used predominately as a 12 volt powered DC connector. This connector can be used to power a variety of devices from smart phones to sat nav systems, as well as being used as a means to operate handheld vacuum cleaners and tyre pumps.
In most cars there is a cigarette lighter receptacle in the front and rear of the vehicle for driver and passenger use.
BMW trivia
- The famous German pilot, the Red Baron, called BMW engines the 'greatest in the world' and ‘the best engine in the war’.
- One of the reasons older BMWs keep their value is because it's easy to get spare parts for even the oldest models. That's because BMW has carried on making car parts, even for cars that were built in WWII.
- The BMW M1 has a classic look, so it's no surprise that its designer also came up with some other amazing car designs. Giorgetto Giugiaro is also responsible for the DeLorean, the Beretta U22 Neos handgun, and the Nikon D4 camera! Although, he also designed the Yugo, commonly called the worst car that's ever been made.
- That distinctive BMW car engine sound that new owners fall in love with might not be real. The BMW M5 has such a quiet engine that they had to install fake engine noises to keep drivers happy!
- Did you know that BMW built a Lamborghini? The two popular companies decided to make a race car together, but Lamborghini pulled out during the manufacturing process. BMW carried on, and the final result was the original BMW M1 supercar.