So last night as i got out of the car I re-paired my phone to the car.

This morning, whilst driving to work. A miracle happened.

My full telephone list was available on the car – for the first time since I switched to the iPhone.

The car was at the garage because when the key was inserted, the car intermittently locked everything down. I was presented with an orange steering wheel with a padlock on it. Taking the key in and out a few times eventually allowed me to start the car.

So – The garage “reset” the car.

I do not know what specifically this entails, but the radio did loose all its pairings.

So, 2005 330d M Sport with Bus Prof Radio is working, i do have the 2000 dummy entries as suggested by scoopz. Further reading http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/11/fix-for-iphone-and-bmw-idrive-address-book-not-synchronising

Fingers crossed it will stay this way. I’ll let you know how it goes after the weekend.