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megan
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Car computers going badly wrong. Sat, 18 January 2003 12:58 Go to next message
Gents,

I came across this:

http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,833532, 00.asp

Basically BMW released a car and had not fully tested the code in the 70 odd micros that make it go..


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Conley says his second car works better than his first one. For example, when it creeps along the road, it does not automatically brake without using the brake lights, as the first one was prone to do.
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Cheers Megan
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biggav
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Re: Car computers going badly wrong. Sun, 19 January 2003 02:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
that's not even half the problems they are having, audi will kich their arse in sales when the new A8 is released...not that i'm biased or anything tho Wink

btw in march i'm in sydney training for the A8 - someone take me out for tea!!
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Ollygt
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Re: Car computers going badly wrong. Sun, 19 January 2003 11:25 Go to previous message
My dad used to work for BMW in Melbourne in the 60's to the 70's

You know what happened to the first 7 series they shipped hear for testing? During the heat test, basically leaving the car on an open skid pan in the baking summer sun with the engine running and sensors etc. Well the insulation around the exhaust melted and dripped onto the exhaust which caught fire and burned the car to the ground, so it was stuck back in its crate and shipped off to head office in Germany with a little note, "Needs some more work"

Other problems were tiny radiators which boiled pretty much straight away, and Euro spec becker and blaupunkt radios which were tuned to narrow bands but failed to hold stations as Australia having wider bands less radio stations and much bigger distances between transmisson towers. Those radios were the main cause for warranty replacements though.

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