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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:38 AM
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I am wondering why the Auto Gear Select indicator only displays D or DS while it will display M1 - M6 for manual mode.

Do you not think that it would be better if it also displayed the gear it was in when in D or DS, i.e display D1-D6 or DS1-DS6.

In practice it probably does not help much but it would be nice to see which gear you are in.
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Originally Posted by marty530d' date='Mar 22 2005, 05:38 PM
I am wondering why the Auto Gear Select indicator only displays D or DS while it will display M1 - M6 for manual mode.

Do you not think that it would be better if it also displayed the gear it was in when in D or DS, i.e display D1-D6 or DS1-DS6.

In practice it probably does not help much but it would be nice to see which gear you are in.
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I agree! My Touareg showed D1-D6. Not necessary, but fun.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by marty530d' date='Mar 22 2005, 05:38 PM
I am wondering why the Auto Gear Select indicator only displays D or DS while it will display M1 - M6 for manual mode.

Do you not think that it would be better if it also displayed the gear it was in when in D or DS, i.e display D1-D6 or DS1-DS6.

In practice it probably does not help much but it would be nice to see which gear you are in.
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I agree.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:04 AM
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Dam - I was kinda hoping for a response that informed that if I pressed the gearselector down, turned the iDrive 6 turns to the left and held my breath for 5 minutes then it would start working
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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And once they get it to display the current gear no matter what mode you are in, they need to....

DISPLAY IT IN THE HUD!

please....
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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Along with RPM's too.....
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by marty530d' date='Mar 22 2005, 12:04 PM
Dam - I was kinda hoping for a response that informed that if I pressed the gearselector down, turned the iDrive 6 turns to the left and held my breath for 5 minutes then it would start working?
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If you press the gearselector down, turn the iDrive 6 turns to the left and hold your breath for 5 minutes it would start working.

Also try balancing on the roof shark fin, wearing wellies and you will automatically upgrade the i - drive to windows 3.1.
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Old Mar 22, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Mar 22 2005, 08:14 PM
[quote name='marty530d' date='Mar 22 2005, 12:04 PM']Dam - I was kinda hoping for a response that informed that if I pressed the gearselector down, turned the iDrive 6 turns to the left and held my breath for 5 minutes then it would start working?
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Marty,

If you press the gearselector down, turn the iDrive 6 turns to the left and hold your breath for 5 minutes it would start working.

Also try balancing on the roof shark fin, wearing wellies and you will automatically upgrade the i - drive to windows 3.1.
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I knew it! I'll try that right away and report back!
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