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Parking car today I was reversing up to 4 course std brick wall and watching the display screen. The PDC didn't pick it up at all only realised I was close when car hit it. Fortunately only the tail pipes touched so no damage at all. I always thought PDC picked up everything but obviously not! :angry: I don't know what you guys do but I tend to rely on the system without looking - not any more!
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Sorry to hear.
Could have been worse I guess. When you say 4 course, I assume you mean the wall was 4 bricks high? I would expect PDC to pick it up from about a metre away, but as you get closer the angle may be too wide & hence no red markers on idrive screen. Did you hear some initial beeping & then silence before impact? |
Thanks MtD. I tend to look, but still your info is good to have. I am glad your car wasn't damaged beyond the tail pipes.
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Originally Posted by BMW#5' date='Oct 17 2005, 04:05 PM
Sorry to hear.
Could have been worse I guess. When you say 4 course, I assume you mean the wall was 4 bricks high? I would expect PDC to pick it up from about a metre away, but as you get closer the angle may be too wide & hence no red markers on idrive screen. Did you hear some initial beeping & then silence before impact? [snapback]185347[/snapback] |
That's strange, my PDC seems to detect kerbs most of the time
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It would also be nice if the system would be automatically on when approaching something in front of the car. I have had a couple of times when parking and approaching those concrete or asphalt barriers, that the bottom of the front bumper scraped the barrier before I was aware of it.
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Sorry to hear about your muffler tips. I always wondered how high the PDC is able to sense. I've heard they are unable to detect curbs. I guess I can test it sometime.
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I damaged my bumper when backing up in a garage towards a rectangular concrete support. I was at an oblique angle and the beams missed the closeness of the triangular edge. It did a nasty gouge vertically across the bumper. I eventually had that damage fixed on a dealer visit. Dent-Pro charged $450 but it looks as good as new. How do they do that?
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Yes i had the same problem.I was backing up and there was a like a curb behind me and that was like 2 brick tall at the most. PDC diddnt notice it at all. I realise when the curb hit my rear tires :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Oct 17 2005, 09:06 PM
Parking car today I was reversing up to 4 course std brick wall and watching the display screen. The PDC didn't pick it up at all only realised I was close when car hit it. Fortunately only the tail pipes touched so no damage at all. I always thought PDC picked up everything but obviously not! :angry: I don't know what you guys do but I tend to rely on the system without looking - not any more!
Beware all :thumbsup: [snapback]185333[/snapback] |
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