How I know BMW Engineers are not rednecks
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I live in the country and in the South. We drive through our yards here. My neighbor drives through my yard to get to our other neighbor's house. I drive through my yard to get to the storage building. My dad drives through my yard when coming to my house from his because it's a more direct line than using my driveway. It's just what we do out here in the country. This evening I discovered that grass sets off the park distance control alert. This is how I know that BMW engineers are not rednecks. Clearly they did not drive around in the grass while testing the system. How remiss of them!
I mean what if I was driving through my yard and came upon a monster truck tire lying in my grass? The PDC wouldn't even pick it up since the grass would already be setting it off. This is a real risk, people! Be warned to use extreme caution when driving through your yard in your E60!
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='684342' date='Oct 3 2008, 09:45 AM
Maybe the grass needs to be cut!
I've got grass here (nope, not the other kind) and it doesn't set it off.
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I've got grass here (nope, not the other kind) and it doesn't set it off.
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Originally Posted by narvselius' post='684373' date='Oct 3 2008, 05:37 AM
The PDC only reacts on certain predefined types of grass, derived using a very complicated German equation, so I believe BigMike should send in a sample to Munich to get the grass in the next upgrade. ![Tongue](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/tongue.gif)
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That's funny. When I had my ML sport ute, I'd drive through my brother's yard to get home. Our yards connected near the back, only difference is this is in a subdivision. Both of our yards are decent sized for being in a subdivision and to go home I'd have to go around the long way to get to my house which is at the end of a cul-de-sac. Through our yards it was 15 seconds. The others neighbors hated it though, I think it looked a little "country" to them. So I only did it once in a while.
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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='684319' date='Oct 3 2008, 02:16 AM
...How remiss of them!
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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='684319' date='Oct 3 2008, 03:16 AM
... This evening I discovered that grass sets off the park distance control alert. ...
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='684342' date='Oct 3 2008, 03:45 AM
Maybe the grass needs to be cut!
I've got grass here (nope, not the other kind) and it doesn't set it off.
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Originally Posted by Allen' post='684402' date='Oct 3 2008, 07:34 AM
Something is very strange here...very out of whack...something just ain't right. I think "bimmerlust" is an imposter...SAYS he is from the south...I'm not so sure...
You see, I also live in the south...and i can tell you for sure, that nobody in the south uses the the term "remiss"... we would just they "fu&#ed up"...
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_NJ' post='684410' date='Oct 3 2008, 08:51 AM
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