Puzzling Design Flaw
08-05-2010, 06:47 PM
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Hi guys,
I've been driving a 545i I inherited for about a month now and love it. Great car that makes driving a lot of fun.
I thought I'd post something I observed that's strange. My car has the HUD option which I really like. Unfortunately when I wear polarized sunglasses, it's invisible!
The real head scratcher though is I also own an 08 Corvette with a HUD and the same pair of sunglasses has no effect on its HUD at all!
Seems to me to be a pretty big design blunder to specify the wrong polarization for the HUD for use with polarized sunglasses. BTW, I had noticed a similar flaw with the radio display for non i-Drive 3 series I test drove a couple years ago...
I've been driving a 545i I inherited for about a month now and love it. Great car that makes driving a lot of fun.
I thought I'd post something I observed that's strange. My car has the HUD option which I really like. Unfortunately when I wear polarized sunglasses, it's invisible!
The real head scratcher though is I also own an 08 Corvette with a HUD and the same pair of sunglasses has no effect on its HUD at all!
Seems to me to be a pretty big design blunder to specify the wrong polarization for the HUD for use with polarized sunglasses. BTW, I had noticed a similar flaw with the radio display for non i-Drive 3 series I test drove a couple years ago...
08-05-2010, 09:21 PM
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Hi guys,
I've been driving a 545i I inherited for about a month now and love it. Great car that makes driving a lot of fun.
I thought I'd post something I observed that's strange. My car has the HUD option which I really like. Unfortunately when I wear polarized sunglasses, it's invisible!
The real head scratcher though is I also own an 08 Corvette with a HUD and the same pair of sunglasses has no effect on its HUD at all!
Seems to me to be a pretty big design blunder to specify the wrong polarization for the HUD for use with polarized sunglasses. BTW, I had noticed a similar flaw with the radio display for non i-Drive 3 series I test drove a couple years ago...
I've been driving a 545i I inherited for about a month now and love it. Great car that makes driving a lot of fun.
I thought I'd post something I observed that's strange. My car has the HUD option which I really like. Unfortunately when I wear polarized sunglasses, it's invisible!
The real head scratcher though is I also own an 08 Corvette with a HUD and the same pair of sunglasses has no effect on its HUD at all!
Seems to me to be a pretty big design blunder to specify the wrong polarization for the HUD for use with polarized sunglasses. BTW, I had noticed a similar flaw with the radio display for non i-Drive 3 series I test drove a couple years ago...
I noticed it a few months ago and I've had my car 2 years. Def a flaw!
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