stupid PDC
06-19-2008, 12:27 PM
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As with every technology, if you are too lazy to press a button, then the problem is not with that technology.
PDC has saved other pedestrians from being run over by me, so that's a good thing.
PDC has saved other pedestrians from being run over by me, so that's a good thing.
06-19-2008, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TMQ' post='605996' date='Jun 19 2008, 04:27 PM
As with every technology, if you are too lazy to press a button, then the problem is not with that technology.
Just saying that.. as with every technology, there's always room for improvements and adjustments.
Why press a button when you really don't have to?
.. PDC would be a more convenient and smart technology if it turned off automatically when I have finished parking i.e. put my gear to P.
06-19-2008, 08:00 PM
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I agree that in the world of software, etc., it doesn't make too much sense to keep the PDC on after shifting into park. It's not about being lazy, it's about the software being more refined and elegant.
Also, I've never experienced PDC turning itself off after a set period of time -- if it does, I've never waited long enough before pushing the button myself!
Also, I've never experienced PDC turning itself off after a set period of time -- if it does, I've never waited long enough before pushing the button myself!
06-19-2008, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sixcard' post='605446' date='Jun 18 2008, 07:52 PM
That's true. I don't understand your point???
06-20-2008, 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by coolhand' post='606300' date='Jun 19 2008, 11:24 PM
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Why press a button when you really don't have to? ...
Why press a button when you really don't have to? ...
06-20-2008, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='606345' date='Jun 20 2008, 12:00 AM
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Also, I've never experienced PDC turning itself off after a set period of time -- ...
Also, I've never experienced PDC turning itself off after a set period of time -- ...
06-20-2008, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='606358' date='Jun 20 2008, 12:14 AM
No point, just a fact I discovered about PDC. It was never design to for curb rash prevention.
06-20-2008, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by GT Premi' post='606543' date='Jun 20 2008, 07:43 AM
It doesn't. If you just sit there with it on, it's gonna stay on. It goes off automatically after you've exceeded 15MPH or so in a forward gear.
06-20-2008, 06:37 AM
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And I might be wrong, but I think it will also automatically come on if you creep forward slowly enough. It has happened with me a couple times. And I'm pretty sure that the system is actually always active. It actually alarmed one time on the freeway when somebody came flying up behind me too fast and started tailgating me. It beeped a couple times then went back off. Might've been a glitch, though. 
06-20-2008, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by GT Premi' post='606636' date='Jun 20 2008, 07:37 AM
And I might be wrong, but I think it will also automatically come on if you creep forward slowly enough. It has happened with me a couple times. And I'm pretty sure that the system is actually always active. It actually alarmed one time on the freeway when somebody came flying up behind me too fast and started tailgating me. It beeped a couple times then went back off. Might've been a glitch, though.
OK I agree turning it off after you press P makes sense if you have STEP, but what about the folks with manual transmission? BMW probably doesn't want to put extra work into electronics that will work differently on different transmissions; STEP owners won't want to pay extra for "Steptronic PDC".