Build Your Own MY2010

[XXX555]

Originally Posted by FunfDreisig

Glad to hear BMW made some very MINOR improvements in 2010. But that still doesn't address the issue of the PDC overreacting to normal conditions when it is not in park. For example, the proximity of garage walls, garage door jams, etc. I getting tired of the BMW nannys nagging all the time. The PDC nanny was one thing I could simply refuse to buy.

IMO the ONLY real solution to the PDC is to allow each driver the option to set whether they want the PDC to be normally ON with the PDC button temporarily turning it off. Or have the PDC normally OFF with the PDC button allowing them to turn it on when they decide they need it. This should be a trivial problem to solve via a software update: one option setting in the driver profile via the idrive. BMW simply doesn't want to do it.

Funf Dreisig

No doubt it is a legal/liability issue for BMW.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by BGM

What did people do 10 years ago when buying a car when there was no Build Your Own ? I guess old school through a paper brochure. I know BMW had BYO when I bought my e53 in Feb '01 but I don't think there were too many BYOs in the late 90's. Life was rough back then .

We went to the dealer and got "the book", took it home, and ticked each of the options that we wanted, returned to the dealer where they seemingly fudged the $'s for each option and then gave you a price for the car.

[BGM]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

We went to the dealer and got "the book", took it home, and ticked each of the options that we wanted, returned to the dealer where they seemingly fudged the $'s for each option and then gave you a price for the car.

I grew up in Chicago I remember they always tried to add on the Rusty Jones rust protectant(and threw in pinstripes ha). Do they still have that up north ?

[XXX555]

Originally Posted by BGM

I grew up in Chicago I remember they alwyas tried to add on the Rusty Jones rust protectant(and threw in pinstripes ha). Do they still have that up north ?

Yea, and ScotchGuard, PermaShine, UBA Sucker, etc....

Duey, Cheatem & Howe, LLC

[SandmanTR]

Originally Posted by BGM

I grew up in Chicago I remember they alwyas tried to add on the Rusty Jones rust protectant(and threw in pinstripes ha). Do they still have that up north ?

WOW. Rusty Jones. Now that's a name I haven't heard since my days back in Pennsylvania.

[tim-atl]

Polyglycote!!

[alewifebp]

Originally Posted by Kodok

Coming from MB, I still prefer how MB implements the PDC.

My $0.02.

I had Parktronic on the two MB's I had, and it is superior to the BMW PDC. First, it is always on, but since it is a seprate display, you don't notice it unless you want to notice it. It also comes on immediately, no delay waiting for the iDrive to boot up. And not nearly as hyper sensitive.

[FunfDreisig]

Originally Posted by alewifebp

....First, it is always on, but since it is a seprate display, you don't notice it unless you want to notice it. ...

FWIW I have no issue with the PDC display being always on; its the loud gong that drove me crazy during our extended test drive. But then ALL of the E70 gong sounds are both too loud and too persistent for my taste. For example, the seat belt gong that persists even when the X5 is in park, with the parking brake set - DUH.

Funf Dreisig

[apw2607]

Originally Posted by SandmanTR

This has been updated/changed. If the vehicle is in park, the PDC gong will not go off like it did in earlier versions and in your description above. It was one of the first things I noticed with my MY2010.

It's also way more accurate and does not beep and or register something that's a mile away like the old version did.

The problem is when you use the rear hitch to put on a bike carrier for example. The moment you put the gear in reverse you get the warning tone. Now you can rig up a special resistance circuit to put on the hitch electrical outlet (which I did), and it will switch the rear PDC off completely.

It would have being far easier however, for all concerned, if there was a setting in idrive (old or new), to simply switch off the rear PDC.

Whats frustrating is that BMW are aware of the problem and promised to release a software fix to remedy this issue ... but judging that the new idrive still doesn't have it, I'm not holding my breath for the older idrive to be fixed.

So I will have to continue using my radio shack resistance circuit I built.

[FunfDreisig]

Originally Posted by apw2607

The problem is when you use the rear hitch to put on a bike carrier for example. The moment you put the gear in reverse you get the warning tone. Now you can rig up a special resistance circuit to put on the hitch electrical outlet (which I did), and it will switch the rear PDC off completely.....

Hmmm... I wonder if the BMW bike accessory comes with a fake trailer light adapter to turn off the rear PDC?

Funf Driesig

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