N54 engine - interesting SIB

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by JCL

Then people complain because BMW can't find a way to keep updating their 15 year old navigation system.

You're kidding me!

[Quicksilver]

You mean those electronics won't last 500k miles?
Where's that transmission thread when you need it.......

Originally Posted by JCL

Given the complexity of the electronic systems, they aren't hedging strategies as much as they are faint-hope clauses.

MS supports their operating systems for seven years. Consider that BMW typically has a multi-year development cycle, followed by a seven year model run. People buy that product part way through its life (ie, 5 years from initial design) and then hope to run it for 10 years, which makes 15 years from inception. That is twice what MS can manage, and they are in the computer business.

Then people complain because BMW can't find a way to keep updating their 15 year old navigation system.

[motordavid]

Quoting Quicksilver:
"Considering the price of new rides, I guess some folks
are hedging their bets."

And,

Originally Posted by JCL

Given the complexity of the electronic systems, they aren't hedging strategies as much as they are faint-hope clauses.
...

That would be me...

New cars, purchased or leased, (lease makes no econ sense unless one can write off some of the cost), are not
for the faint of heart budget.

BR, mD
[email protected]

[Quicksilver]

I guess you know you have to have a fixed income
for it to erode. BTW What's with the e-mail address link

Originally Posted by motordavid

Quoting Quicksilver:
"Considering the price of new rides, I guess some folks
are hedging their bets."

And,

That would be me...

New cars, purchased or leased, (lease makes no econ sense unless one can write off some of the cost), are not
for the faint of heart budget.

BR, mD
[email protected]