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Non yet, but it's already planned. It's optional now but the plan is to have them permanently on with no switch.
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I live near Goodwood FOS and the estate has taken to leaving the 40 and 30 mph signs out all year although most of the roads are NSL. Guarenteed confrontation and mad driving by angry locals (sometimes me). Even if they are removed, they return. This sort of behaviour could be common if limiters work off of sign recognition.
[ part of same deal - new cars do have the crash data recorder non-defeatable unless you total the box ... so authorities could see what speed you were doing t-5s
mazda 3 , similar to nice example shown in - what i did thread https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310062719049
steering around that newer mild hybrid technology.
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mazda 3 , similar to nice example shown in - what i did thread https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310062719049
steering around that newer mild hybrid technology.
Euro NCAP is not an EU agency, it is a charity.
Stop reading the Daily Fail and you’ll be fine
I've had a similar issue the other week, doing 50 on the motorway in heavy traffic, car does the usual swerve in to my lane because my lane is going 0.5mph faster than his. My car then basically decided to brake check the HGV sat 1 car length off my bumper.
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Sadly something that'll become more common I imagine. Saw an Instagram video a while ago of some chavs piled up in a car basically going out and driving like morons to force teslas to automatically take emergency action, going on about how its great that no matter the situation they have right of way over a tesla because it'll stop for them etc.
Also works when crossing a busy road. Just wait for a Tesla.
Though that isn't anywhere near as dangerous
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My 1.5 TSI had kangarooing but seems resolved after I had the ecu update …it came back briefly but I think it’s down to the Map sensor being dirty.
Cleaned it up last week and performance in low gears from start seems fine.
But issue I have is fuel economy on mine it’s crap average 30mg with no obvious reason even on long journeys
Cleaned it up last week and performance in low gears from start seems fine.
But issue I have is fuel economy on mine it’s crap average 30mg with no obvious reason even on long journeys
Probably going to have to pick up a beater for my commute come January as I have to be in the office two days a week.
Finding it hard to look past buying a BMW/Audi pre-2010 diesel for 2-2.5k and rolling the dice. Old enough to not have all the ghastly electronic interfaces and **** to go wrong, recent enough to have plenty of years left in it.....and if I get unlucky with a lemon, just scrap it and get another.
Spending 10k+ on a 'modern' car full of flaky unnecessary electronics that can't be fixed, might as well set fire to your money imo!
Finding it hard to look past buying a BMW/Audi pre-2010 diesel for 2-2.5k and rolling the dice. Old enough to not have all the ghastly electronic interfaces and **** to go wrong, recent enough to have plenty of years left in it.....and if I get unlucky with a lemon, just scrap it and get another.
Spending 10k+ on a 'modern' car full of flaky unnecessary electronics that can't be fixed, might as well set fire to your money imo!
Saying that,a friend with a brand new Corsa had it go mental after a rainstorm yesterday. Wipers won't stop, dash lights flashing, all sorts going wrong
I don't really understand your point here. I can think of no material difference between pre and post 2010 BMW vehicles in terms of electronic interfaces? You'd need to go far back to about 2002 to have any real change and even then I'm not really sure what difference it would make - and they'd certainly not be recent enough to have plenty of years life left. I don't think any £2000 BMW diesel has plenty of years left in it. They are end of life cars at that price point.
This is already annoying. I frequently drive along a 50mph limit part of the A3 and there are 30MPH roads either side and my car always picks them up and flashes up a 30 limit on my dash. This also seems to happen at almost the exact same point there are speed camera on the A3 and I frequently see people jumping on the brakes because of this
E90 series is still mostly hardware. I simply do not like electronic interfaces in modern cars. There's potentially plenty of life left in these cars if they are maintained. My parents 530d is coming up to 300k, my mates A4 TDI is on 250k+, nothing more than usual wear and tear maintenance. You only need to run one a few months and you're already quids up versus finance/lease on something new.
2 grand BMW shed vs 10 grand "modern" car..... what?! Nothing in between
