"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"D.Duck" wrote in message
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A tire pressure gauge is a couple of bucks at Auto Zone.

Eisboch

Ever try to read tire pressure at 70 MPH? 8)



Good point.

I am not sure I am all for the gadgets and high tech, computer controlled
wizardry in cars.
KISS. I think about the '06 M5 I had (all two of them). They probably
represented the state-of-the-art in electronic, CPU controlled operation
that year, from the engine management systems to the electronically
controlled SMG transmission that operates the clutch electronically.

They were both a disaster. Traded in the first one because it had too
many software "bugs". Transmission would freeze up in neutral. The
famous "Red Cog of Death" would appear on the driver's display and your
only option was to call a flatbed. Traded that in for one that had a
later build date that reportedly had the bugs worked out. Nope. Car
was a spectacular performer, with 500 hp and handling that could safely
rocket you along at over 200 mph if you were so inclined (I wasn't), but
the damn thing wouldn't move half the time due to a software malfunction.

That's when I traded it for the Porsche 911TT. Porsche remains somewhat
"old school" and other than those electronics that are absolutely
necessary, it was a driver's car. I like that.

Ironically though, it was Porsche, back in the late 80's, that developed
the first tire pressure monitoring system, based on speed sensors on all
four wheels.

Eisboch


I must have been thinking of some other over-priced replacement car part.
Although not oem you can get the whole kit for under $150.

http://www.automotix.net/bodyparts/2...-tpms409s.html

Car software problems. I have the two Lucernes, '07 and '08. On occasion
either one of them will lock the doors when you exit the vehicle. When it
first happened I talked with the local service manager and they had never
heard of it. Maybe a year later the same guy confessed that they were now
aware of the problem and the service guys roll down a window just in case
the car locks while they are working on it. GM will not do anything about
it.

It's a problem for me as we leave the keys in the car when they are parked
at home. I now carry a spare in my pocket.