On 1/17/2015 3:55 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094588_will-ultracapacitors-save-start-stop-systems-from-consumer-wrath

My neighbor had her Z4 stop dead on I75 in the middle of Atlanta. She
was terrified. This is the 4th BMW she has gotten rid of, in the past
year and a half, for various reasons. Technology seems to have ruined
the brand.

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My sig file appears to be empty.
Howd dat happen?

Respectfully submitted by Justan

On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 9:21:33 AM UTC-5, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 1/17/2015 3:55 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094588_will-ultracapacitors-save-start-stop-systems-from-consumer-wrath

My neighbor had her Z4 stop dead on I75 in the middle of Atlanta. She
was terrified. This is the 4th BMW she has gotten rid of, in the past
year and a half, for various reasons. Technology seems to have ruined
the brand.

--
My sig file appears to be empty.
Howd dat happen?

Respectfully submitted by Justan

BMW's are great cars, but are notoriously unreliable compared to most other cars.

I have a 5 year, 100k mile warranty on the Audi. I probably won't keep it past that period. It's a great car, but extremely complex. I've seen one at the dealer with the dash torn apart. Multiple controllers, tons of wiring, and even fiber optic connections. The day of the shade tree mechanic is long gone.

On 1/17/2015 10:07 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 9:21:33 AM UTC-5, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 1/17/2015 3:55 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094588_will-ultracapacitors-save-start-stop-systems-from-consumer-wrath

My neighbor had her Z4 stop dead on I75 in the middle of Atlanta. She
was terrified. This is the 4th BMW she has gotten rid of, in the past
year and a half, for various reasons. Technology seems to have ruined
the brand.

--
My sig file appears to be empty.
Howd dat happen?

Respectfully submitted by Justan

BMW's are great cars, but are notoriously unreliable compared to most other cars.

I have a 5 year, 100k mile warranty on the Audi. I probably won't keep it past that period. It's a great car, but extremely complex. I've seen one at the dealer with the dash torn apart. Multiple controllers, tons of wiring, and even fiber optic connections. The day of the shade tree mechanic is long gone.



When we were in Florida for the winters my wife had a BMW X5. It was
less than a year old when the A/C stopped working properly. I figured
it had a leak in the system and just needed to be fixed and recharged,
but n-o-o-o-o-o-o. It was something to do with the control system that
mixes hot and cold air that was screwed up. They had to completely
disassemble the dash to get to whatever was bad.

Sometimes things are made too complicated.

On 1/17/2015 9:21 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 1/17/2015 3:55 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094588_will-ultracapacitors-save-start-stop-systems-from-consumer-wrath


My neighbor had her Z4 stop dead on I75 in the middle of Atlanta. She
was terrified. This is the 4th BMW she has gotten rid of, in the past
year and a half, for various reasons. Technology seems to have ruined
the brand.



I ditched the two BMW M5's for the same reason. German engineering is
great except for the software. Both M5's had issues with the "red cog
of death" whereby nothing works. Can't shift, can't do anything other
than call a flatbed and haul it back to the dealership for re-programming.