Quote:
Originally Posted by raleedy
I'm not buying any of it. The order guide lists 2TB as "Sport automatic transmission." The BMWUSA website shows the "Sport Automatic" as a $500 option that provides shift paddles and software for faster transmission response. Period.
|
Here's a question: If all 2TB adds is transmission software and paddle shifters, then WHY THE HECK does BMW spend the money to install a useless switch? You could simply move the lever to the left and enable S mode on the transmission, just like you do on the regular automatic transmission.
Also, the iDrive software is extremely complex, and as most of todays high-end vehicle electronic control software, it is DIRECTLY related and dependent on the existing HARDWARE. It would be absolutely stupid to have options showing up on iDrive that are not present in hardware. Today's software is hardware-aware, which means that if something is not present, the options are not shown. Have you tried to dial a phone number when your phone has not been paired with bluetooth or connected to the phone-adapter? No? Well, you can't because it recognizes there is no phone. Have you tried switching from FM to Satellite when you don't have Satellite radio? It is not shown at all. Does it mean that there are millions of software versions out there for every single configuration of vehicles? No. The software is hardware aware and enables and disables menus and options accordingly.
Do you think that something as CRITICAL for stability control calculations such as the type of chasis controls present would be left to chance??? If iDrive says that you can enable or disable Chasis Enhancements, is BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESENT. It would be RIDICULOUS that the software engineers would leave an option present that they could have disabled from even being shown with a single line of code. The limits on traction control and stability control are diferent when you have active dampers, or active stabilizers, etc., so the ECU knows EXACTLY what's present in the car. So, if the vehicle knows -according to you- that there is no chasis enhancements, WHY EVEN DISPLAY THE OPTION???
By the way, the EXCACT wording on the full vehicle brochure picked up 3 weeks ago in Munich says:
"
Dynamic Driving Control allows the driver to select Normal or Sports mode at the push of a button. Comfort Mode in conjunction with Adaptive Drive or Dynamic Damping Control."
Can it be any more clear? It
DOES NOT say:
Fake dynamic driving control with only Normal and Sports mode.
Only for decorative purposes... The only real dynamic driving control comes with Adaptive Drive or Dynamic Damping Control"
