Tire Pressure Monitoring System

[David Ullrich]

No, airbag deployment would get nixed by Audi...now what about Unintened
Acceleration? Imagine an RS6 that just mashes the pedal when you start to
nod off. LMAO!

Dave
1987 CGT 2.3

On 10/23/06, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, Dan, interesting and distressing at the same time.
>
> Maybe the q-list could conduct an ad hoc focus group
> to come up with an appropriate wake-up stimulus.
> Air bag deployment would, for example, not make the cut
> I'm thinking.
>
> DeWitt Harrison
> '88 5000CS
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dan DiBiase
>   To: DeWitt Harrison ; lgregf at aol.com
>   Cc: Quattro List
>   Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:24 PM
>   Subject: Re: Tire Pressure Monitoring System
>
>
>   DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net> wrote:
>     On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:35:47 -0400
>     lgregf at aol.com wrote:
>
>     > Folks, does anyone know a way to turn off the TPMS in a 2006 A6? I
> want
>     to install winter tires & wheels > but also want to avoid the cost of
> the
>     additional transmitters.
>     >
>
>     If your system works like the one in my 2006 itinifnI, missing
>     tire pressure sensors are ignored, are shown as 'blank' or
>     'missing' in the info display and do not generate any alarms.
>     Only a valid 'low pressure' signal will generate an alarm.
>     When I fitted the car with winter wheels and tires, I went
>     through an annoying process to be sure the new setup had
>     TPMS so as to avoid bogus alarms. Total waste of time
>     provided you are capable of measuring tire pressure all by
>     your itty bitty self. ;-)
>
>     These protect-you-from-yourself systems are growing ever
>     more annoying. You should read what the automotive engineers
>     have in store for your future. Just plain scary. Get this: tens
>     of millions are being spent right now to develop a reliable
>     system to detect 'driver drowsiness.' I guess there will be
>     what amounts to a hand which comes out of the dash to
>     administer a smart slap to the drooping driver. Except that
>     the wake-up stimulus can't be so startling that the driver
>     would overreact and crash anyway. Why are technology
>     companies always working so hard to set themselves up
>     for huge lawsuits?
>
>
>
>   I'm thinking a little electricity through the steering wheel....? Shoot,
> they already are doing that with heated wheels, just create a little
> short-circuit when the driver nods off!
>
>   One cool feature is the new Lexus LS with the auto parallel parking.
> It's
> stupid and cool at the same time......
>
>   Dan D
>   '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6 w/manual parallel parking
>   Central NJ USA
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