interesting story...no Audi content

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

Saw this in another list, thought it was kinda funny:)

>My dad's new Beamer [1996 540i], ya' know, the Ultimate Driving Machine,
>turned itself in to the Ultimate PITA, as relayed by my dad: The
>automatic tranny locked up in OD after he nailed it, doing the ol' power
>downshift that automatics can do.  This left him quite overgeared and
>useless from a full stop.  The instrument panel read 'program missing ' or
>some such fibbishness. Back at Beamer local, the center-of-gravity guys
>found that he had a corrupted or missing tranny 'program'.  The Beamer
>system is designed to sense driving habits and adjust shifting patterns
>accordingly, storing the 'changes' in firmware.  Apparently, the nailing was
>outside dad's established params so the 'program' balked [crashed].  They had to
>connect the car to Beamer central in Munchen via dialup to download a fresh
>program.
>
>NickZ
>
>  [Evidently the extreme parameters resulted in either
>  a Variant Beamer or a Bavariant Creamer.  PGN]

Well, OK, just a little Audi content:
Glad my 90CS doesn't try to guess my moods;)

Elliott