The First Automotive Easter Egg?

automandc writes "The October dead-tree issue of Popular Science is reporting that the new BMW M3 contains what they are calling the "first automotive easter egg" in its transmission control software. Apparently, the proper combination of commands to the electronically controlled manual transmission will cause the car to rev up to 4000rpm and drop the clutch (premitting burnout, which is normally impossible). According to the article, use of the feature more than 15 times voids the warranty in Eurpoe. Other limitations of the "acceleration-assist" feature are discussed in this Car and Driver article. According to popsci, U.S. laws won't allow the warranty limitation, so the U.S. version of the software only revs to 1500rpm, but dealers will install the european software if you ask. The only other mention I could find on the web is here."

Comments

Burning out?

[Warmth Is Life]

How practical of an Easter Egg is that? I like my eggs hard-boiled, not burnt to a crisp.

Re:How To (yeah no shit!)

[benzapp]

A piece of shit BMW for $141,000. Not only is it america's shittiest car and wet dream of materialistic ghetto twats the nation over, its so cheap relatively that its owners must lie about its cost!

I drove from NYC to Washington DC this past weekend, and so no fewer than FIVE wrecked BMW 3's of various types, all owned by ghetto thugs. Its been a long time since I have done anything in Maryland but take the train through it, but what a shit state.

It should be renamed the BMW state.

BTW, I *DID* however see more BMW 3's on the road intact, than wrecked on the road.