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[jon bda]

Nicked from another forum, you have to see it to belive it...

Flashing Yellow Lights Puzzle BMW Driver
By Bruce Wood


Palo Alto, CA – Forty-three-year-old BMW owner David Sharpe returned his BMW M3 Coupe to his local dealer last week, complaining of "these flashing yellow lights that come on whenever I move the stick for the headlights up or down."


Another BMW driver not from Palo Alto and not an M3 owner scratches his head over the flashing yellow lights.
"So I got out of my car the other day and it looked like the car alarm was going off. These yellow lights were flashing, but there was no sound. Then I noticed the lights were only flashing on one side. It was odd," explained Sharpe.

"It took me a while to figure it out, but I realized that I must have brushed against the stick for the headlights as I got out the car, because if I move the stick up, the yellow lights flash on one side of the car, and if I move the stick down, they flash on the other side of the car. What the heck is that about?" he continued.

"Everything on this car is there for a reason right? The ABS is there so I can brake quickly when the guy who's dumbly driving just 10 feet in front of me slams on his brakes. The car alarm has adjustable sensitivity, so I can get passing cars to set it off during the night so I know the car hasn't been stolen. But these flashing lights? What am I some sort of emergency vehicle?"

"Anyway I took my car back to the dealer last week so he could fix it. The dealer told me that apparently it was some 'safety feature' that BMW has to put in by law. He said he didn't get it either, but BMW fit it as standard - it's not even an optional extra! He also showed me another pointless 'safety feature' - if you pull the headlight stick on a BMW toward you and then release it, it makes the lights go less bright! I mean - what the heck - why would I want to be able to see LESS of where I'm going?"

From http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/11/bmw.html

[Stringent]

Wierd ... I guess its not to make other drivers distracted, but that would increase their distraction surley?

Very strange.

[Tumble]

Originally posted by Flanderz
Wierd ... I guess its not to make other drivers distracted, but that would increase their distraction surley?

Very strange.

Please please please tell me you're extracting the michael there........

[Stringent]

I have no idea why I said that in honesty must have been a lapse in my mind ... One of those days I guess! Think one thing write another.

For you, I am extracting the michael.

In any case it still is werid.

[TeePee]

Hey, I just found out my car has that as well, and it's a Honda. I guess the Japanese are getting faster at incorporating new gadgets into their car designs.

[joshwa]

bbspot always do spoof stories, they just make them up

[Rave]

LOL! BBspot is cool. The story about the kid who overclocked his house was the funniest ever!

Rich :¬)