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11-17-2011, 12:51 PM | #23 |
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I ran a couple googles and it sounds like the GPS/NAV system may cover time sync on Hondas/Acuras, and it's programmed in, not synced with the Internet (oh well). And apparently it's been a problem whenever the dates were changed (in other words, the car changed on the wrong date). This obvious flaw may tell us why BMW (and most other manufacturers?) haven't followed it.
3G/4G Internet sync is the ultimate answer, of course, with cars syncing to Internet time servers just like computers. I'm amazed this hasn't happened already, but of course the auto industry always lags behind. Most of the current crop of cars were designed when 3G was called "cellular", and you accessed with a PCMCIA card and a laptop.
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Yes, the covered maintenance on BMW's has done much to bring this service back to the dealer, but I know plenty of people who would rather go to an indy for all their services. Still, I think my point is valid. As Pangloss mentioned the DST updates in recent years have been problematic with a number of cars that were programmed to change automatically. And bear in mind also that we're dealing with changes that occur worldwide, not just in the USA. And as mentioned there are some states that override the federal guidance... yeah it gets sticky as hell really quickly. Better to have a reliable dynamic update system that doesn't rely on the dealers than have your customers all up in arms about it. That's coming, but it's not really there yet. |
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Having a honda as well, it is a nice feature. Simple to do, and yes, it won't work 100% for everyone. Cars for the US get a rom that says on the last sun of oct at 2am set the clock back an hour. For the few states that don't conform to dst, ok, owners have to set it again. As a response to my OP, not really a big deal. And our honda is 2007, which has setting for the wrong sat, it is now the first sun morn in Nov. So for a week, my clock is an hour off. In a week, it will be correct.
Before the internet, I always wondered why we didn't broadcast a time signal modulated on top of the 60hz electrical. Everything that plugs into the wall that has a clock could have a circuit to demod this info. Must be hundreds of millions a year, this circuit would add almost nothing to the cost, and EVERYTHING would have the correct time... As above posters say, a connection to the internet should take of this. I don't have gps in my bmw, but i understand in the new ones, they can connect to internet to get google maps. (assuming they connect thru your phone via btooth). If this is the case, then your clock could be updated thru NIST servers. |
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Personally, I think it would be worse to have a clock that was wrong for two weeks out of every year or that didn't adapt to certain time zones properly. It becomes a case of a supposed time-saver actually being more inconvenient than the problem it is attempting to solve.
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11-18-2011, 01:15 AM | #29 |
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Ultimately the reason we never had clock sync in cars is that consumers didn't know it could be done. Modern consumer electronics and the computer industry woke everyone up to the idea of demanding cool features. It's been 35+ years now, but the auto industry is still mulling over the idea of an intelligent consumer.
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11-19-2011, 01:07 PM | #30 |
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It is unfortunate that the vast majority of BMW owners bought the car to impress and not because of the performance and other characteristics. Therefore, don't really know how to deal with the cars.
These are the same people who have difficulty dressing themselves in the morning. Oh well....the struggle with mediocrity will continue...if only Darwin would work a little faster.... |
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I would modify this to be "...are ahead when it comes to electronic gadgets...". The Germans are ahead when it comes to vehicle electronics for distributed bus-based systems and engine management. A bit like the difference between Windows and Linux - the Japanese car electronic systems can be likened more to Windows, the Germans likened more to Linux.
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Well I am German, living in the states. One reason for leaving this crappy country is people making those comments and feeling superior over the rest of the world. C'mon, could you be a bit less arogant
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and even though i consider myself a hardworking intelligent person, with an advanced degree in 2 science disciplines, and know computers inside and out, I am writing this thread because i don't want to dig out the manual, look up how to set the clock and do it, even though it will take all of 60 seconds. (if I was a super enthusiast playing with the computer all the time, it would happen off the top off my head, but truthfully, i only play with the computer 2x a year to do this and don't remember the sequence.) I purchased this car to experience the pleasure of driving it in nice weather, and as someone who used to design cpus, it bothers me that the car can do it for you, as my honda does, but it doesn't. end beating this subject to death// |
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I don't get it. Whenever I buy a new car or anything else for that matter I always read the entire manual.
Usually within a few days of the purchase I'll pour myself a Scotch and sit down and read. People are just plain lazy.. |
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I for one wish my car did less for me. I don't mind changing the clock myself, if it was tied into a date feature trying to figure things out for itself it'd probably be one more problem to deal with down the road if / when it fails. Don't get me wrong, my car coddles me in all sorts of ways I appreciate, but there are some things it could do less of. Not knowing that it's DST doesn't bother me one bit.
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Where is said button? I actually used the BC method to adjust the time when DST ended. And OP, with two advanced degrees and in-depth computer knowledge, how is it that you can't figure out how to work the BC? It's super easy and despite not having read the owner's manual for over a year now, I still know how to access/change everything. I mean, there's a picture of a clock. Can't get any easier than that.
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Shes done that 5 more times since we met. Its why ill never break up with her. My car will be stuck in DST year round! So long story short. I have no idea how it works, I just know it does! |
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New ones are done via the BC. |
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