Port Heuneme article

[john970]

Good article on what happens at port heuneme before your car hits VPC:

http://www.venturacountystar.com/new...boom-for-bmws/

[mikeo]

Nice find, thanks!

[zivilyn861]

Very nice find, thanks for sharing! It's particularly interesting to me because my car is quite literally at that exact point... only on the East coast. It's very cool to get an idea of what's going on as my delivery date gets so much closer!

[Stew]

"The vehicles are shipped in "transport mode," meaning that their electronic systems are not active because the batteries would die if the vehicles went for six to seven weeks without activity."

So is there a way we could put our cars in transport mode if we were going on a vacation for a few weeks? Just wonder if it would be easier than disconnecting the battery...

[akak1997]

Originally Posted by Stew

"The vehicles are shipped in "transport mode," meaning that their electronic systems are not active because the batteries would die if the vehicles went for six to seven weeks without activity."

So is there a way we could put our cars in transport mode if we were going on a vacation for a few weeks? Just wonder if it would be easier than disconnecting the battery...

I doubt it'd be easier, the article did mention they've to "download electronics into them". I guess it meant uploading software to the car's computer. So, if you can some how put your car into Transport mode, you've to tow it to the dealership and redownload the software.