Three posts from the Porsche list < www.rennlist.com >. Interesting info
for Driver's Ed and track events in new cars.
Matt Murray
mattm@optonline.net
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Subject: Dont crash a 2000+ model year car--- Watkins Glen true story
----BIG
BROTHER & FEDS will know via GPS & Sattellite
From: "Joe Fab"
Crash any latemodel car with Global Positioning Sattelite technology. There
is absolutely no place to hide with Onstar and sattelite links! They will
find you.
here is why~~~~
In the last 2-3 weeks there was a new 2000 BMW that wrecked at turn 10
Watkins Glen....the BMW driver lost it in this very fast left hand
sweeper.....car slide off with instructor at high speed into gravel trap
<sideways> where the wheels wedged in and pitched the car into barrel roll
that occurred many times!!! BMW was equiped with standard GPS sattelite
communication for road-side assistance- distress. This is standard on most
USA & Euro highline cars.
Guess what happened---- car starts speaking in english and chiming and
informing occupant that it has summoned emergency rescue services and
notified the authorities! This continues repeatedly and the chiming
continues unabated and the car tells the occupants not to move and what not
to touch.>
BMW sattelite link computer notifies search and rescue. Ambulances and Fire
Trucks from the town of Watkins Glen rush to the track....sirens and horns
blazin! No sh t.
1) Do you know what else this means to all of us car enthusiasts in the
future
2) what data the BMW phoned home and recorded to the owners VIN #
3). what this means longterm
Think about this for awhile it will blow your mind!
possible answers~~~~
1) BMW knows the severity of the crash from accelerometers and other
telemetry. BMW knows how many Gs the car experienced in the initial
impact.and other impacts....total impacts.....where it was
impacted........barrell rolls.....and on what side the car was finally
situated.
2) By GPS gravitational sattelite positioning....they know precisely where
the accident occurred on the face of the EARTH and when AS they summon the
"calvary" to save your ass. Mercedes sends in their own accident team
investigators!
3) Longterm......you cant say I had to dodge a Dog on the way to Church and
hit a "light blue" guardrail OR a light blue car hit my car and ran in the
Church parking lot!!!
God only knows what else they know and can communicate......does anyone know
what else they know!
Best Regards
Joe Fabiani Fabspeed Motorsport
tel 215-646-4945
www.fabspeed.com
PS new email effective immediately info@fabspeed.com
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Subject: RE: Dont crash a 2000+ model year car--- Watkins Glen true story
----BIG BROTHER & FEDS will know via GPS & Sattellite
From: "eric salem"
I do know that on some '00 & '01 corvettes you just get a certified letter
from GM voiding your warrantee after a certain combination of lateral G's
and acceleration / deceleration. This happend to one of the guys in our
office. He'd only had the car three months when he got the letter.
e
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Subject: RE: Dont crash a 2000+ model year car--- Watkins Glen true story...
From: AL8001@aol
For the past ~5 model years, the engine computer on BMWs will record a
engine
over rev. This would be good information to have when purchasing a used
car.
Many pre Onstar GM cars will record crash data in the airbag control module.
Things like, belt usage, speed, brakes on/off and probably a few other
things. From what I recall, the module will hold data for 6 crashes
All the Onstar stuff is just a percurser for the proposed OBD 3 EPA
emissions
program. From what I hear, a car that runs out of spec will receive a fix
it
( or fine) letter in the mail.
Harold
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