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01-18-2016, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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BMW 7 Series Remote Control Parking Feature Allowed in U.S. by NHTSA
BIMMERPOST NEWS BMW 7 Series Self-Parking Allowed Into U.S. by NHTSA It appears the road has been paved for the BMW 7 Series' Remote Control Self-Parking feature to make its way into U.S. models. According to Automobile, BMW initially believed that feature would be illegal in the U.S. because federal law -- specifically FMVSS 114 -- requires all U.S. market cars to have a shift-interlock function. Intended to prevent vehicles rolling away unexpectedly, the law requires a car's brake pedal to be depressed before its transmission can be shifted out of Park. Because the brake pedal doesn't move when the 7 Series parking function is activated, BMW declined to offer the feature here. BMW petitioned NHTSA for an exemption to the rule, and NHTSA agreed that the wording in FMVSS 114 was overly vague. Though the law "requires the service brake to be depressed," NHTSA told BMW the spirit of the law actually required the brakes to be "applied." That means BMW's system is legal, as the car's computers automatically apply the brakes before shifting the transmission from Park to Reverse. A BMW spokesman in the U.S. confirmed that the feature would be made available in the U.S. but said "we don't have an exact timeframe" for when it will be fully approved and added. Remote Control Parking in Action: |
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I can certainly park my own car... but for those who can't.. or don't want to... I'll take this as a win for my vehicle also. And a loss for Valets.
Let the 7 series coding begin... Last edited by M3 Adjuster; 01-18-2016 at 10:45 AM.. |
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From what I am hearing the cars that have already shipped to the US market will not be able to simply activate this option as they lack the hardware. This is unfortunate but still good news that BMW got the green light on this feature.
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This is good news... NOW LETS GET THOSE DAM LASER LIGHTS APPROVED!!!!!
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There are definitely drivers out there on the road who should use every bit of help they can get Parking and Driving....this is for them, not me lol
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Do we need HUD, heated wheels, trunk releases from sensors, heated seats, GPS, closing mirrors, led, Xenons, sunroofs, DCT, turbos, brake assist, ABS, cameras, many other unnecessary items. We don't really need them its just that we CAN use them if we want, but if we don't have them we can't. I love my sunroof, don't use it everyday, but when I do I love the openness it provides when I do. Is there a need? not really. If you research BMW innovations, one would find that German cars have pretty much been the innovators of automotive firsts, including the first gas powered motor in a car. Many probably thought too, we don't need that, that's not gonna work.
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What a pointless waste of money... It takes longer to get out and do that then to just park the car yourself.. How about putting more research into reliability of other components like fuel pumps, engine bearings, transmissions and other components that fail on these cars
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We can all park our own cars, lol, we can also navigate to destinations using paper maps, but a lot of us prefer using navigation.
If my i3 had this, I would use it every day and we live in a rear-load (garage on the back of the house) home. Well, if it works for parking the car in backwards that is. I have been parking backwards on the left (when outside facing the garage door) of the garage for a good 10+ years. If I back in and hug the wall, and my better half pulls in forward on the right, and hugs the wall, a wide path between the two vehicles is created and the possibility of a door ding is basically eliminated. Yes, the i3 has plastic body panels, so door dings don't happen, but the paint is a little soft so I still try to protect the car if possible. If I could teach the i3 how to park that way, on its own, we could both exit the car, walk inside and let the car park itself. It would be nice if like Tesla's latest update, it could then also close the garage door on its own. Same for pulling out, instead of me pulling out and then my better half getting in the car, if I could command it to open the garage and move into the driveway from my phone, we could both exit the house and enter the car (preconditioned as well) at the same time.
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Hmmm... ordered my G12 last week, and it's due Stateside sometime in late-March. I'm guessing my build won't have this option. I hadn't really set my hopes on the option making it to the US before I ordered, but now that it's been approved, I'm thinking it'd be nice to have. Like Imola.ZHP and a couple of other members, I have a very tight parking space at my condo and routinely have a tough time getting out of the car if I don't pull into the space just so. Would LOVE to be able to comfortably hop out of the car before squeezing it into my garage remotely.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but S85 or not, 90k isn't exceptional for low-maintenance reliability anymore...it's well below average. Most Japanese appliances were good for twice that ten years ago, and for roughly one-third the price...
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This is a show-off feature, it takes longer to park the car this way. Unless you are on a very difficult/tight space to park, but even in that situation nobody would want his 7Series on the possibility to get hit by the door of the cars on the sides.
If someone would try to park a car this way outside a restaurant or plaza in my city, he would earn a "clown treatment" from the people around, maybe some tomatoes, buuhhhs and insults and of course envy lol. If I had this in my car I would use it maybe at home just to geek for the first weeks. |
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