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To: rlmorel

My car came with blind spot warning, which I love. It also came with the EPA mandated auto-stop/start, which I hate. I hacked the ECU to turn that off permanently. I also permanently turned off the annoying seat belt warning, even though I always wear my seat belt. Auto bright lights on/off were an up charge for my car which I did not pay for. I later learned that the hardware was there, but they wouldn’t enable it without paying an extra $1000 or so. I easily hacked the ECU to turn that on. That is essential as far as I’m concerned. Same with lane assist, which is not essential but I do like. There are another couple of hacks I did that I can’t remember off the top of my head. Audi has a great forum with a lot of smart people and it was pretty easily done by following the instructions in the forum. I never would have attempted any of it without that guidance.


134 posted on 04/18/2021 7:18:39 PM PDT by KevinB (''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: KevinB

The blind spot warning seems like that would be good-it isn’t beeping or honking at you all the time just driving down the road.

Auto bright lights is pretty cool too. I used to love having that on the floor where you could hit it with your foot. I always wondered why they got rid of it.

Of course, I never wondered why a company would charge a thousand dollars for it to simply unlock it.


138 posted on 04/19/2021 6:27:53 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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