[mole7374]

Ok everyone listen.... I'm going to help by finally solving all of this once and for good with an answer from the horse’s mouth...and yes I mean the horse’s mouth..BMW...and not just BMW, but BMW's engineering group...like yes the people who make these vehicles...seriously I can't read another post on DHP.

Since I've gotten on these boards DHP has been the #1 discussed topic that everyone seems to know everything and nothing about. (Including myself to be honest)

Well here it goes...although you need to give me some time on this... I live only a few miles from BMW-NA headquarters in NJ and thus know a bunch of people who work there...and not just work there, but work in "significant" positions. For example...I am friends with the woman who created the M3 ringtone. (Her son goes to school w/my daughter). This woman is also partly responsible for the X3 video project that all of us love so dearly.....she was a key person in this project...she told me about this project even before any spy photos of the X3 were released...yes that long ago. She also knows the name of the few people (there are only like 3 of them) who download and format every one of our videos...she even called of them when I told her a camera was out on my X3...she put me on the phone with him and he apologized and then sent me a video of his work area with him formatting videos so I knew it was really him. No I'm not making any of this up...why am I telling you?

Well... this woman (let's call her Jane) personally knows some of the engineers who invent/test/build the technology we use in our daily lives and debate uselessly here. Sorry for the edge but this can’t be debated any more. So anyway….since my friend knows the people who are responsible for DHP/DDC/EDC (whatever you choose to call it) being in our vehicles, I’m going to use my “lifeline” to get us an official answer. I do not do this often and although “Jane” has no problem doing it for me, I only do it when something like this gets out of control and we as users talk ourselves into answers that are probably incorrect. As you can imagine the engineers are not the easiest group of people to get a hold of, but when you do they are actually very accessible. (I’ve actually met with one once when he was here in the US…he was out riding around with “Jane” when she picked up her son from school) Anyway…since I can do this and b/c this topic needs official answers, I’m going to start the process.
So…here is what we are going to do…I want 5-8 good questions to lob over to the group…this is about the number of questions I normally ask and they never balk. I have a few which I have in my mind, but b/c this is a group function I want the folks here on this thread (since it’s long) to come up with some questions and either a) post them on this thread or b) PM me and I’ll gather them. Once I have about 15-20 good questions I’ll sort through them and send the best ones over to “Jane” who will act as a broker into the engineering group. I thought about re-posting the 20 and having everyone vote but honestly that’s too much work for me unless someone can come up with an easier way for all of us to vote on them….if we can vote I’d rather do that but it can’t be any more work for me…I’m not going to tally votes manually so any ideas will work.
Ok?? And I’m serious about this…no b*llsh*t. It may take a few weeks to get the questions answered but I promise you I’ll get them answered.