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R50/53 Help - Messed up the onboard computer!

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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 07:15 AM
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This morning before work I tried that "hidden function" whereby you press and hold the trip reset button while simultaneously turning the key to position 1. This brought up a scrolling list of menu options on the odometer. I pressed and held the trip reset button when it was displaying option 29.7, and holy carp!, the radio began playing "God Save The Queen" and all the LED guages, even the one for the A/C, displayed and flashed the number "37". When the song was finished, everything went back to normal...

Is this some sorta crazy software "Easter Egg"? I've heard that programmer's do things like this, but for a car?

Rock On,

-Joe

 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 07:20 AM
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April fool's day...
 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 07:39 AM
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Somehow I think nothing on NAM is to bebelieved today
 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 09:36 AM
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Some manufacturers actually are putting easter eggs in some car computers.

Take the M3 for example.

taken from the Vortex


hmmm
 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 09:38 AM
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>>Somehow I think nothing on NAM is to bebelieved today

OK, I don't believe it....but how AWESOME would that be!?!?!? I'd do it all the time with new navigators -- so fun! MINI, take note!!!!
 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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I don't get it, what up with the Gary Coleman pic?
 
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 10:14 AM
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I just decided that it would be a good idea to put Gary Coleman in all April Fool's Day related threads.

As in, WHATCHOU TALKIN' 'BOUT WILLIS?
 
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