LOL! with the new models, where does the car stop and the computer begin? Computerized road maps, transmissions, driving habits in memory, FSS service intervals, braking, handling, etc. I read that the new Porsche has 43 microprocessor/memory nodes, the most powerful of which has more MFLOPS/RAM/CACHE/Code capacity than the first Cray supercomputer!

And with electronic brakes and steering to be integrated into the ABS/Handling/ride stability process, it is only going to get better/worse - at any rate, more complicated. My penny prediction - Hot swap low cost exchangable modules for each subsystem when the wireless diagnostic communication program informs the dealer your component is nearing its MTBF limits or has a malfunction, and limited function sharing by other modules to bypass the failing unit - a 'tell me 3 times' system. The failing unit goes back to the factory for rebuild or recycling.

(I wouldn't mind a hot swap evaporator on my 87 300E )

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

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