It sounds like the flash storage is embedded in the MCU, which means the only realistic repair option is to replace the entire MCU, which is a major component. Price wise, it sounds like it runs somewhere between $2000 - $4000. I have no idea if that includes labor. Basically, the brain of the car needs to be replaced…

They aren’t, they’re a tech company that builds mobile computers.....

I’ve seen this before. Someone in software is debugging something, ramps up the logging, fixed 6 the problem and either forgets to turn off the logging or the software manager re-tasks the software person to something else. A few years ago I showed up to investigate why a piece of equipment wasn’t working. The 2TB…

The sad reality is that things like this happen all the time in large-scale software/tech projects.  It’s good development discipline to log things at every step, though the common practice is to establish thresholds and to operate normally at a somewhat-sane level of logging.  You dial it up to “ludicrous mode” when…

Have any of the above stuffed a GM press car into a barrier? 

while we haven’t been invited to drive it yet

See also: GM

They introduce and cancel cars so frequently I have no idea what their lineup or brand direction even is.

The depreciated a lot. low to mid $20's. But that’s if you can find one. I only found 54 for sale in the entire country. The cheapest one is in WI. Its a ‘14 for just under $18k. But it has almost 100k miles on it. And with it being over 5 years old with that many miles, some shit is about to go wrong.

And now, a moment of silence for the XTS.

Hhere’s a good tag line for a Cadillac commercial:

I can’t keep up with Cadillac. They introduce and cancel cars so frequently I have no idea what their lineup or brand direction even is.

BFD—all I see is a Mustang where some goober slapped on a Bimmer clip.

An M car with a slushbox just feels wrong to me, even if it is over two tons.

Forget about the looks. Think about a company who likes to over complicate engineering solutions and an electronic brake. Toyota had that problems and used a traditional brake pedal.

There is only 1 M8 and it has a naturally aspirated V12 the way it should be

Its very impressive, but it’s also very hard not to balk at that weight and..its even harder to not see a mustang when looking at it from the side.

Jalopnik: “modern low-profile tires and electronics and distracting screens and overdamping and synthetic engine sounds are ruining cars.”

Can we stop pretending this isn’t a renamed 6-Series?