On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Pic Dude wrote:

>Trust me -- I am not about to reverse-engineer the Audi since
>they do tooooo many customized things ..... the stereo is
>internally connected to the instrument cluster, though I'm
>not sure why.  And there is a full diagnostic system built
>into the climate control system -- I can push some switches
>and have it display vehicle speed, rpm, AC inlet temps, and
>a whole slew of other things.

This reminds me of some articles about what could happen to you if
electronic appliances would be virused. The Audi has a CAN bus and
occasionally connects to computers which occasionally get updated,
presumably via Internet, right ;-) ?

Peter

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