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      11-03-2009, 10:18 AM   #97
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Originally Posted by MN M3 View Post
It seems to me that if your amortize the time spent on this project, the actual costs in obtaining the tools and equipment, etc., the necessary costs one would have to charge to offer something like this to the masses would far exceed the cost of simply optioning your car with the M-Button to begin with.

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Just my $0.02.
a) There are already lots of cars without the M button. So its too late for that solution. Nevermind that practically speaking, that solution is impossible since there are thousands of individuals responsible for ordering cars, many of them dealership employees who will not become the eventual owner of the car.

b) Plenty of aftermarket solutions exist to provide OEM or OEM-like functionality, sometimes cheaper than OEM.

c) Even people with the M-Button would still benefit from being able to switch on MDM via the console.
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