Ferrari Mailing List: Re: More Italian weirdness - was: 575 shakedown

[Charles Perry (charles]

> 2.  Owner's manual weirdness:  There is a button on the dash that is 
> not well labeled.  I've deduced that it has some sort of stability
> control function, but there is no explanation in the owner's manual.
> Instead, there are 2 pages of large red print saying "DO NOT PRESS
> THIS BUTTON!"  Loss of vehicle control will result, culminating in
> serious injury or death.  Now, I understand CYA type of legalese, fair
> warning etc. But nowhere does it actually say what the button does.

This reminds me of last year. I dropped off my CTS-V wagon for service. The 
nice people at the Cadi dealer gave me an ATS as a loaner. It features this 
button on the steering wheel (picture attached), which appears to be the "Cause 
an Accident" button. Usually I'm the kind of person who likes to press buttons 
to see what they do, but that day I exercised restraint.

When I turned it in they explained that it had something to do with the 
collision avoidance system, but I still didn't want to press it.  :-)

-- charles

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