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Hi Steve and welcome to the net,
The name here is Jack and I also am the proud owner of #165 Star Black Limited Edition 2006 XLR. There were only 250 of these built. What # is yours? If you don't know, open the driver's door and look down at the sill plate and it will have xxx/250. (Mine is 165/250.)
The first mods I did on mine were Corsa exhaust and Volant CAI. Dino runs on these mods increased the RWHP by 40hp and increased the Highway MPG (with the Traction Control OFF) to 30MPG.
Note: The TRACTION CONTROL 'ON' will cost you 2 MPG on the highway but I do not advise turning it 'OFF' for city driving as you'll wear out the rear tires fast.)
The build date on my car was 8-16-2005 and D3 told me my ECM is Hard Coded and could not be re-programmed but I found a way to kick my HP up to just over 385 by adding 2 eRasing Electric Superchargers to the Volant CAI and a nineth fuel injector in the Thorttle Body behind the Butterfly valve. This system is controlled by a nicro switch under the gas pedal and is activated ONLY when the 'PEDAL IS TO THE MENTAL'!
I also found out that because of my build date, I have a feature in my GPS system that the later builds do not have. I/passenger can reprogram the GPS and play DVDs while the vehicle is moving at posted speeds.
To do this, start the car and make sure the entertainment system is 'ON'. After the display comes up and displays the 'WARNING' notice, touch the 'I agree' then bring up the 'PLAN ROUTE' by pushing the 'ROUTE' button to the right of the screen. Then hold your finger on the bottom right corner of the screen until the screen changes showing 8 touch screen buttons. Touch the 'RUN' button in the menu.
To exit this mode, look up to the top right corner of the screen and hidden under the 'time and temp' bar is the 'RETURN BUTTON'. Using your fingernail, touch it and you'll return to the 'PLAN ROUTE' screen. In my car, I can do this while driving by myself, if I'm in really light traffic, or instruct my passenger on how to do it.
If you stop and shut off the engine, you'll have to re-set this function.
I have made it a habit to set it up while the engine is warming up and circulating it's fluids.
You do not have to start the engine to check if your system has this feature, you can just put it in the 'Acc' mode. If nothing happens after 30 seconds of holding your finger on the screen, you do not have this feature.
If you want to play DVDs while driving, do the following with the engine running and in 'PARK'
There is a rocker switch above the 'PWR/VOL' switch with a music symbol on left and rectangular symbol on the right which means 'SCREEN'.
Push and hold the screen symbol for about 5 to 15 seconds or until the screen changes displaying a touch-pad. Enter 1791 code then touch the 'ENTER' button.
Then push the 'TILT' button in the bottom right hand corner of the display frame and remove the GPS DVD and insert your movie DVD.
I really like this feature because the music videos have a much better sounds than CD, or radio.(IMHO)
Again, if you shut off the car, you'll have to re-set this feature before you start driving again and also might I mention that the GPS system will not work while in the DVD mode.
Also a plus for this is if your on a trip and you have to stop for gas etc. you can skip the part that tells you to exchange the GPS DVD for you Video DVD. The system will remember where it stopped and continue on.
Hope to meet up with you someday!
I am somewhat new here too. 
but you will here! 
). I'm sure you won't be disappointed with the Corsa. Maybe, if you are ever near Chicago, we can hook up and you can hear for yourself. There are a few of us with Corsas and I haven't met anyone who didn't like the change.
