BMW managed to screw me again with a new feature a year after my car

Rewted · 05-08-2008, 04:10 PM

Your life is pretty much over, start shopping for a tombstone. Get real, this is hardly something to stress over. Buy an after market Nav if it bothers you so much. Pretty sure TomTom's or Garmin have this function rolled out already.

MB330 · 05-08-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Terrance28

My car went into production may 5th. It says it started april 8th, so heres hoping.

Did you read the article? X6 only!
Did you order X6?

tavolcom9 · 05-09-2008, 02:20 AM

so what happens if the BMW assist module under the trunk lining suddenly "breaks" while it's under warranty? do they replace it with the new superseded part?

e90fanatic · 05-09-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tyrewt

Your life is pretty much over, start shopping for a tombstone. Get real, this is hardly something to stress over. Buy an after market Nav if it bothers you so much. Pretty sure TomTom's or Garmin have this function rolled out already.

lol but only u'd die before me

TofuTurkey · 05-09-2008, 07:29 AM

It feels like it's just software upgrades, either at the BMW Assist site, or in the car's navigation...

vase330 · 05-09-2008, 08:31 AM

Neat feature for sure, but if it was a few hundred dollars to retrofit would you do it? If no they forget it. If yes, maybe, and just maybe it is something. You know, after using it a few times you will get bored and probably rarely use it. Just print the infor or write it down and go with it to the car and enter it in the GPS. Lets be practical here... Its kind of like comfort access. I have it, love it, but if my car didn't have it would I even care? Probably not. Would I have waited a month or so to get CA on my car? No. I got it because it was there then and I thought it was neat. Love it by the way, but still would not wait a month if I had to do it over. Its just not that important.

e90fanatic · 05-09-2008, 11:31 AM

i wish most if not all items are retrofittable. mostly software driven anyways

Terrance28 · 05-10-2008, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by faston

April 8th for the X6. '09 for the 3 series. But I know where you are coming from. My car is on the way as well, and I am now agonizing over whether to cancel and wait for the '09's.

Oh my bad I guess I missed that part.

NaTuReB0Y · 05-10-2008, 02:59 AM

i got screwed by purchasing a 2005 E90......PERIOD!

zenmaster · 05-10-2008, 10:57 AM

What's the difference between that and this:

Hasn't this feature been around for over a year already, in Germany at least?

e90fanatic · 05-10-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by zenmaster

What's the difference between that and this:

Hasn't this feature been around for over a year already, in Germany at least?

its been out for a while in europe (bmw was first) but in the US, merc has it first on the C

phantom330 · 05-10-2008, 12:23 PM

would you rather them stop making technology advances so you'd feel better about your purchase?

e90fanatic · 05-10-2008, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by phantom330

would you rather them stop making technology advances so you'd feel better about your purchase?

if they have to make multiple additions/updates every few months, that's poor planning and product execution. That'll also alienate their customers as the products they purchased have just lost intrinsic and extrinsic values.

E90SLAM · 05-13-2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by e90fanatic

if they have to make multiple additions/updates every few months, that's poor planning and product execution. That'll also alienate their customers as the products they purchased have just lost intrinsic and extrinsic values.

that's me.....for 2006 E90s....we got alienate from all the 2007 and beyond E9X models....

Neema · 05-13-2008, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Revlis

Sounds about right...

The only folks that I have sympathy for are the 330 owners who didn't know the 335s were coming...

Somebody paid a premium for a 330 just days before they learned of the 335s and THAT could be frustrating. Especially when you figure that the dealership isn't going to be saying anything cause they have 330s they have to sell...

Or it could be like me with my Moto-Guzzi. I know there's a new model coming, so I can go score a hell of a deal on a 2007... Win-Win.

+1

Bimmer335i07 · 05-13-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by e90fanatic

This sucks!!

http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...vAqMyKdc/3Sb4=

wtf. starting 2009 models only?!

lol! I don't really care much for this new feature.

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Originally Posted by E90SLAM

TBH...if BMW doesn't do this...how are they going to lure more customers buying new cars...or trading in...etc etc....don't forget that its all about profit....
yea...dun get 2009 tho....seems like 2010 there's going to be something else...

oh wait...might as well wait till the last model year of E9x...then there's going to be a new platform....hmmm...its a never ending cycle....

+1

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Originally Posted by Xiaofeng

By the time this feature has come out, I will have participated in a BMW CCA HPDE, attended a full autocross season, gone on two long road trips, and driven an estimated 18,000 wonderful miles on my E90.

As others have said, you can wait, and wait, and wait, and never get the car, because something new is always coming out, or you can get what's available at the time, and simply enjoy the hell out of it until it's time for the next purchase. The choice is yours.

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Originally Posted by VP Electricity

Yeah, BMW is the reason you don't make enough money to afford a new car every year.

He can afford a new car every year if he wanted to.

E90SLAM · 05-13-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer335i07

lol! I don't really care much for this new feature.

+1

+1

He can afford a new car every year if he wanted to.

Yup!
He can...seriously...

Bimmer335i07 · 05-13-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Yup!
He can...seriously...

Yeah, he's a lucky SOB!!!

Don't know why he didn't just get the M5 or 550i to begin with. lol! Now, he thinking about getting the e92 M3. The guy can't seem to make up his mind.

e90fanatic · 05-13-2008, 07:46 PM

lol guys...wtf bored at work lol.

scott: u coming this week??

E90SLAM · 05-13-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer335i07

Yeah, he's a lucky SOB!!!

Don't know why he didn't just get the M5 or 550i to begin with. lol! Now, he thinking about getting the e92 M3. The guy can't seem to make up his mind.

His choice of vehicles before this E92.....550i, M5, or M3 (of coz ALL are FULLY LOADED literally!!!)

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Rewted Captain 331 Rep 910 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Your life is pretty much over, start shopping for a tombstone. Get real, this is hardly something to stress over. Buy an after market Nav if it bothers you so much. Pretty sure TomTom's or Garmin have this function rolled out already.
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vase330 Colonel 103 Rep 2,760 Posts Drives: 19 E63S; 15.5 RangeRover ATB Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arlington, Va iTrader: (1)	No big deal especially after the norvelty wears out. Neat feature for sure, but if it was a few hundred dollars to retrofit would you do it? If no they forget it. If yes, maybe, and just maybe it is something. You know, after using it a few times you will get bored and probably rarely use it. Just print the infor or write it down and go with it to the car and enter it in the GPS. Lets be practical here... Its kind of like comfort access. I have it, love it, but if my car didn't have it would I even care? Probably not. Would I have waited a month or so to get CA on my car? No. I got it because it was there then and I thought it was neat. Love it by the way, but still would not wait a month if I had to do it over. Its just not that important. __________________ E92 335 \| Space Gray \| Saddle Brown Dakota \| Dark Burl Trim \| ZPP \| ZSP \| AT \| Idrive \| 6FL \| FBO \| Dinan CAI \| Quaife LSD \| STG3 PROCede.
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