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Is it really too much to ask it with heated seats built-in? For a luxury automaker...
> Is it really too much to ask it with heated seats built-in? For a luxury automaker... Lol. Porsche takes this to a whole other level in my experience.
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My former BMW dashboard, the area below the satnav, has something that appears to have melted. It’s not the hard plastic that did it but something that appears to be a coating of some sort. It had a sunroof, and probably that caused it. The rear stopping lights circuits fried somehow, replaced them myself. Apparently water gets in? My porsche 981 had the roof peel off, and the door panels gradually ungluing. More wor…
Was your BMW manufactured in the US? Scott Kilmer gave this advice for American car buyers; make sure the BMW or Mercedes-Benz you're looking for was built in Germany! US versions apparently have terrible quality, not even close to EU standards.
People aren’t happy owning nothing.
And people "owning" luxury vehicles likely disliked having to rent parts of it. And that reputational damage might have played a role. "Nice BMW you got, what's the monthly rent?"
Is it illegal to enable the seat heating yourself after purchasing the car without the seat heating plan? Is it even possible?
Is it illegal to enable the seat heating yourself after purchasing the car without the seat heating plan? Is it even possible?
This sits in the same realm as adblockers for a browser.
> Is it even possible?
the car maker might be able to make this impossible, but last i heard, people have done it. Unfortunately, due to a lot of cars being software, the manufacturer could detect and cause headaches for you, in an attempt to discourage it.
I reckon there ought to be laws, akin to the right to repair laws, that ensures you truly own your car and the manufacturer cannot lock you out.
Imagine a car manufacturer sold a car which was just a normal car. It didn't spy on you, it didn't rely on subscription for built in functionality, if you wanted something non-standard (say parking cameras or fancy paint color whatever) you paid for them upfront for a one off $x fee. Chances are nobody would care, but just buy what peer pressure tells them to buy.
> non-standard (say parking cameras... Those are, and have been legally required, for several years in Canada because cars have gotten so big, and visibility so bad, people kept hitting (typically their own) toddlers.
Is it illegal to enable the seat heating yourself after purchasing the car without the seat heating plan? Is it even possible?
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Is it really too much to ask it with heated seats built-in? For a luxury automaker...
We're living in interesting times. Grandparents often would not believe the headline, and that's understandable. However, they would also sneer at such a sneaky idea as what BMW brought to the table. They're at peak marketing if they actually believed whatever professional advice led to charging for heated seats in a supposedly "luxury" brand vehicle. Wow