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BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS) (www.bmwblog.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’m never buying a BMW again. I had an electric i3 which had an inverter (charger) failure. BMW wanted €12k to fix it. Thankfully an independent offered to do it for 4K. But BMW still wanted 3K just to plug it in and authenticate the new block. Nothing else, just “bless” it. Made the fix cost-prohibitive so we just had to scrap the car. The battery, which most people fear, was fine on this 8 year old car.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Luxury car dealers do that all the time. The Volvo dealership quoted me $2800 to get my car to pass inspection, about $1500 of which was just tires.

I got a set of tires from Costco for like $800, and then an independent mechanic said everything else was fine and charged me $100 for inspection and emissions.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know, but in the past the independent dealers didn’t have to deal directly with BMW for fixes. Now with all the authentication needed you can’t just get a replacement part from anywhere any more. Similar to how Apple locked down its batteries, BMW is doing the same.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

They can lock down their revenue potential, fine by me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even 4k sounds utterly insane for an inverter, but maybe I am wrong on that. Insane. Yeah I won't be buying a BMW ever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Inverter + install + testing. It’s deep in the car so a lot has to come out (I was told).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I see many more Teslas on the streets than BMWs in my country and in my city.

And I live in Europe.

Fuck you BMW, who the fuck are you and where you go:)))