BMW owners feel like just the right demographic to pull this shit on. The kind of people to have every possible streaming subscription service running at the same time and blame their financial situation on “taxes”.
Time to focus on jailbreak cars. We need to kill off the DMCA now!
fuck the subscription model. I want to own my shit!
oh yes, surely that idea helps them compete with Chinese cars, this is what they are going to add value to and justify their price
It lowers the upfront cost which is what millions of financially illiterate people think of first. $299 biweekly for 96 months! That’s $20 cheaper than XYZ
Never you mind how much extra it costs for radio or heated seats or the horsepower on the sticker.
And i will never commit to BMW.
I will never buy a bmw because of this, and they were on my short list of new car next year.
I’m probably going Volvo now, we will see.
is that why they never use turn signals? you need a subscription?
No, it’s because the peasants don’t need to know where I am going.
The assumption is that every peasant on the road will stop, move out if their way and politely greet them because of the higher BMW status. Just as they in turn have to defer to a Bentley or Rolls Royce. The hierarchy of cars.
It’s funny, because a boy I used to work with in a major UK city centre with lots of traffic congestion used to say “go for the gap in front of the ones with a nice car, they’ll stop”.
In the same vein, never let them out of a junction out of politeness. They have enough privilege in their life, they can wait.
Banged up Corsa? Out you come, you’ve places to go.
Boring Ford Mondeo? Sure, I’ll be nice.
Land Rover Evoque Sport? Get fucked, I’ve got right of way.
You joke but I actually had a co-worker once tell me that “I’m an adult, I don’t need to tell others where I am going.”
Drove BMW my whole life and the brand no longer makes cars for people who like driving. Hard to imagine this is the company that made the e46 m3.
Coming up to 10 years of ownership on my 335i and it will be my final BMW. They literally don’t even make a car that is more fun than my clapped out 335. Pathetic. It’s all touch screens and electronic steering and shit that car enthusiasts despise.
Porsche is the only company still making good cars. Unfortunately that is also reflected in their prices.
Dont like wrx’s?
I feel the same. I will use my 2022 320i touring until it turns to dust. By then, I hope I’ll be able to afford a porsche that can fit my dog’s cage in the trunk.
I’m definitely not buying any of the newer models with giant touchscreens instead of buttons.
My next and probably final sports car will be a 2008/09 cayman S. They appear to just work with just regular maintenance. Some owners have like 500,000km haha
I love my Cayman S! The biggest risk from what I’ve read is bore scoring, which can end up fairly serious. If that doesn’t happen, it seems most issues are minor. Mine just passed 100k, bought it in 2023 at 70k. Enjoying every minute I spend behind that wheel!
Unfortunately your photo doesn’t seem to load for me but I would love to see it!
Shifting toward a subscription model at this stage in the game just screams “we are having money trouble.”
Which is ironic considering the image BMW has.
They could try making cars that are fun to drive like they used to for starters
