£15 a month to keep your bum warm ...

[diy_fun_uk]

... BMW think it's a good idea. They can wrap it up any way they want, to me it's just another way to extract more £££ from the consumer. Yeah yeah, they're a business that operates to make profit and all that. I agree with progress, I fully understand it's better that we're not still running around in Model T Ford's. However if they're going to introduce more and more stuff like this, to me it's going too far.

And how would sir like to pay for the braking module software licence in the vehicle? One off payment, annual recurring or monthly recurring?

BMW does a Ryanair: Backlash over extra fees to use heated seats

The hardware that delivers these functions turns them on via a remote upload once the extra payment is made - £10 a month for a heated steering wheel and £15 a month for heated front seats.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[motorbiking]

I think they are basically saying we will build one car with everything on it and you can pay after sale to enable the features?

I’d be interested to know if the license was assignable. Otherwise your car could get stripped back when you sell it.

Tesla did this when selling end of lease cars. To be fair they weren’t advertising them as having the feature.

We await aftermarket jailbreak kits to enable the features at a fraction of the cost.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

software genii will arrive shortly to bypass the whole thing.
Every extra , one off fee £65

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I think they are basically saying we will build one car with everything on it and you can pay after sale to enable the features?
I’d be interested to know if the license was assignable. Otherwise your car could get stripped back when you sell it.
Tesla did this when selling end of lease cars. To be fair they weren’t advertising them as having the feature.
We await aftermarket jailbreak kits to enable the features at a fraction of the cost.

If that's the road they're going down, that's exactly what will happen.

 

[charliegolf]

Explains why BMW drivers don't use signals. How much is that per month?

 

[charliegolf]

If that's the road they're going down, that's exactly what will happen.

Enormous numbers of cars are lease or contract hire these days. You'd be in default of contract, possibly committing fraud as soon as you 'jail-broke' the system.

 

[Trazor]

Explains why BMW drivers don't use signals. How much is that per month?

Generalisations are always wrong, including this one.

 

[charliegolf]

Generalisations are always wrong, including this one.

What model (BMW) do you drive?

 

[Trazor]

What model (BMW) do you drive?

A Mercedes E400 coupe.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

BMW drivers: certificate giving them ownership of the road comes free and as standard.

 

[charliegolf]

Generalisations are always wrong, including this one.

You are right of course, absolutely no-one likes to be generalised about.

 

[ellal]

We await aftermarket jailbreak kits to enable the features at a fraction of the cost.

Or a p*ssed off software engineer leaking the access codes online...

Managed to 'upgrade' a few basic TV's over the years without the extra costs that way!

Along with disabling printer 'end of life' shutdowns...

 

[Ihavenojob]

My Passat has voice activation, but I need a code from VW to enable it,at a cost

 

[ellal]

My Passat has voice activation, but I need a code from VW to enable it,at a cost

You could exercise the digits on the end of your hands instead, and tell VW to 'f*ck off'...

If no-one paid for these 'add ons', then the problem would disappear!

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I think they are basically saying we will build one car with everything on it and you can pay after sale to enable the features?

I’d be interested to know if the license was assignable. Otherwise your car could get stripped back when you sell it.

Tesla did this when selling end of lease cars. To be fair they weren’t advertising them as having the feature.

We await aftermarket jailbreak kits to enable the features at a fraction of the cost.

I see what you're saying but surely that wouldn't be financially viable for them? e.g. every car leaves the production line with additional components fitted (for heated seats etc) but a % of them are never used. Cost of part/s fitted but no return revenue from it.