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Heated seats are a subscription service now, $18 per month.
BMW switches Heated Seats, Other Options to a Monthly Fee.
For $18, or $180 a year, automaker will turn the heat on through software https://www.newser.com/story/322942/...ss_world_login In some countries where BMW sells cars, buying a model with, say, heated seats has become more complicated—if not more expensive. Heated front seats are a subscription service now, for which the consumer pays a Netflix-like $18 per month, the Verge reports. Other options are offered the same way, including automated traffic camera alerts and map updates, in a system that keeps the vehicle generating revenue for the automaker long after it's driven off the lot. Subscriptions launched in South Korea and are offered in the UK, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa, but not the US yet. Automakers have always charged more for optional features, but this—a system of microtransactions—is different. The abundance of software in cars now makes it all possible. All the vehicles already have the hardware to heat the front seats, but BMW has the system blocked by software. When consumers pay up, BMW unblocks the software governing front-seat heating. The fact that they've already paid for a vehicle with all the equipment has increased buyers' irritation, per the Verge, though the company tells buyers the installation was at "no extra cost." BMW does offer deals on the options: The heated seats can also be turned on for $180 a year, $300 for three years, or $415 for perpetuity. If payments are missed, CNN points out, BMW will turn the heat off. |
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and yet, my OnStar doesn't set the time automatically
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Yet another reason to avoid German cars.
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I have heated seats and steering wheel on my BMW. The ultimate driving machine.
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Heated steering wheel and heated-cooled-massaging seats in my F250. I’m old and I love it.
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Does your Cruze have a no cost maintenance free warranty for 3yr/36,000 miles Including free oil changes? |
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I have two of them in my garage and the day they pull that shit here in the states is the day I move to another brand.
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God Bless The Irish
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Even Wifie's Bolt has subscription-free heated seats and steering wheel. They use less power than the regular heater.
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Wow $18 a month. Go too McDonalds one less time each month.
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You mean Beemers. I just sold my first and only Beemer. Nice car, I-6 smooth as silk, but a PITA to work on. Plenum covers the back part of the engine. Front edge of plenum carries a 4ga cable from the starter (like old school GM), across the top of the engine, to the main power panel. Intake manifold serves to carry wire harness to various sensors in the front of the engine. Valve cover has sensors built into it, and under it. PCV system buried under the intake. All this shit is brittle plastic. Crank sensor required removal of all that shit. Diagnostic software is all written in German.
My Porsche, in contrast, is a breeze to work on. Locate the part, then remove it. Diagnostic tool was less than $200, and talks to all the modules in the car. Even the shop manual was free. |
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