BMW i4 40

[spdpsba]

Choice is a good thing

If the base car costs 25000! And it doesn’t.

 

[Unclepaul]

An i40 is one of the few cars in the World that looks better by putting a license plate on it's nose

 

[spdpsba]

An i40 is one of the few cars in the World that looks better by putting a license plate on it's nose

You need the big one like this

 

[MrT3]

There’s enough people on this forum alone who complain about not having dumb cruise control on their Tesla’s

only because adaptive CC sucks.

 

[Zilla91]

only because adaptive CC sucks.

Luckily BMW and others gives you the choice to not spec it. Once again, choice is a good thing.

 

[Js1977]

Luckily BMW and others gives you the choice to not spec it. Once again, choice is a good thing.

Don't you have the choice not to use it though

 

[The_Cable_Guy]

will echo the comments above, as a car its nice, flawed based on its chassis but very well refined and a much nicer place to sit than a tesla, however it felt like a wallowing barge which is a massive no for me, as i actually enjoy driving, i know its not a sports car but the front end wash out was massive as soon as it saw a round about.

 

[Zilla91]

Don't you have the choice not to use it though

The choice to not use adaptive cruise? No, you don’t. It’s that or nothing

 

[rincewind]

God forbid being given the choice to spec a car to your liking…

I get that, but it was really about the fact that 1. TACC should not be an extra on a car of that price and 2. To purchase it, the buyer has no choice but to buy the bundle that contains a lot of other stuff that, I my case at least, I didn't want.

 

[Js1977]

The choice to not use adaptive cruise? No, you don’t. It’s that or nothing

Yes.. I rather have the choice to delete certain option one day and enable them another day... a bit like premium connectivity. Its handy if I ever do a long trip (like cross europe) and then cancel straight away through the app would you believe instead of having to enabling thing through the app or online and then having to call to cancel ... but I digress.

 

[Zilla91]

Yes.. I rather have the choice to delete certain option one day and enable them another day... a bit like premium connectivity.

One would wonder if you’d say the same thing if someone suggested doing something similar with heated seats, for example

 

[Js1977]

One would wonder if you’d say the same thing if someone suggested doing something similar with heated seats, for example

Yes. I bought the rear heated seats/heated steering package for the mrs.

 

[yessuz]

God forbid being given the choice to spec a car to your liking…

well, sometimes it is stupid.
If it was pick one by one, then ok. But sometimes in order to get ONE feature you must order some pack which has additional 5 things which you might not need/want

 

[Js1977]

But sometimes in order to get ONE feature you must order some pack which has additional 5 things which you might not need/want

But...you are just getting the additional 5 features for free

 

[yessuz]

But...you are just getting the additional 5 features for free

now since you put it that way....

but it would be great if bundle did not cost arm and leg

 

[Js1977]

but it would be great if bundle did not cost arm and leg

Just haggle for a kidney instead

 

[Zilla91]

well, sometimes it is stupid.
If it was pick one by one, then ok. But sometimes in order to get ONE feature you must order some pack which has additional 5 things which you might not need/want

You can thank UK consumers who apparently want it this way. Been a while since I last checked but I'm sure you can still individually spec stuff in Europe.

 

[Mrklaw]

Luckily BMW and others gives you the choice to not spec it. Once again, choice is a good thing.

I don’t think the issue is choice. The issue with BMW and a lot of others, is the use of ‘packs’. So you have the choice to have cruise control - but you don’t have the choice to *only* have cruise control. You’re forced to also buy a bunch of other things you may not want under the guise of a ‘value add’ pack of goodies. Ending up with a bloated spec and price when you only wanted 20% of the things you’re paying for.

 

[Mrklaw]

You can thank UK consumers who apparently want it this way. Been a while since I last checked but I'm sure you can still individually spec stuff in Europe.

want it this way, or accept it this way?

 

[Zilla91]

want it this way, or accept it this way?

Combination of the 2 I guess. If you look at different brands, they usually only bring their more "expensive" lines to the UK - for example BMW with the M3 and M4, you can only get them in competition guise with an auto box while in Europe you can still get the normal versions with a manual.

Seats are another thing, leather always seems be standard in the UK but in Europe they start with the fabric seats