Ah right, this was BMW too:
For the past few years, BMW has behaved in a way that seems to treat their buyers as targets for more revenue over everything else. Remember all their subscription bullshit? People hated that, and worked around it, and eventually BMW had to dial that back, because having a subscription for heated seats makes people want to riot.
So, definitely on the “don’t even consider” list.
Tbf, I feel like a large percentage of BMW owners deserve all of this…
Unfortunately, I have to agree.
A lot of people think of BMWs as an “aspirational car” that they actually have a chance of owning someday. Mechanically, they’re excellent cars. I’m disappointed that they keep doing things to cheapen themselves. Lately they’ve been acting like they’re owned by a private equity firm.
Now I can pretend I’m in a NYC taxicab that smells like cigarettes and vomit! Nice work, BMW!
They play ads in taxis in NYC?
They did, and probably still do. It’s not a screen on the dashboard, though. They’re on the backs of the front seats, so anyone sitting in the back gets pestered.
Watering down the brand, lol
I mean they did that the second they started making SUVs and then really did that the second they put an M badge on an suv. Seriously, their brand used to be 3,5,7 series. What even numbers are they now? They don’t mean anything anymore. Bonkers. But hey line go up I guess.
I’m no BMW guy but don’t the chassis numbers stay the same on the SUVs because they are based on the car chassis? Like a 328i or whatever and an X3 are the same start but one gets a bigger roof and suspension. Like engine options are the same etc
No one pays $61,500…they rent them, but they call it “leasing”. It’s a mechanism for douchenozzles to drive something they can’t afford.
I own a house, and I make payments to a mortgage company every month, and I’m pretty sure it would be illegal for that mortgage company to put a fucking Spider-Man billboard in my yard, facing my front windows.
So… you don’t own a house, the bank owns it. Don’t give them ideas.
That’s not how mortgages work. You own the house, the bank owns the loan.
In other countries than the US that distinction actually means a lot more. For instance, some countries will not allow a bank to repossess cars or houses once a simple majority of the loan has been repaid. In the US, you could be on the final 1 cent payment and the bank, from a legal standpoint, can foreclose on the whole thing if you fail to pay it. In realistic terms, it’s theirs until the loan is entirely repaid.
Semantics. Try not making a couple of mortgage payments and you’ll find out very quickly who actually owns that house.
Are there any car brands which don’t do things like this
Am I tripping or is the start of this article a transcript of a Louis Rossman video I watched earlier this week?
Ah, the irony of seeing a Kia advert while cruising the autobahn in your brand new shiny BMW. “Hey! I could bought a KIA, saved a shitload of money and avoided adverts? Damn!”.
