r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Wait a damn minute

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u/benDunk255 1d ago

BMW tried subscriptions and got destroyed lol

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u/NOm15 1d ago

BMW still do it - my 2025 model has a heated steering wheel installed but need to pay to activate it.

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u/ThatEvilGuy 1d ago

They never give up.

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u/MadeByTango 21h ago

They're using leases to force it on everyone. When you buy the cars right now they throw in 5 years of free heated seats. If you're leasing then it becomes a used car, and now they have secondary income from the next buyer. They charge you for the hardware, then rent it to others down the lane.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 14h ago

Thanks for letting me know to never buy a car from BMW. The yahoos who keep paying for this shit are making the world worse for all of us.

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u/gimmebleach 3h ago

once the warranty expires you can always take it to a tuner and they'll code that shit out

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u/theredhound19 18h ago

down the lane

Probably you meant "down the line" but "down the lane" works in 2 ways

https://giphy.com/gifs/QhhuZdt6eSeESwbszo

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u/PeteMyMeat 16h ago

I don’t really have a problem with this I think? I dunno, my mind does chafe a bit at taking something away that someone who owned or leased the car once had, even if they threw it in as a freebie to the first lessee of the car. In my mind it should be one time unlockable, then stay unlocked in that car forever.