BMW Took Overly Complicated to the Next Level

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 12/30/2014 at 21:03 • Filed to: German Engineering

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What is the point of this? I like the i8, but was this really necessary?

Grindintosecond > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/30/2014 at 21:11

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Why?...just, why?

"There's no reason to be lifting up the hood unless it's in the shop."

I see a fluid bottle in there. I see things to check. There's a million things to look for when a mystery noise begins at 60,000 miles. I'm going to look.

I suppose the owners manual will say only three things. How to open the door if your battery is dead to get out (when would this be I have no idea), the BMW roadside phone number, and the app location to find a dealer when anything has to ever be thought about. I cant add washer fluid at a gas station by myself unless a dealer mechanic comes out to the gas station to help lift the hood. I guess if you can afford an i8, you can afford to have BMW wipe your own ass for you cause you gave up the ability to do anything else for yourself.

McMike > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/30/2014 at 21:12

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Get used to it. The more fancy we get, the more redundant shit we have to deal with.

This one cracks me up, though. (also in the Corvette) Manual release levers for the doors in case the electrical replacement for the manual release stops working.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > McMike 12/30/2014 at 21:14

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I can see law suits due to BMW's design. Who in a panic is not going to just pull the lever? If it is broken all the time by your employees, it's a piss poor design.

McMike > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/30/2014 at 21:17

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Already happened with to guys in two corvettes and that couple in New Zealand.

As well as that poor girl who died of heat stroke in the BMW after her brother hit the door locks while she slept in the car before school..

They're fucking doors, people. Let them open.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/30/2014 at 21:22

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A redundant mechanical weak as hell plastic lever? You mean like a handle that I can pull with the same force needed to lasso the moon and not break?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > claramag, Mustaco Master 12/30/2014 at 21:23

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I don't understand why they just didn't make it where it lifts up.

claramag, Mustaco Master > Grindintosecond 12/30/2014 at 21:25

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Seriously, it's almost as if BMW is trying to make sure nobody wants these cars 5-10 years down the road, or like they don't want it to get that E30/E46 enthusiast love later on

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 12/31/2014 at 04:28

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That's BTU's i8!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 12/31/2014 at 12:20

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Is it really?

TDogg > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/03/2015 at 22:21

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Even if I were in the market for this kind of car, that hood bullshit would have me running off so fast.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TDogg 01/03/2015 at 22:30

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Not just that, but if the car's electrics fail and you panic and break the door latch back-up, you're fucked. That is a piss poor design.

TDogg > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/03/2015 at 22:44

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Yeah, I can see that being a serious problem for BMW if someone sustains injuries/death from that type of situation (a fire comes to mind)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TDogg 01/03/2015 at 22:51

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At least this isn't a mass produced car like a Cobalt or Tahoe...

JGrabowMSt > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/03/2015 at 23:45

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Yeah, he was sent that video by his sales rep. It was some agreement that the car stayed at the dealer for a week or something like that before he took delivery.

Convenient timing to do training, when someone orders a new toy that no one at the dealer has had time with before.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/04/2015 at 00:11

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I think the primary handle should be manual for safety reasons...

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/04/2015 at 00:12

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I don't see why they decided that unbroken method was worth replacing.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/04/2015 at 00:16

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Over-engineering and planned obsolescence. Also reminding havenots where they stand.

DrJohannVegas > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/04/2015 at 20:55

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I don't know what I dislike more: the design choices shown in this video or the attitudes of some of the dealership employees. The griping and complaining really show professionalism during a training session. /s

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > DrJohannVegas 01/04/2015 at 21:15

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They are probably irritated about the liability of the cars eventually being a liability in the service department.

DrJohannVegas > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 01/04/2015 at 22:30

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Perhaps. But, given the attire, the questions, and the comments ("I'm not even gonna SELL this car...", which is the comment which really irked me.), I'm guessing these are sales folks. (Which is fine.) But, the griping and complaining among themselves seems to be distracting them from a real demonstration of a car which is very different than the 4-series they spend time with all day. Rather than being irritated, they can work on preventing the car becoming "a liability" by focusing on the delivery training session.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > DrJohannVegas 01/04/2015 at 22:35

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Well he isn't selling that car, because that is actually an Opponauts car, lol.