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The Tech package may seem expensive at $1950., but it is a relative bargain compared to the 3 series which charges $2750. for the same package. When I ordered my 235 I compared option prices with other models, the M235i offered good value in the option package department.
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Now for the OP, and the conversation in general, I think the Tech package is 100% worth the money, and I don't see myself ever living without it. But I am not going to question why someone wouldn't want to pony up an additional $2k just because they are spending money on the car in the first place. |
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I'm not going to assume what type you are, SSumair. But personally I want value reasonably commensurate with what I spend. The Tech Package was worth it for me; M Performance interior bits -- or, better example: leather -- wasn't. It may be the opposite for you ... or not; I don't know. Just don't go spouting off about 'bang for your buck' with someone who doesn't share your viewpoint on what 'value' is. That kind of narrow mindedness will piss more people off than not, and there's no place for it on these forums.
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Most people who can afford a $40k car know what it takes to earn / save that kind of money and that's why we don't tick every option.
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Well, there's some us who can't control ourselves from ticking every option :-) And if you have been active on this forum for a while, you know that there are far more stories of members eventually ordering cars with more options than originally planned versus the opposite :-)
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BMWs are expensive, but let's face it, most people if they work can afford a car payment, that doesn't mean that they have money to burn. Some people prefer to live well within their means others get themselves in hock up to their armpits. It's a choice, I prefer not to judge.
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You are all looking at the cost of the tech package from the wrong angle. If the car costs $42k with the tech package, I see this as a HUGE discount if I can get the car for only $40k without the tech package. That's a huge two thousand dollar discount!
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Recognizing that no one may be reading this thread anymore I thought I would come here and pose my question rather than starting a new thread in hope that someone in this thread may be able to help. In the 2018 M240i I have not found a way to send a route from any other program to the cars navigation system. Yes I know you can send a destination and the car will find a route based on your setting in the car. However that doesn't help when I want to go a different or more scenic route. You can use Google Maps to send a destination to your car (provided you register your car and Service Agreement/user name). But again you can send a route. All of which is to ask if anyone has figured out a way to do this (short of picking individual destinations as you travel).
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B1nary : AFAIK, BMWs of any level have never had this capability. It would require a partnership with a vendor with deep mapping/nav capability -- Google, Apple, Tom Tom, Garmin, and the like -- and complete iDrive integration of that mapping capability.
Let's think about this on the online level. Garmin and Tom Tom use proprietary route data files. Google Maps' route API is based on JavaScript; I doubt iDrive utilizes Java in any of its code. Apple natively hates Java, and its route API, MKDirections, is only compatible with iOS. Now, consider that BMW developed iDrive in-house and is highly protective of that software. Add to that its historically love-hate relationship with outside software developers primarily because of that hyper-protectionist attitude toward iDrive. See the problem? There very well may be some carmakers that have the capability to integrate route APIs from one platform into its nav. But more than one? Even the online versions of these mapping programs don't have that capability.
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