[Rosseau]

Did I mention that the rear "coat" hangers are the cheapest and most poorly designed of any vehicle I have owned in 45 years? I cannot get one laundered shirt on a hanger to stay put. This is on the 2019 M240i.

The $4 fix is the "Command" adhesive hooks from Walmart, etc. I recommend the medium size in black, of course

[M235ForNow]

Originally Posted by stevenvillatoro

I hate that the START button is totally blocked from view. Once I blindly went to deactivate the adjacent AUTO-STOP function, and inadvertently shut off the motor completely while creeping along in traffic. Had to come to a full stop, shift to PARK, and then restart the car. The car's behind me weren't too happy, especially the guy behind me that nearly plowed my rear end.

Different size/positioning, it seems. For me, it's totally in view. But the seat heater button otoh ...

[Avex]

The jerky gearshift from 1 to 2 on the 8spd auto gearbox always makes me rethink my decision to buy the car. I hear a tune will sort it out but damn they rly shouldve sorted it out at the factory.

[M235ForNow]

Originally Posted by Avex

The jerky gearshift from 1 to 2 on the 8spd auto gearbox always makes me rethink my decision to buy the car. I hear a tune will sort it out but damn they rly shouldve sorted it out at the factory.

I've noticed that on a cold start in the morning but that's the only time I've noticed any issues with mine. My solution is to slap it into manual mode and upshift into 2nd when I first start out.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by Rosseau

Did I mention that the rear "coat" hangers are the cheapest and most poorly designed of any vehicle I have owned in 45 years? I cannot get one laundered shirt on a hanger to stay put.

^ This.

They're useless.

[M235ForNow]

Originally Posted by dradernh

^ This.

They're useless.

Guys - They're not hanger hooks. You're supposed to string a clothes line between the two. They're for drying your shirts after you visit the laundromat. Saves money on having to use a dryer. It's all in the manual. You need to put the air on high and hot in the rear to accelerate the process.

;-)

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by M235ForNow

Guys - They're not hanger hooks. You're supposed to string a clothes line between the two. They're for drying your shirts after you visit the laundromat. Saves money on having to use a dryer. It's all in the manual. You need to put the air on high and hot in the rear to accelerate the process.

;-)

Now we're getting somewhere!

As for that "manual"...don't get me started.

[808@702]

Originally Posted by 23fizzer

one other thing which is a bit annoying is that it seems like its the only BMW from the last 10 years that doesn't auto dip the passenger side mirror when reverse gear is engaged.

This switch to adjust the mirrors on driver side armrest needs to be clicked to the passenger side mirror, then it works

[albertw]

After a short day of driving (approximately 10 hours) an annoying chime sounds and the display turns on with a "do you want to take a break?" message. There seems to be no way to turn it off. Even worse, if you've been dodging potholes or standing water and activating the lane monitor frequently, a similar message comes up on the display between the instruments. That blocks out the temperature readout, which is important to have if you're driving in wet conditions near the freezing temperature.

The latter issue forces me to turn off all the lane keeping nannies on long trips, which is just when I might actually be helped by it. Clearly German engineers, living in such a tiny country, don't understand the need for long drives with stops only for gas and fast food.

[Ron Jeffries]

Soon enough you won't be able to go that long without peeing anyway.

[Rosseau]

+1

[tiwahu]

Just got my 2 today. I see what people mean about the turn signal lights on the side mirrors. Almost blinding at night.

Also, the turn signal stalk stays down or up when putting on the turn signal (rather than returning to the middle like my old 135i and the X5d). Haven't had a car that did that in over a decade.

[shadowfax]

Originally Posted by Rosseau

Did I mention that the rear "coat" hangers are the cheapest and most poorly designed of any vehicle I have owned in 45 years? I cannot get one laundered shirt on a hanger to stay put. This is on the 2019 M240i.

The $4 fix is the "Command" adhesive hooks from Walmart, etc. I recommend the medium size in black, of course

I leave the BMW Travel & Comfort Base Support (part #51952183852) in between the passenger seat head rest posts, and when I'm picking up clothes from the cleaners I click in the Travel & Comfort Universal Hook (51952183855).

[ScottAndrew]

Originally Posted by albertw

After a short day of driving (approximately 10 hours) an annoying chime sounds and the display turns on with a "do you want to take a break?" message. There seems to be no way to turn it off. Even worse, if you've been dodging potholes or standing water and activating the lane monitor frequently, a similar message comes up on the display between the instruments. That blocks out the temperature readout, which is important to have if you're driving in wet conditions near the freezing temperature.

The latter issue forces me to turn off all the lane keeping nannies on long trips, which is just when I might actually be helped by it. Clearly German engineers, living in such a tiny country, don't understand the need for long drives with stops only for gas and fast food.

Doesn’t matter where you are - 10 hours is 10 hours and humans need a break. It’s perfectly possible to drive 10 continuous hours from Germany (you know they do let you out these days!) and not actually get very far...

[734jeant]

Originally Posted by Spydeputy

I have mine unlock upon turning the car off

NEWB question - how did you program that to happen?

[desro]

Hate the gigantic blind spot when the top is up on the convertible. This could've been easily rectified with blind spot monitors like most new cars now have

[aerobod]

Originally Posted by desro

Hate the gigantic blind spot when the top is up on the convertible. This could've been easily rectified with blind spot monitors like most new cars now have

Also easily solved by using split field drivers door mirror (same as standard on European BMWs) and adjusting the mirrors so that no part of the view more than a car length behind appears in more than one mirror, even vehicles alongside are visible with the split field mirror. With the standard mirrors when adjusted correctly, anything from from the rear wheel backwards will be visible in the 3 mirrors, a glance out the side windows should show anything else that isn't in front.

[Spydeputy]

When I had my car coded to do different things, that was one of the options.

Originally Posted by 734jeant

NEWB question - how did you program that to happen?

[Spydeputy]

What a novel concept.

Originally Posted by aerobod

Also easily solved by using split field drivers door mirror (same as standard on European BMWs) and adjusting the mirrors so that no part of the view more than a car length behind appears in more than one mirror, even vehicles alongside are visible with the split field mirror. With the standard mirrors when adjusted correctly, anything from from the rear wheel backwards will be visible in the 3 mirrors, a glance out the side windows should show anything else that isn't in front.

[Climate Changer]

I hate how the washer fluid nozzles are not adjustable.
They spray over the windshield giving me a shower when the top is down also spray all over the side windows as well.

The arm rest always sliding forward-so annoying

As mentioned in previous posts
Interior door handle placement, early fuel warning, can't adjust auto-dim mirrors

Other than that I love my 2.

[19bis]

A air bag related error popped up at the start of the week, apparently due to a flaky passsenger seat occupancy sensor. My dealer does not have a loaner until next week, so made an appointment to get the car in then. Meanwhile, the air bag icon on the instrument panel is illuminated.

Every time I start the car, a message comes up in iDrive that has to be cleared. Annoying, but I can live with that.

What I hate is that there is a persistent "Passenger Restraint System" message that shows up where the OBC display should be. Pushing the OBC button will bring up the display for a few seconds, but then "Passenger Restraint System" comes up again. With all of the indicators, is this really necessary? I have come to depend on the digital speed display in the OBC, so there really is useful information there that is now being obliterated. Grrrr.

[530iDriver]

Originally Posted by albertw

After a short day of driving (approximately 10 hours) an annoying chime sounds and the display turns on with a "do you want to take a break?" message. There seems to be no way to turn it off. Even worse, if you've been dodging potholes or standing water and activating the lane monitor frequently, a similar message comes up on the display between the instruments. That blocks out the temperature readout, which is important to have if you're driving in wet conditions near the freezing temperature.

The latter issue forces me to turn off all the lane keeping nannies on long trips, which is just when I might actually be helped by it. Clearly German engineers, living in such a tiny country, don't understand the need for long drives with stops only for gas and fast food.

The driver alertness messages can certainly be turned off/disabled in iDrive.