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[–] 20 points 4 months ago (10 children)

For anyone actually wondering, no BMW never made it so you had to pay a subscription for heated seats. The backlash was enough to end that before it happened.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    True for the US

    According to a BMW spokesperson, seat heaters were offered in subscription form in the UK, Germany, New Zealand, South Korea, South Africa, etc.

    They stopped with the seats but are still trying

    https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20230908-bmw-drops-plan-heated-seats/

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  • [–] -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    And to be honest it’s really nice for the second hand market. Every car gets heated seats installed, and the next owner can “activate” them.

    Plus bmw always provided the option to pay in full for them, or BNPL model it.

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