So you’re telling me they’re not an optional extra?

From what I hear, the car itself beats it out of you.

Why pay if not used

I can only imagine the frustration of engineers in BMW having to deal with finance people.

Engineer: "...So you want me to route the functionality of heated seats to a PCB to check for a payment variable, to prevent the person, who bought the car, to not be able to use a function already built in... Is that correct?"

Finance guy: "Yes! You got it!"

Engineer: "I know the answer is money but still... Why?!"

“Before I begin, I recommend paying your heated seat subscription before bothering with stuff like the turn signals.”

The peasants don’t need to know where I am going.

Consistency is important.

Every driver in China is like that. The popular consensus seems to be if other drivers know what you plan to do, they will use it against you.

Not BMW drivers obviously.

https://youtu.be/GAMCkJvECy8 462k Including me now, which i don't own a car. Lol

Are you sure you weren't just in Houston?

Look man, when I'm in my RC F, that V8 ought to be turning your head so you anticipate I'm going to pass you. Otherwise you're clearly not paying enough attention to my sick expensive car. (/s)

Depends on location. It is always the Lancia for me

I did not know about soft turn signals until I saw this post.

I question why this feature exists. Drivers should be aiming to signal 10 seconds ahead. When making a lane change or turn, you should be keeping your signal on until the maneuver is completed. I can't think of a circumstance where 3 blinks is enough. 1 blink looks more like a mistaken signal.

Smoking gun

That and the water pumps

It is possible, but I had to install the aftermarket turn signal mod to unlock mine

Yes I'm a vegetarian. Yes, I eat meat. Yes, we exist.

Dozen*

Opening with a disclaimer "the use of this procedure may void your warranty..."

Why would I pay $10/mo for things I don't even use?

It's because they're entitled dickbag drivers. Which is funny because where BMWs are more common, Audi drivers are the entitled dickbags.

If I see a black Audi, I can guarantee that it will be a dangerously bad driver.

The law of the asphalt jungle dictates a strict hierarchy maintained by the current value of the vehicle. The rare and elusive hypercar at the top, Bentley and Rolls Royce after that, BMW, Audi, Mercedes claim their place after the big boys, then comes the rabble with the commoner brands like Opel, Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and after that the economy cars. Trailing all of them are the sort of cars that are officially quadricycles and hated by all. The right of way follows that order and no signaling is required for lesser cars. They are expected to yield and make room for their more noble brethren. It's a stupid status game, all of it, and it endangers safety.

My driving teacher had a BMW and I thought it had nice turn signals! Then again my parents car at the time was a nearly 22 years old economy car so my frame of reference is not great.

I don't understand how that's possible. Like, driving school has ingrained the turn signal reflex into my arm so well that I sometimes even feel weird not using a turn signal when making a hard turn on a road without crossroads. And changing lanes without a turn signal literally can't be done, my brain feels. Don't driving schools in the US do that?

I can only imagine the other dumb shit that happens in your life because of her

Where I live using turn signals gives inconsistent results people don't usually use them and its usually fine, I offer forget and is usually fine. But a lot of times, using my turn signal makes no difference. They like to ignore it or purposively get in your way

They didn’t view the entire video. It was too complex

Drivers of other vehicles curious to know if BMW turn signals are supposed to work.

It's scheduled to be filmed just after the salute tutorial is released.

I can't even blame Tesla drivers for not blinking, it's awfully designed... it'll stay blinking for too long, then if you try to turn it off by putting it a bit in the opposite direction, now you're blinking that way instead.

On-laws drive a BMW-SUV. Suspension is Like a sports car, it’s just a bad driving experience. It’s a maddive chunk of metal, I don’t want to feel a moose if I was to hit one.

Its a stereotype: BMW drivers supposedly tend to not use their turn signals in instances when they should, which can make them less predictable on the road which can be very dangerous.