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Originally Posted by Alan

Wow it is crazy you can't get those options, we were able to get the Parking Assist pkg and Exec pkg (which as you know has the premium pkg options and some other extra's) for my daughters 2021 X3 but when the car arrived it did not have the passengers seat lumbar or width adjustment which was a bit of a surprise, they gave us a $150 credit.

I see on the 2022 5 series no Parking assist package is available either (for those that don't know this package gives you all of the surround camera's in addition to the rear camera).

Folks buying these as used cars in years ahead had better be super careful about understanding what they're getting.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by lemming

BMW got the styling right on the X3. Thank God.

Hmm… let me attach a front view. These connected kidneys need to go…

Originally Posted by Alan

Wow it is crazy you can't get those options, we were able to get the Parking Assist pkg and Exec pkg (which as you know has the premium pkg options and some other extra's) for my daughters 2021 X3 but when the car arrived it did not have the passengers seat lumbar or width adjustment which was a bit of a surprise, they gave us a $150 credit.

I see on the 2022 5 series no Parking assist package is available either (for those that don't know this package gives you all of the surround camera's in addition to the rear camera).

No width adjustment on either seat for 2022.

[Theo]

Originally Posted by SCA

Hmm… let me attach a front view. These connected kidneys need to go…




No width adjustment on either seat for 2022.

The updated lights look great. Are those grills active? They look closed.

Also why are the grills not black?

[robg]

Originally Posted by SCA

Same for this X3. No wireless charger, no digital key, and no lumbar on the passenger seat, yet it is on the driver’s seat. The optional HK, Driving Assistance Professional Package, Parking Assistance Package, and Premium Package is currently unavailable. Naturally all the optional items are available on the M40i.

Interesting. Weird about the lumbar-- i can't think of what "chips" are involved in adding lumbar support to a seat. I know some automakers (like Porsche) have said they'll eventually retrofit/provide some items that were missing. Is BMW offering anything like that or is it just take it or leave it?

[ZBB]

Originally Posted by SCA

Weeks away from 80 he is still a practicing physician as well. Stopped performing surgery in 2020.

My grandfather was an MD and practiced until he was in his early 80s although he quit performing surgeries in his 60s. He tried retiring a couple times, which never lasted more than a couple months. For the last several years, he worked 1 day a week (and the occasional full week) for the fire dept - basically filling in for other doctors when they were off or on vacation at their in-house clinic. I think he basically volunteered as long as his malpractice insurance was covered!

Unfortunately, he was in a very bad car accident when he was 83-84 — he pulled out of a parking lot and he didn’t see the oncoming car, which t-boned his car and barely missed him. My mom and her sisters wouldn’t let him drive after he recovered and he decided to fully retire. He passed a few years later at 88…

[ZBB]

Originally Posted by robg

Interesting. Weird about the lumbar-- i can't think of what "chips" are involved in adding lumbar support to a seat. I know some automakers (like Porsche) have said they'll eventually retrofit/provide some items that were missing. Is BMW offering anything like that or is it just take it or leave it?

Everything is controlled by microprocessors these days…

Good point about avoiding 2021-2022 model years down the road though.

[robg]

Originally Posted by ZBB

My grandfather was an MD and practiced until he was in his early 80s although he quit performing surgeries in his 60s. He tried retiring a couple times, which never lasted more than a couple months. For the last several years, he worked 1 day a week (and the occasional full week) for the fire dept - basically filling in for other doctors when they were off or on vacation at their in-house clinic. I think he basically volunteered as long as his malpractice insurance was covered!



Unfortunately, he was in a very bad car accident when he was 83-84 — he pulled out of a parking lot and he didn’t see the oncoming car, which t-boned his car and barely missed him. My mom and her sisters wouldn’t let him drive after he recovered and he decided to fully retire. He passed a few years later at 88…

Oh wow my grandfather had the exact same thing happen when he was in his early 80s. He wasn’t badly hurt in the accident but he did have a stroke a few months later which led to his decline and eventual death at 87


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[SCA]

Originally Posted by Theo

The updated lights look great. Are those grills active? They look closed.

Also why are the grills not black?

Yes, active kidneys. The black kidneys with black exhaust finishers were optional and my parents are not fans so they did not order. I read that BMW recently removed them due to Covid constraints and I just checked their website, gone… FYI, the black kidneys also omits the chrome accents in the headlights which makes them appear even smaller.

Originally Posted by robg

Interesting. Weird about the lumbar-- i can't think of what "chips" are involved in adding lumbar support to a seat. I know some automakers (like Porsche) have said they'll eventually retrofit/provide some items that were missing. Is BMW offering anything like that or is it just take it or leave it?

BMW deducts $150 or $175 from the MSRP. I cannot recall the exact amount.



Premium Package is back. Oh well, we added most of what was in it and he will not miss gesture control or HUD.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by ZBB

Everything is controlled by microprocessors these days…

Good point about avoiding 2021-2022 model years down the road though.

Not quite sure you would need to avoid them just be careful if you are concerned about certain options.

Our 2021 M340 & M550 came with all the options ordered. While the X3 was missing those items on the passenger seat everything else we ordered came with it (and it was a pretty loaded car), also I find the passengers seat very comfortable and I don't even notice these things are missing.

What I am seeing though on the 2022 models some options are unavailable which hopefully is for the short term but who knows

[Nick M3]

there's something about the giant wheels that makes these look smaller than they actually are.