I bet you’ll be able to source matching bits from Chinese sources not a week after the screws appear on the market.
Nobody learned anything from “Tamper Resistent” Tory.
People need to stop buying BMWs, they seem to always be the first to introduce some new bullshit.
They also love making their cars extremely complicated, so maybe it’s better if people need to do some research before taking apart something they can’t reassemble.
BMW is essentially the Apple of cars. Is has the same cult-like following too.
The BMW-driver stereotypes are real too.
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I knew exactly one BMW driver in my life, he was a marketing firm executive, looked like a character from Better Call Saul. I was in charge of marketing for a small company that I lied to about my qualifications and ended up a VP of marketing, so this guy comes roaring up one day and parks across two spaces in his BMW convertable, cigar in mouth, aviator shades, cheap suit and loud tie, he just always wanted to “make things happen.”
Absolute cartoon character. I have to say I kind of loved every interaction, it was like a recurring character on a sitcom.
Anyway, about all I remember was him complaining how hard it was to get the thing serviced and the wheels alone set him back the cost of another car.
I hated marketing, but I also hated the unemployment that followed when the housing market bubble burst and suddenly nobody had money anymore.
I wonder how that got past the prior art. I mean Robocop referenced shooting yourself in the dick back in the 1980s.
Literally not even a novel design and in my opinion, not patentable.
Didn’t Audi edit: try some similarly outrageous stunt about 25 years ago? Something like no user access to the engine compartment at all? As in go to the dealer to have them remove the front of your car and refill your washer fluid. I remember that went over like a limestone cloud and I don’t think they pulled the trigger on that design. Car people, where are you?
You’re probably thinking of the A2 service hatch. It’s nothing like that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_A2
Fuck them then. The line in the sand has been drawn and we want to fix our shit without corporate intervention. I was always too poor to own one anyway.
Man, fuck BMW, they’re a shitty company to do business with. Worse than Audi even and that’s a tall order.
I’m sure a bored steel worker somewhere can crank out a bit in 10 minutes
Just another tool for the mechanic to stock. They’ll be on eBay and Amazon soon enough.
Having 8 million single use tools sure does get annoying and expensive…
Does that mean it’ll be a free dealership service? If you can’t service them yourself or have an off brand replacement, doesn’t the company have to provide it?
Thanks for letting me know to never buy a BMW!
classic bmw
if only our economy wasnt so dependent on this company
I’ll stick with my Hyundai, thanks.
I nneded to buy a 2 ft wratchet extension to undo a nut holding down the battery that was waaaaay down there. You know they did that on purpose
Fuck em, but also a few measurements, plastic prototypes, and 1 shapeways order and you could have a custom stainless socket wrench bit to fit these. I’ve printed a custom shaped utility box key in 17-4 for less than $50.
No one ever asks about the company’s right to repair /s
Give me a blowtorch and 20 minutes. I’ll have it off.
Seems like it might burn your fingers.
