BMW’s latest “innovation” isn’t about performance or safety.

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@lazyb0y @iFixit Not really. That is how it has become though. But it is essentially private enterprises making private profit - but competition shifts the focus away from serving staff, customers and suppliers well to a manic single obsession with profit.

[qboq@mas.to]

@iFixit I have ridden a BMW motorcycle for years, with the idea that I could do minor maintenance tasks myself (which I did, even with my modest skills). With this kind of corporate bullshit, I will not be buying a BMW anymore.

#righttorepair

[lazyb0y@mastodon.social]

@NicelyManifest
yes i know this is not the real definition but the current outcome

@iFixit

[fotoliptofono@mastodon.social]

@linjari @iFixit @MonsieurBalarate i still hace computer and mouse ps2

[bolomkxxviii@mastodon.social]

@iFixit BMW has been a poor choice for many years unless you just plan on leasing it. With their extensive use of plastics, which degrade over time, these vehicles become endless money pits as they age.

[utf_7@mastodon.social]

@BoloMKXXVIII @iFixit only to name cfaas: car functions as a service

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@iFixit They don't call 'em Big Money Wasters for nothing!

[laempel@social.selbstlernserver.de]

@iFixit Dallmayer ist bio?

[bonehousewasps@mastodon.social]

@iFixit Predatory business practices aside, building their logo in the screw head is pretty cool...

[jackeric@beige.party]

@iFixit @BonehouseWasps should do it the other way round - screw the logo into their heads

[decapitae@mastodon.social]

@iFixit All the more reason I will never purchase their junk. ️

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@lazyb0y @iFixit Thanks. But it is also not everyone. Dan Price is a good example of an exception ...

[paultk@mastodon.social]

That is a lot of effort for something that has a simple solution to the proble. Don't buy BMW. This is the same company that tried putting basic features behind a subscription paywall.

[edavies@functional.cafe]

@BoloMKXXVIII I'd be surprised if fewer than 90% of new BMWs are leased (or similar arrangements for company cars). That's the market BMW are selling to and this sort of nonsense (like silly screw heads and degrading plastic) is the result. The residual value of the car after the first lease is a rounding error so people running cars which are more than 3 years old are their enemy.

@iFixit

[bolomkxxviii@mastodon.social]

@edavies @iFixit I have no idea about the percentage of BMWs that are leased, but I would not be surprised if you are right.

[ozone89@techhub.social]

@iFixit not only anti-repair, but also e-penis, as they used their logo of all the shapes they could've used...

[ozone89@techhub.social]

@iFixit
"Because this head prioritizes branding over utility, neither the bit nor the screw head can withstand the torque of a standard Torx or Hex fastener."

Calling it, the main usage will be engine shrouding, so to deter entering the engine bay at sight.

And it'll be so fragile on purpose so to deny warranty claims after the first visit to an independent mechanic.

[farbel@mas.to]

@iFixit Every mechanic who works on BMWs will have the necessary bit in weeks. If this is really an attempt to keep people from repairing their vehicles, it is pretty dumb.

[loki@mastodon.green]

@iFixit 10 weeks and you can buy this bit at Ali Express and temu…

Sorry, but times are different today, you can’t f… around like this anymore

[waldi@chaos.social]

@iFixit I hope that at least the threads are standard. Use some force and you have a flat head driving slot added to them. Later replace with standard screw.