[6oclockshadow]

Covid caused this? I wish people would stop saying that. Covid didn't cause this.
Mandates and shutdowns caused this. Now, no one knows how to untangle the supreme mess we're in.

[trife.]

Mandates and shutdowns put in place all over the world because of….wait for it….COVID. Imagine that. 🤔🤣

[Encanto]

BMW in year 2002 : The whole concept of iDrive is no need of touchscreen, the iDrive knob does everything and anything.

Customers in year 2021 : We will cancel our orders if no touchscreen!!!!!!

[Flippco]

Originally Posted by rickpaul

Is anyone affected by this planning on keeping their order? I’m just curious if people plan on canceling or keeping

I was going to order next March but now I’m not so sure. I may end up looking at year old cars or different brands.

[Encanto]

Originally Posted by 6oclockshadow

Covid caused this? I wish people would stop saying that. Covid didn't cause this.
Mandates and shutdowns caused this. Now, no one knows how to untangle the supreme mess we're in.

I wish that people like you stop saying that COVID-19 has nothing to do with worldwide supply logistics and manufacturing problems.

[Colliwobbles]

Originally Posted by Encanto

BMW in year 2002 : The whole concept of iDrive is no need of touchscreen, the iDrive knob does everything and anything.

Customers in year 2021 : We will cancel our orders if no touchscreen!!!!!!

Yes, but things have moved on in 19 years, mobile phones, iPads all with touchscreens

[leocce]

covid together with turnip brain ice cream man we have in the whitehouse mandating jabs and printing checks so people dont have to go back to work.. has created all this instability

[6oclockshadow]

Sorry, I'm into semantics. Unnecessary mandates and shutdowns caused this. Not covid itself. Why so ?

[Runningchamp06]

I ordered my M440 GC last week, got a production number, and according to dealer set to go into production mid Nov, hoping it isn’t affected but based on it being all current orders I’m not optimistic.

[springerdrive]

Originally Posted by 6oclockshadow

Covid caused this? I wish people would stop saying that. Covid didn't cause this.
Mandates and shutdowns caused this. Now, no one knows how to untangle the supreme mess we're in.

Originally Posted by leocce

covid together with turnip brain ice cream man we have in the whitehouse mandating jabs and printing checks so people dont have to go back to work.. has created all this instability

Originally Posted by 6oclockshadow

Sorry, I'm into semantics. Unnecessary mandates and shutdowns caused this. Not covid itself. Why so ?

ATTENTION MODERATORS: Political B.S. cleanup required on isle https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...1870408&page=2

[P_Leotardo]

Found out that my build is affected. Honestly thinking about canceling the car and waiting 6-12 months for a car that has all the options that I want.

[Wak999]

Originally Posted by P_Leotardo

Found out that my build is affected. Honestly thinking about canceling the car and waiting 6-12 months for a car that has all the options that I want.

Which build week are you?

[P_Leotardo]

Originally Posted by Wak999

Which build week are you?

44

[rickpaul]

Originally Posted by P_Leotardo

Found out that my build is affected. Honestly thinking about canceling the car and waiting 6-12 months for a car that has all the options that I want.

Which model did you order?

[P_Leotardo]

Originally Posted by rickpaul

Which model did you order?

2022 M340i Xdrive

[P_Leotardo]

The dealer wants me to come in and play with I drive without the touchscreen and see if I like it or not. I’ll try on Tuesday. My 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee has a touch screen. A ‘22 BMW won’t? That’s insanity.

[Rossgazz]

Well just found out I'm in the same boat. My build for a 330 is scheduled for next week. After reading this I called the BMW Genius who informed me my car was affected. No notification from BMW or my dealer about it, in fact I called my dealer after finding out and they knew nothing about it. Pretty poor in my opinion for BMW not to have notified me on the MY Garage build site or a simple email. And $500 credit ? That seems like adding insult to injury.

[claykin]

Originally Posted by Encanto

BMW in year 2002 : The whole concept of iDrive is no need of touchscreen, the iDrive knob does everything and anything.

Customers in year 2021 : We will cancel our orders if no touchscreen!!!!!!

True, except if you compare the iDrive 7 GUI to original iDrive or even iDrive 4, it's easy to see how the later generations of iDrive were designed with touchscreen taken into account. There's a lot more on screen these days and I suspect it will require quite a bit of controller twirling and pushing to navigate some screens and menus.

[drseuss19]

I’ve officially canceled my order. No touch screen and no power seats? That’s ridiculous.

[Rossgazz]

Originally Posted by drseuss19

I've officially canceled my order. No touch screen and no power seats? That's ridiculous.

I think I'm headed in the same direction. They didn't mention anything about seats to me, how did you find that out ?

[P_Leotardo]

I still have power seats but the guy above makes a good point about the actual functionality of the idrive system with/without touchscreen. Makes a lot of sense to me. I’m still going to head to the dealer on Monday and check it out only w the knob but I’m pretty apprehensive about spending that kind of money on a car with tech from mid 2000s.

[drseuss19]

Originally Posted by Rossgazz

I think I'm headed in the same direction. They didn't mention anything about seats to me, how did you find that out ?

From this site. Someone had a link that allowed you to put in your vin and it pulled up your vehicles status. Apparently, so far, I’m being told it only affected 4 series first orders of gran coupes. It was confirmed by my SA.