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      02-18-2020, 06:08 PM   #1
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Can I add Remote Start to my M340i after delivery?

I seemed to recall it was possible a while ago, I'm taking delivery soon and my dealer is telling me it's not possible currently to add it to a car ordered without it.

Anyone know definitively?
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      02-18-2020, 06:53 PM   #2
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I seemed to recall it was possible a while ago, I'm taking delivery soon and my dealer is telling me it's not possible currently to add it to a car ordered without it.

Anyone know definitively?
Yes I know it is possible because my G20 has remote start and my dads G30 didn't. He went to the local Bimmer dealership and they said it'd cost him $1500 to add it as an option after delivery.
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      02-18-2020, 09:46 PM   #3
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Yes I know it is possible because my G20 has remote start and my dads G30 didn't. He went to the local Bimmer dealership and they said it'd cost him $1500 to add it as an option after delivery.
Yikes... so they're charting 5x the price of remote start if someone wants to add it retroactively.
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      02-18-2020, 10:23 PM   #4
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Yikes... so they're charting 5x the price of remote start if someone wants to add it retroactively.
If they kept the pricing consistent before/after ordering then I can imagine everyone just ordering stock cars and then slowly adding all the upgrades/addons instead of forking out all the money upfront.
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      02-19-2020, 02:09 AM   #5
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If they kept the pricing consistent before/after ordering then I can imagine everyone just ordering stock cars and then slowly adding all the upgrades/addons instead of forking out all the money upfront.
That's a very good point, but that's not the only thing. Retrofitting parts will naturally be more expensive since there's a lot of additional labor. And you're sourcing parts which have to be sourced/stocked and sold at a dealership. Of course, there's also the stealership markup.
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Mission performance offers remote start retrofit for 300$.

Check out their website.
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That's a very good point, but that's not the only thing. Retrofitting parts will naturally be more expensive since there's a lot of additional labor. And you're sourcing parts which have to be sourced/stocked and sold at a dealership. Of course, there's also the stealership markup.
Yeah I wasn't surprised that it was more expensive... Just a little surprised that it's 5X more.
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All I can say is $300 well spent. I turn my car on before work and its warm when I get in.

I also turn it on from miles away via the app. Life is good
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      02-19-2020, 08:22 AM   #9
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Mission performance offers remote start retrofit for 300$.

Check out their website.
I just looked at their site for feature coding and there's hardly any information there. Maybe it's the mobile version I was looking at?
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Mission performance offers remote start retrofit for 300$.

Check out their website.
I just looked at their site for feature coding and there's hardly any information there. Maybe it's the mobile version I was looking at?

Write directly to Alex and ask about remote start.

If you look in the options inside the M340i tune, you can see remote start retrofit for 300$.

On their Instagram page you can see a demonstration.


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Remote start on the m340 is just software.... silly of bmw not to offer enabling this after production....
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      02-19-2020, 02:13 PM   #12
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Write directly to Alex and ask about remote start.

If you look in the options inside the M340i tune, you can see remote start retrofit for 300$.

On their Instagram page you can see a demonstration.


I wasn't interested in remote start, I already have it, I was interested in other features but I didn't see them listed.
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Write directly to Alex and ask about remote start.

If you look in the options inside the M340i tune, you can see remote start retrofit for 300$.

On their Instagram page you can see a demonstration.


I wasn't interested in remote start, I already have it, I was interested in other features but I didn't see them listed.
Sorry, didn't understood very well.

If you just need coding, they offer it to. On the website you can see the link for coding.

https://missiontuning.com/bmw-remote...te-coding.html


It's not listed which features you can code with them, you will need to ask them directly.
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      02-22-2020, 12:35 PM   #14
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Can someone clarify this for me, is the remote start just a software thing that needs to be coded, or is it physical equipment that needs to be installed on the m340i?
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      02-22-2020, 08:41 PM   #15
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Remote start with the keyfob was worth the $300 on the order to me. Remote start via the connected app is worth so much more. I love being able to start the car from my desk at work (no where near the vehicle) and have it warm and ready by the time I walk over there to get in.

Point being, if you get an aftermarket solution I would check if that feature is supported (if it matters to you).
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