EDIT: Seems that you are talking about 10+ year old BMW and telling that CA car UX is amazing - cars with no buttons and clicking (touching) through submenus to get the AC blasting...

How do you define "unneeded" oil changes. If the oil change wasn't reset that is up to your service.

I have not had the problem that the other user complained about, of the reverse camera and sensors coming on when changing gears. Perhaps they shift much slower than the manufacturer anticipated, or they aren't depressing the button on the knob.

Isn’t that only with a couple of weird models built on the Mini UKL platform (and not even all of those)? Hardly what I’d call “a lot”.

Pretty sure literally all other models use a button for park.

It’s definitely a weird exception, and the kind of car you’d expect to suck. Sort of like the Mercedes CLA.

The iDrive system that the user was complaining about is pretty much interchangeable with every other bimmer of that generation, so you're going to find mostly the same features and quirks throughout that lineup. If they didn't like that UX, they're pretty much going dislike any iDrive.

Personally, I think BMW makes a way better infotainment than most other manufacturers.

Those pesky updates.

Plenty of people idle to finish hearing what they are listening to when they reach their destination, and a straightforward way to do that without burning fuel is nice.

Not even that, just getting out of the car and locking it will do the trick.

I guess that won’t work if you’re terribly insecure about your music choices though?

“Unkillable”? You just go into the service menu and reset the oil change interval, this isn’t hard stuff.

Just google “e65 reset oil change” or whatever model you had.