[nimbius]

call me a skeptic, I've worked in the auto industry as a heavy engine master tech for over 20 years, but the same luxury manufacturers who can't make a v8 that lasts longer than 60k miles without a recall or major defect are not qualified to skip class and start making Ev's.

Mercedes rolled out the 250 largely because biturbo has been a loss leading qc dumpster fire for the last decade. Audi can barely handle infotainment that doesn't brick and reboot on a road trip and BMW has turned their technology package into a monthly milk truck that fleeces people for basics you get out the door from Toyota. if Tesla were to hit the ground with a car thats 10k less than the 3 in 2022 it would bury these gilded Lillie's from across the pond faster than the m5pvl gear in a 7 series punches out and seizes a 20k transmission.

[BoorishBears]

> BMW has turned their technology package into a monthly milk truck that fleeces people for basics you get out the door from Toyota

Someone who's so deeply embedded the the industry should know Toyota Connect is the same story, installing hardware in all models but only enabling it for subscribers.

[zeusk]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19800220

is it a 7 series or some Japanese SUV?

Also, if you're as experienced as you claim; You'd probably BMW does not make any transmissions. They've forever outsourced that to ZF or Getrag.

[Kon-Peki]

…and General Motors. Up until the ZF 8-speed, pretty much all the good automatic transmissions in BMWs were built by GM.

[zeusk]

zf6hp28 and getrag GS7 DCT were far better. GM was only better than the older 5 speed autos.

[yourusername]

> Audi can barely handle infotainment that doesn't brick and reboot on a road trip

This is a feature of all recent VAG cars. Nothing quite like your navigation and climate control freezing on a 1000 km road trip but there's no way to reset the computer so you have to wait a hour for it to fully crash and reboot.

[doteka]

If it’s like my 2019 polo, a long (30sec or so) press on the power button on the infotainment console will reboot it.

But yeah, just traded that car in for a Mercedes, and the infotainment is night and day. I basically don’t use CarPlay anymore because the built in stuff actually works better.

[alliao]

what's a m5pvl gear?