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I agree, I think ED is great for some, but I always found it to be more hassle and cost than I'd prefer when buying a car. Yes, you do save a lot upfront, but knowing me, I'd spend all those savings during the trip or at least a good majority of it.
Back to OP's point, BMW knows their base and that's why they packaged pdc / BU cam in the exec pk. as everyone will convince themselves to get it because of A) Leather B) PDC / BU cam. It does suck BMW doesn't part it out as an option. I almost considered doing this separately via bimmertech cam + PDC retrofit, but it comes out to at least $1.2k + labor it seems, then looking at exec. pk. today at $3,200 or $3,500, it's a no brainer since it includes the PDC/CAM ($1,200 per retrofit est.), Leather ($950), HUD ($?, but tech likely worth at least $500-$700...at least for me), all things I think for $3,500 makes sense + other luxury items included. For the items I actually want, it adds up to ~$2,800, so they are taxing me for the other items at $700 - meh, not a bad deal overall. |
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Agreed. And it will be (by law) by 5/2018. Will be interesting to see if BMW waits until the absolute last minute to make backup cameras standard.
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They'll probably offer an "HD Back-Up Camera" option, or "Enhanced Parking Camera". Anything to get people to keep ticking those option boxes!
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08-11-2015, 09:59 PM | #207 |
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So i opted for this option mainly for PDC an Camera its a must but i Must say the camera is terrible at night video quality is lacking highley its not clear or bright enough
i have a 2015 X5 and it came standard with BUC & PDC and Cam is 10x better quality WHYYYYY!!!??? |
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I just wanted the HUD. I really got the shaft though because I paid full pop for exec pkg and because I chose the leather cloth carbon structure, no credit towards the "free" leather and no rear heated seats that are included. Should've been $3k for my car, not $4,300
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08-12-2015, 08:40 PM | #210 |
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It's not just BMW. Ford is doing the same thing, 2-3 groups of high priced packages with tons of stuff in them. The other option is what Honda and Acura do and basically offer no options, but just package them into the cost of the car.
Like someone said, otherwise you get a ton of dealer inventory. Now with THAT said backup camera should have been standard....come on |
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