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Originally Posted by Marty in Bgm
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Originally Posted by gpitts
I would say that my experience with the G05 is anything unlike prior BMW purchases. WAY more issues driving off the lot than prior models. Hence the firmware updates... BMW really rushed the G05. It needed more validation time without question.
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Let me ask you this since you have had a history of BMW ownership. What would you say the % split is of issues if you put them into these two buckets?
1. Thought to be software related
2. Non software related (quality, hardware, electrical, workmanship) |
This is a good question.
Software issues become a multiple (or exponential) as auto OEM's rachet up the tech level in cars. My expectation is in the future all this automated driving stuff will be written and tested by a common group of OEM's, after standards are set. It's unaffordable and not sustainable to do it alone going forward. I fear BMW and others are learning hard lessons with this generation of hardware.
Or, another possibility is hardware improves so significantly that the software required, to glue it all together, will be far less complex than what auto OEM's deal with today. If 5G is to create a network where cars can communicate with each other in real time and adjust their movements based on other cars, then we'll need much more than the half hearted effort we're seeing today.
Regarding other G05 issues, to me it doesn't seem significantly different to other first year models. If you don't like to deal with issues, stop buying first year of a new model.