Manual | Idrive I11 User

By: A Reformed BMW Technician

The manual reveals that your $120,000 vehicle comes with a 90-day trial of Seat Adjustment . After the trial, the driver’s seat will only move forward and back. Reclining requires the ($15/mo). Heated steering wheels require the Winter Loyalty Pack ($7/mo, but only if you watch a 30-second ad for BMW Financial Services first).

"If the system detects a 'thumbs up' while you are scratching your nose, the vehicle will enter Sport Boost mode. Do not scratch your nose in school zones." Chapter 3: The Subscription Tiers (The Fine Print) You will notice Page 150 is laminated. That is because it contains the "Active Driving Privileges." idrive i11 user manual

Here is the truth: iDrive i11 isn't a software update. It is a lifestyle diagnosis . The manual doesn't teach you how to drive the car; it teaches you how to negotiate with it. In iDrive 8, you had widgets. In iDrive 9, you had tiles. In iDrive i11, you have the Curated Chaos Matrix . The manual describes the home screen as "an intelligent, predictive canvas." What it means is: the button you need (seat heating) will swap places with the button you don’t need (rear sunshade) exactly 0.4 seconds before your finger lands.

To turn up the volume, you must pinch the air near the rearview mirror and rotate your wrist as if unscrewing a lightbulb. To decline a call, you must point your index finger at the screen, shake your head "no," and blink twice. By: A Reformed BMW Technician The manual reveals

If the screen goes black, the manual suggests "enjoying the analog roar of the straight-six." But you and I both know you can't find the start button without the screen. It's on the ceiling. Next to the SOS button. Good luck.

In other words: Stop trying to understand it. Just drive. Or rather, just gesture, swipe, pay, apologize to Hans, and drive. Heated steering wheels require the Winter Loyalty Pack

Look up "Glovebox." It now contains the manual. And nothing else. The space where the manual goes is now occupied by a subscription activation code for the Lumbar Support Snacks Cooler . The iDrive i11 manual ends with a paradox: "The ultimate driving machine requires the ultimate surrender."