BMW ID is SO ANNOYING
Just a rant.
Car comes with 2 keys. I am the only driver of this car. It is my daily. One key lives in my briefcase, the other stays at home. On workdays easy - grab the man purse and go, key always in it. On weekends and when not traveling for work I use the other key.
This car (unlike other BMWs) does not have the ability to link your BMW ID to both keys, JUST ONE
. I discovered this 2 days ago when I smacked my face on the A-pillar and aggravated a herniated disk in my neck because as I was mindlessly getting into the car I didn't notice the seat advancing toward the steering wheel WAY TOO FAR and had to adjust my landing whilst my arse was about to land in the wrong spot (it was all graceful with the athleticism of the wiley antelope I'm sure to the casual observer UNTIL I hit my head on the A-pillar
).
Got in and seats were wrong, seat memories were blank, mirrors wrong, no EQ settings set. Car is running Guest profile. So I assigned the BMW ID to this key in my bag typing in my BMW credentials at red lights while looking at my phone for the 32-random digit password on the account in order to prevent phishing attacks involving ads for "B1G PEN1S P1LLS". Everything then went to normal settings, and no pen1s pill ads, whew...
Then last night I took the other key to go pickup one of my kids from softball and that one is now assigned as guest (had been assigned to my profile before), and same dang thing happens.
Talk to my CA. If both keys are in the car you can go to BMW ID settings and link both keys. EXCEPT YOU CAN'T in the M2, but you can in other BMWs...only 1 key allowed to be assigned at a time in the M2.
So my workaround this weekend is I will start the car with the guest profile. Get all my settings the way I want them. Go and get the other key and unassociate my BMW ID from that key. So I am able to have 2 guest keys. Just can't have 2 keys associated with the owner of the car
. dummkopf. Makes zero sense.
All I want is for the car to be predictable in terms of its settings when I get in and drive off....and I have to use 2 keys, just my system. If I start using just 1 key, it ends up somewhere random then I can't find it when trying to go to work....huh don't remember leaving it on the back of the toilet
...I guess I could just show up everywhere with my briefcase. Handcuffed to my wrist might get people thinking...
Ich verstehe nicht BMW. Verrucht.
