Software upgrades

[I33t]

Here's hoping!

 

[i3Alan]

Let's suppose the i3 is wildly successful and there are 500 of them that all need to be upgraded at once by your local dealer. Can you imagine the mess as your dealer tries to process 500 cars as quickly as possible?

I suspect that in a few years or more, after the first BMW dealer has sold their 500th i3, it would take a number of weeks to get all 500 of them to come back for some BMW service TLC. Three to five i3-capable service bays for such a prolific i3 dealer would be reasonable. Couple hours per i3 could get all 500 of them updated in a few weeks. Seems like even this reductio ad absurdum argument still scales up fairly reasonably!

 

[Boatguy]

Let's suppose the i3 is wildly successful and there are 500 of them that all need to be upgraded at once by your local dealer. Can you imagine the mess as your dealer tries to process 500 cars as quickly as possible?

I suspect that in a few years or more, after the first BMW dealer has sold their 500th i3, it would take a number of weeks to get all 500 of them to come back for some BMW service TLC. Three to five i3-capable service bays for such a prolific i3 dealer would be reasonable. Couple hours per i3 could get all 500 of them updated in a few weeks. Seems like even this reductio ad absurdum argument still scales up fairly reasonably!

But what is the benefit to the consumer who must give up his car for the day? To BMW who must reimburse the dealer? Only the dealership benefits by collecting more money from BMW.