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2mo ago

Weird green blinking light

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I recently got a BMW i4 (their electric mid-size sedan). These new cars beep if you start to stray to the next lane without first engaging the turn signal.
My company's Sprinter van goes as far as yanking you back to your lane unless you engage the turn signal first.
Damned tech ruining a good vintage meme.
- Tesla is the new BMW and nobody's using those buttons.
  
  There’s a Starbucks near me close to a complicated intersection. Without fail every Tesla making a left at the intersection does so directly into the rightmost lane (three lane street) then slams the brakes to turn right into the parking lot for Starbucks, all without a turn signal.
  What also gets me is the right lane is super extra wide so you can move over and make the turn into the parking lot as slowly as you’d like, but instead they need to make sure they completely back up traffic behind them as they slowly make it across the left part of the right lane.
  
  Ugh... I got to try those buttons the other day. Might work in an intersection. Horrible in a roundabout!!! No wonder nobody use them!
- Seems terrifying to have your car resist your driving
  
  Yeah, I am not a fan. You can turn it off from the system settings menu, but it reactivates on restart. There is no way to disable it permanently.
- They still put the powerful magnet behind the license plate though so it will be pulled up right behind the car in front of them.

Yes, you should be concerned!
I'm pretty sure that's a premium service you pay a monthly fee to access. Definitely does not come standard with a BMW. You'll want to shut it off immediately to not incur extra charges to your BMW account.

Calling the garage
"Yeah, so I've got a strange green light on iny car... Wait, now it's off again...
Now it's back on....
And off...
And on...."
- Garage
  No problem, please get your car to our garage we will fix it in 30seconds. . . . . . . It will just cost you 1200£
  
  So, what did you do?
  We just refilled the blinker fluid.

You should turn left.

When I was a kid I thought that was telling my dad where to turn

This light indicates that the left half of the vehicle is parked illegally.

That's the blinker fluid level warning light. Drive to your nearest mechanic and ask them to refill it for you.
It's a good idea to film and post it online so others will learn about this important feature.

Funnier because its a beamer

I remember when my mother-in-law lost the 710 cover of her car and the problem to buy a new one

I was on the way home Sunday with my kid. Going down a road that's 30mph. My house is on the left. I run my blinker on to turn into my driveway. A BMW speeds up and tries to pass on my left. Nearly T-Boned me. All I saw was the medallion and a lit-up UBER sign on the dash.
They managed to stop, flip me off, and sped away before I could even get my window down. What the fuck is thier issue?

BMW drivers should be euthanized.

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