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>>mikela+(OP)
The article misses to explain why this is an EU problem, not just a BMW problem. Is the problem described caused by a specific EU regulation (which?) or is mentioning the EU just click bait? (Honest question.)

>>Archel+jb
It is a BMW problem and the rest is clickbait. If you own a BMW you know all this as it has been the case for over decades.

It's also not a eu thing as all manufacturers are locking things up, Ford and other US brands are trying as much as all other manufacturers. They just haven't reached BMW levels yet.

>>consp+Zr
This 2022 BMW X1 my wife drives is the last BMW we will ever own. £395 for an oil change. £180 for brake fluid. £500 a year road tax.

Meanwhile my 2011 Prius continues to pass its MOT without fail, needs just the usual very affordable consumables, gets 50% higher MPG and actually has a larger cargo capacity than the X1.

>>danw19+Ay
>actually has a larger cargo capacity than the X1

You have just discovered that SUVs are large because some people want their cars to be large. They come with all the downsides of that and not much of the upsides.

>>ahartm+TE
They don't come with all the downsides. They externalise the reduced forward visibility for people behind you, the headlights spinning onto other users' cabins, the running over of toddlers, and, my favourite, the driving in the middle of the road rather than risk getting mud on their fucking tyres

No tax rate is too high. Rebates for agricultural workers maybe.

>>psd1+kU
In our defence we didn’t buy the car, it was inherited. I’d have sold the thing the day it arrived if it was mine.