No doubt BMW dropped the ball on this steering wheel. It is the only major issue I have with the M40i. Figured I would post this here as a quick and cheap way to remedy the situation until an official change is made/available. As you may all be aware, Sor has a great post on doing a G30 wheel swap.
http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1444289
In the meantime, this cover works for me. It still sucks but it is a lot better than that skinny Sport Steering Wheel. It is quite sad I had to resort to this as I hate the wheel that came with the vehicle.
FYI, it is installed backwards and upside down compared to the picture on Amazon and IMO looks and feels better installed this way.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1