A way to justify CA (or not)

[Alpine F31]

At the risk of being captain obvious (with flame suit on) I decided the only way to justify buying CA is to divide the number of items I'm getting in the package by the price. I added top and side cameras because...why not? Then it becomes a simple question of would I pay $X for that item? Yes or no.

Executive package for M4: $4000
Top and side view cameras: $750
$4750/8 items=$593.75 per item.

So for each item I ask the question. Would I pay $593.75 for this?

248 Heated Steering Wheel NO
322 Comfort Access keyless entry YES
3AG Rear view camera YES
502 Retractable headlight washers NO
508 Park Distance Control YES
610 Head-up Display YES
655 Satellite radio with 1 year subscription NO
5DL Side and Top View Cameras YES

Overall, that's 3 NO's to 5 YES's. That's a democratic way of looking at it. Majority rules! YMMV

[Sir Loin]

You turned the Top/Side view camera, an option that is $750, to $593.75. On the UK site, you can see heated steering wheel is only £155, Comfort Access is £495, Reverse Camera is £330, and the HUD is £825. Averaging them all out is a weird way to look at it.

Maybe you could try adding the CCB option into the mix and see how that goes :-).

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

You turned the Top/Side view camera, an option that is $750, to $593.75. On the UK site, you can see heated steering wheel is only £155, Comfort Access is £495, Reverse Camera is £330, and the HUD is £825. Averaging them all out is a weird way to look at it.

Maybe you could try adding the CCB option into the mix and see how that goes :-).

I agree, but since we cant order these things separately like the UK can, it's the only way to look at it.

[TTG]

Scratch review view camera off of my list or any other camera for that matter. Not once used it and / or like it.

[Carl L]

Originally Posted by Alpine F31

At the risk of being captain obvious (with flame suit on) I decided the only way to justify buying CA is to divide the number of items I'm getting in the package by the price. I added top and side cameras because...why not? Then it becomes a simple question of would I pay $X for that item? Yes or no.

Executive package for M4: $4000
Top and side view cameras: $750
$4750/8 items=$593.75 per item.

So for each item I ask the question. Would I pay $593.75 for this?

248 Heated Steering Wheel NO
322 Comfort Access keyless entry YES
3AG Rear view camera YES
502 Retractable headlight washers NO
508 Park Distance Control YES
610 Head-up Display YES
655 Satellite radio with 1 year subscription NO
5DL Side and Top View Cameras YES

Overall, that's 3 NO's to 5 YES's. That's a democratic way of looking at it. Majority rules! YMMV

I love the glass half full nature of your post but it has one issue- who needs a rear view camera and PDC? That makes it 4-4.

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by Carl L

I love the glass half full nature of your post but it has one issue- who needs a rear view camera and PDC? That makes it 4-4.

I have to admit I am still not used to how big my F30 is. A rear view camera is not necessary but it would sure be nice to have sometimes.

So, if it's 4/4 then it's a coin toss. I'm so confused.... . I love the HUD and CA in my F30. It would be a shame to buy a much more expensive car that didn't have them.

[Powaup]

Love the optimism, spending $7K is actually quite common. I am one of those people that love rear view cameras BTW specially when parking in SF, they are going to become mandatory for future vehicles also

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by Powaup

I am one of those people that love rear view cameras BTW specially when parking in SF, they are going to become mandatory for future vehicles also

I bet it comes standard on the 2016 model.

[soccer dad]

How much is comfort access on the other BMWs if you don't buy it within a package? Once you figure if you're getting leather (I would assume a large number) well, since the leather is free with the Exec pkg, that's basically $950 off of the $4,300 price tag (M3) or $4000 (M4). So you are really looking at paying $3300 to get the other goods (HUD/CA/PDC/REARVIEW) so that isn't as bad...

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Alpine F31

At the risk of being captain obvious (with flame suit on) I decided the only way to justify buying CA is to divide the number of items I'm getting in the package by the price. I added top and side cameras because...why not? Then it becomes a simple question of would I pay $X for that item? Yes or no.

I pretty much agree with your option assessment, though I don't see with cameras all around why you need PDC as well?

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by GregW / Oregon

I pretty much agree with your option assessment, though I don't see with cameras all around why you need PDC as well?

Everything except 5DL is bundled into the Executive package so I have no option. I actually want PDC though.