New Configurator Online for BMW USA

TN_3 · 02-06-2017, 04:24 PM

https://www.bmwusa.com/byo.html

New style

AngryBaby · 02-06-2017, 04:31 PM

According to this, my incoming M2 will get 26mpg.

I suspect that won't be the case...

Fake News 2017 · 02-06-2017, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TN_3

https://www.bmwusa.com/byo.html

New Style

Just tried it, looks like a pain, don't like it at all!

DDD31 · 02-06-2017, 04:47 PM

Wow, just tried building a 2017 540i xdrive and it doesn't show the M-sport package as part of the packages and is missing many stand alone options.

Also, half the time you choose an option it will change your interior color, exterior color or trim choice. Was this supposed to be a Beta test?????? Great job BMW.

Zeroblade · 02-06-2017, 04:51 PM

Its buggy as hell right now. Give it a few days

Bluewater328iT · 02-06-2017, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DDD31

Wow, just tried building a 2017 540i xdrive and it doesn't show the M-sport package as part of the packages and is missing many stand alone options.

Also, half the time you choose an option it will change your interior color, exterior color or trim choice. Was this supposed to be a Beta test?????? Great job BMW.

Some interior colors are unique to luxury, sport, or M-sport lines. They have been doing that for years. They have also been packaging stand alone options into packages and offering fewer options for years. If you like more options, check out Porsche sometime. You can really customize those. Back years ago, you could order really unique combinations on American and other cars, like a station wagon with a 427 engine and 4 speed stick shift.

Tony007 · 02-06-2017, 05:41 PM

It's absolutely horrible!

DDD31 · 02-06-2017, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluewater328iT

Some interior colors are unique to luxury, sport, or M-sport lines. They have been doing that for years. They have also been packaging stand alone options into packages and offering fewer options for years. If you like more options, check out Porsche sometime. You can really customize those. Back years ago, you could order really unique combinations on American and other cars, like a station wagon with a 427 engine and 4 speed stick shift.

I'm well aware of that having owned many BMWs.
What I'm saying is I was not able to build the same car using the new system that I built using the old system. The options and packages just aren't there (i.e. M-sport, dynamic damper control as a stand alone option). It seems when I try to add a stand alone option it'll change the interior color and trim.

If they're bugs that need to be worked out, then why roll it out to the public? Or are we just going to call these "alternative builds"

Wah · 02-06-2017, 05:59 PM

I like. Works better than the old one that I always had problems with.

It's likely they changed it to make it more mobile friendly since most people use their phones and ipads to browse the web.

Naz24 · 02-06-2017, 05:59 PM

i love how they call the M3 an "s drive" now. Yeah, its rear wheel drive

drexplode · 02-06-2017, 06:24 PM

dislike the new configurator, borderline annoyed while trying to pick my options

secretanchitman · 02-06-2017, 06:58 PM

The packages don't stay checked for me and I don't see the individual colors (exterior, interior, trim) anymore.

It's much faster to load but I have to scroll to see everything so it's not that great.

Volfan615 · 02-06-2017, 07:01 PM

I can't find a M3 to configure. I have to pull up a saved configuration and get to the old version.

YMB-M3-J2 · 02-06-2017, 07:06 PM

yup totally sucks. Why cant you change from interior to exterior views easily? I dont know why they dont use the same one as one of the EU ones. Not sure which one it is but you can look for yourself. Much easier to use. You can even build the new LCI M4 and LCI 2.0 M3 with black 666 wheels! yay!

http://www.bmw.lu/de/index.html

SakhirM4 · 02-06-2017, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Volfan615

I can't find a M3 to configure. I have to pull up a saved configuration and get to the old version.

Just to the left of the M2

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SD ///M4 · 02-06-2017, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Wah

It's likely they changed it to make it more mobile friendly since most people use their phones and ipads to browse the web.

That's quite possible because on my laptop there's too much white space, all of the text is too big and I have to scroll to see what used to fit on one page before. It's pretty easy to develop a web page that displays one way for regular screens (laptop and desktop) and a different way for mobile devices, which is easy to detect. The rule for web development used to be, the less scrolling the better, make it fit on one screen if possible, which the old version did better than this version.

SCMike · 02-06-2017, 07:26 PM

Every year, it's the same thing. The new configurator comes out, and it is buggy for a while. This year's configurator update is much more extensive than last year's, so that's no surprise. I was able to build my same old F34 specs (that I am pondering to order) for the same identical price, but for some of the package selections, I had to re-select several a couple of times before they "stuck". Hey, if the early cars can be sold for "further development" by the customer, why should the configurator not also be so. Oh, I do like the old configurator MUCH more - it was cleaner, the summary was a more comprehensible summary, and the 3D views more useful (what happened to the 3D interior?). Patience.

RobC2 · 02-06-2017, 07:33 PM

Not a fan. The old one was very easy to flip back and forth. I don't like this one.

Thisisdudewhoru · 02-06-2017, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AngryBaby

According to this, my incoming M2 will get 26mpg.

I suspect that won't be the case...

My new 340i got 33mpg coming back to east Tennessee from Atlanta Georgia coming through the mountains in Asheville NC....

MRCUR · 02-06-2017, 07:43 PM

This new design does not use screen space efficiently at all. The font is so large you could read it from a mile away.

TomTarzian · 02-06-2017, 07:48 PM

Not nearly as user friendly as the old one.

God bless,
TT

Ian1973 · 02-06-2017, 08:09 PM

Its the buggiest thing I've seen in a long while. Nothing stays checked when you click something else.

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Naz24 Lieutenant Colonel 1644 Rep 1,726 Posts Drives: W205 AMG C63 / E70 X5M Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North/Central NJ iTrader: (1)	i love how they call the M3 an "s drive" now. Yeah, its rear wheel drive __________________ 2017 C63 2012 X5M SOLD: 2015 M3; 2007 X3 M Sport; 2014 X3 M Sport 35i; 2004 X5 4.4i; 1994 325i
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Volfan615 Private First Class 34 Rep 144 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	I can't find a M3 to configure. I have to pull up a saved configuration and get to the old version. __________________ 2017 M3 Sakhir Orange/Sakhir Orange \| Competition \| Executive \| Driver Assistance
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RobC2 Lieutenant 318 Rep 520 Posts Drives: different makes and models. Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: NC iTrader: (0)	Not a fan. The old one was very easy to flip back and forth. I don't like this one.
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