2005 X5 4.8is

When put in reverse, the right side mirror automatically adjusts downward (safety feature) to see,....um, I guess...any potential "thing" that one may back over that is RIGHT NEXT to the back rear tire.

I hate this feature and wonder if it can be completely disarmed?? My backup beeping sensors are enough for me for the immediate area around the rear right side.

I am MUCH more concerned with cars, people, things BEHIND me 10,20+ feet away. Now it is impossible to check the side mirror for, say, reverse lights from another car in a parking lot backing up. It has created a HUGE blind spot.

I could give a hoot about my tire or rims getting damaged on a curb, and much more concerned with a bicycle rider, jogger or whatever on my right rear side.

Of course, unless the BMW engineers had a rash of people sitting right next to the right rear tires waiting to be backed over....think not.