No Way..(iDrive)

[bozo]

Hello all! Since work is the only place I can usually have fun on X5World, and the gub'ment susequently stripping our access to it, I was on AWOL status. The fix? Im sitting here running a Google search on the e70, and an "X3World" post comes up. I hit it, and BANG! How long will THIS last?!

Anyway, heres the deal. I get an email from ebay saying, "list your car for free" weekend is coming up. I usually delete them, but for some reason, I decided what the heck....Ive been toying with selling the X for some time, but red tape was forcing me into a corner..UK Taxes, etc. Turns out, I dont owe them anything. So I did it...It went on Friday night, 5 day auction, high reserve due to my reluctance to sell, we'll see what happens. Saturday, not a bid, Sunday, nothing, Monday a couple of lame bids and a few "emails" from Nigeria requesting my bank details, blah, blah, blah...and he wants a LHD drive X5. Very funny homie...

Anyway, went to bed Monday night or whenever it was, nothing. Woke up the next morning and WTF!?! Reserve met! The thing finally sells and I SHOULD be seeing the money in my account today. Of course Im still worried about all the scams and the rest, but we'll see.

Now the good part. My wife and I have always considered it a no brainer that we would just move into a loaded Odyssey or the e70. We just got the e70 over here a few weeks ago, went to look at (externally) and that was it. We're sold-until of course we actually got in the thing. Interior-loved it. Functionality - loved it. Comfort-Perfect. And then we put the key "thingy" in. That lovely "brrring" sound. This is just great!! The verdict?! 20 minutes later, we get out of the car...my wife is swearing like Ive never heard in my life. Im almost in tears due to confusion and disappointment. My daughter is confused and thinks we're both on drugs. Somebody PLEASE, PLEASE tell me that this iDrive thing is not this bad. The DEALER sat there for half of those 20 minutes and was just as confused as we were. No one had a clue how to use this thing! We never even got on the road! Now immediately I ran home and Googled the F*CK out of iDrive-iDrive problems-iDrive issues-iDrive forums-iDrive suicide attempts. Not much out there. I DID read however, that there IS a learning curve. I want to hear from you, people. Make this right with me and my family. I WANT to love this car. But when the dealer looks at me and says "wow, this IS a bit confusing, isnt it?", it makes you wonder. Console me.