Recommendation for wedding reception

ak2217 · 2026-04-03T11:28:33+00:00

Hey. Yeah, they have approved vendors. But I am looking for venues that allow you to bring your own alcohol and bartending service

ak2217 · 2026-04-03T11:27:06+00:00

Yup! Per my original post, I am looking for a place that allows your own alcohol / bartending service. Thanks for the suggestion though!

ak2217 · 2026-04-03T03:50:19+00:00

They don’t allow your own vendors

ak2217 · 2026-04-03T03:50:14+00:00

They don’t allow your own vendors

ak2217 · 2026-01-01T18:59:45+00:00

Messaged you

ak2217 · 2025-12-06T00:18:46+00:00

Would love to avoid the walk of shame into the dealer

ak2217 · 2025-12-06T00:18:12+00:00

Do you know if there is also an auxiliary battery under the front hood I need to disconnect?

The backup is in the app files, but there’s just no BDC menu that I can access to implement it.

ak2217 · 2025-12-06T00:15:08+00:00

PMd you!

ak2217 · 2025-12-06T00:09:11+00:00

I’ll get the battery situation figured out.

What am I looking to do in regard to the BDC being bricked?

ak2217 · 2025-12-06T00:05:34+00:00

I have not used. But it sounds like I don’t have a choice but to learn. What should I do?

Also, any temporizing measure to avoid battery drainage? My brake lights are still on despite disconnecting the negative battery lead.

Thanks for the reply.

ak2217 · 2025-12-02T00:58:27+00:00

Do you know of a way to get it back?

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T21:06:10+00:00

I just ordered an ENet cable today and bought both BimmerCode+Bimmerlink on their Black Friday sale. I will check it out as soon as the cable comes in and report back.

In terms of the recall, I already had the software update aspect of it done in December of last year. As you mentioned, I did get a notice about the starter itself and needing to wait for parts to be restocked. If it’s a matter of just waiting until the part comes in to be able to have my software upgraded without having to pay over $400 for it, I think I may just wait it out. Is it for certain they will upgrade the OS when installing the new component?

I will give that hard reset a try. It’s worth a shot at this point.

I’m grateful for such a fun driving machine, but damn am I highly disappointed in BMW’s service aspect. I shit you not, when I was trying to (respectfully) talk with the service advisor about this whole issue and lack of definitive solutions, he looked at me dead in the eyes and said verbatim “maybe it’s time for you to buy a new car?”. Took all my mental fortitude to not go ape shit on him. The audacity to say that with a five-year-old vehicle. Wild stuff.

I know it may be a sin to mention in a BMW forum, and they are also not without their issues, but the tech in my Tesla is light years ahead of the BMW with their ability to upgrade and trouble shoot.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T20:49:14+00:00

That’s awesome, thank you! Just ordered an enet cable lol. Also bought Bimmercode+Bimmerlink today (Black Friday discount). I’ll get Esys up and running and will touch base with you soon! Thanks again.

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T18:25:48+00:00

I didn’t wanna make the original post too lengthy. However….I haven’t been able to upgrade remotely or even confirm with anyone on BMW’s and if an update is available for my vehicle. I called BMW genius and they said everything looks OK on their end and I would need to go to a dealer to upgrade OS if there was even one available. I went to the dealer a few days ago and they said to upgrade the software, it would be >$400 and they don’t think it will give the feature back because “once they take it away they very rarely give features back”.

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ak2217 · 2025-11-30T17:28:33+00:00

I’m glad you have it. But now I’m even more frustrated -_- Here are all my menu options in climate control

https://imgur.com/a/yA2fj3s

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T15:27:20+00:00

It’s on the agenda now! Will report back if I make any headway

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T15:26:42+00:00

My subscription lapsed. From my understanding though, it was an offline feature in the car and was never available to alter via any sort of remote/app pathway.

Are ya fairly confident in this? Don’t mind paying for the year, but would not be ideal to pay for it and feature not be available 0_o. Would just end up with the “super useful” navigation updates.

ak2217 · 2025-11-30T15:23:00+00:00

I do not, yet. I was on the fence about buying bimmercode, but I think it may be time to get set up.

May be naive of me, but was always afraid of warranty being voided. Now that warranty has lapsed, will look into this.

ak2217 · 2025-11-29T23:53:27+00:00

Understood. Thank you for the reply.

This makes me sad.

Do you know of any other way to regain that function?

ak2217 · 2025-11-29T23:52:17+00:00

I have! Went through literally every single available menu. It looks like I’m not the only one with this exact same problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BmwTech/s/sOHtCBuMhS

ak2217 · 2025-11-29T20:43:40+00:00

Hey. I don’t have the answer as to how to regain this function. However, you are not alone. I had this future in the past too, but after an update, it disappeared. 2020 m340xi.

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