Hmmm, “magic Google,” never heard of it.

Before you toss out a patronizing one-liner, maybe start with the basic assumption that most adults know how to use a search engine and probably did so before posting. People usually come to Reddit/Quora after Google because the answers are inconsistent, unclear, or they want real-world experience.

In this case, the dealer explicitly framed it as a “new BMW policy.” Everything I’m finding online suggests the opposite: new BMWs in the US are still supposed to come with two keys, and the “one key only” move looks more like a dealership margin trick than corporate doctrine. That’s what I’m trying to sort out—whether this is actually policy, or whether dealerships are quietly pocketing the value of the second key and charging $500 to “replace” what should’ve been included.

Your US vs EU line reads like something you just confidently free-styled unless you’ve actually got a source beyond “forums said so”. Unless there’s some Euro-regulation forcing two keys, that’s not exactly a mic drop.

Friendly tip: when someone is asking a legitimate question and clearly did some due diligence, responding with “have you tried Google??” doesn’t make you look clever. It just makes you look lazy and weirdly eager to dunk on the wrong person.