Quote Originally Posted by okra1981
I always read that the original iDrive was pretty horrible. They even make fun of it on Top Gear, and those guys know how to work all of the gizmos that come with new cars. They've made improvements every year since its conception, so I would have to hear from someone who has experience with the systems from several years, but I haven't messed with any of them, so I don't know how intuitive any of them are.
Top Gear is notorious for making fun of new technology and not making it "Cool." They have a huge influence in car culture and are thrashing one of our best car advancements, sequential transmission, CVT, dual clutches ect. Its just "not a proper box, flappy paddle box blah blah blah." Its where the future is going and needs to go. Hopefully they don't kill it. Everyone under the age of 30 ive ever talked to about iDrive thinks its very simple.