[CWK]

Has everyone lost thier marbles?? this move from a beautiful flowing and wholly integrated dash to one that has a TV sitting in the middle of the dash is ridiculous. I took a 6 for a test drive. When I got in the car I told the sales rep he could "drop the screen." Thats when I was first told that the stupid screen sitting like a wart on the dash and in plain view would not retract.

What a great car. But what a stupid idea not to have that silly screen retract. Now they are doing the same thing to the X5 and others in their line up. Its gross. I thought the new ML's interior sucked because of all the brightwork. But at least they dont put a big lump of coal in the middle of the dash that i have to stare at.

When are these guys going to get this message. At the Tor car show the sales guys told me EVERYONE is complaining about the botched 6 and 3 series dashboards.

Look You dont watch that silly screen when youre going 120mph. What is this gadgetry fascination? If BMW is not careful they will blow it like Mercedes has already in many ways. Anyway, I cant stand the pandering the those who lack the good taste to recognize that the reduction of distracting paraphernalia IS the goal of good performance design. Tell anyone u know at BMW that clutter is NOT attractive.

So I guess its a range rover to get the groceries. And yes i passed on the 6 too. Then someone at the show said they are getting so much flack on this issue specifically that BMW is rethinking this dumb styling fubar.

I will order an X5 and a 6 as soon as they make those screens retract.