This is frustrating but anyone dumb enough to let this be a major hinderance to them working on their own cars deserves to get scammed by the dealership. $30 on a knock off set of these screw heads vs thousands of dollars at the dealership. The main problem with BMW cars is that they’re designed to be difficult to work on even in spite of stuff like this. You have to take the whole car apart to do basic maintenance.
This is frustrating but anyone dumb enough to let this be a major hinderance to them working on their own cars deserves to get scammed by the dealership. $30 on a knock off set of these screw heads vs thousands of dollars at the dealership. The main problem with BMW cars is that they’re designed to be difficult to work on even in spite of stuff like this. You have to take the whole car apart to do basic maintenance.