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      07-13-2020, 04:33 PM   #1
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bmw M8 has no display key?

Hey, I have a bmw M8 coupe and it didn't come with a display key or the "credit card" key card. My friend has an 850 convertible and has both. Am I missing something here? Besides the key?
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Hey, I have a bmw M8 coupe and it didn't come with a display key or the "credit card" key card. My friend has an 850 convertible and has both. Am I missing something here? Besides the key?
Hehehe.

Mine came with the NFC key (here in the States)--I threw it away because its implementation is silly.

As far as I know, no US bimmer comes with the display key yet, I could be wrong on that, though, since it's not something I pay attention to.
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Seems like the 850's came with the Display Keys but not the M8 models but all should have come with the (near worthless) Digital Key...
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My 2019 M850i came with the display key. It also came with the NFC credit Card key. The car lacks the remote parking control that my 7 series had. No use for the display key. The app provides more complete information
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My 2019 M850i came with the display key. It also came with the NFC credit Card key. The car lacks the remote parking control that my 7 series had. No use for the display key. The app provides more complete information
From what I've seen, the cellphone is smaller, too.
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BMW stopped giving us the display key in the US.
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2019: display key + digital key
2020: digital key

Check your glove box or owners manual if the card is in there. If not, have your dealer order you one. They're roughly $50.
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Hey, I have a bmw M8 coupe and it didn't come with a display key or the "credit card" key card. My friend has an 850 convertible and has both. Am I missing something here? Besides the key?
I got a display key on mine, but I think they stopped making them.
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From what I've seen, the cellphone is smaller, too.
LOL moment of the day and why I had no interest in one. In fact when my SA handed me two real key fobs when I picked up the M850i I inadvertently stated out loud "thank God". Of course that prompted an inquiry from my SA in which I explained after reading all about the Display Keys provided with the 2019's I didn't want one as they are too big for a pants pocket with anything else in it.

For 20+ years after initially traveling the globe for my job with various locales warning about pick pockets. I switched to a combo small wallet with cards on one side and a money clip on the other which lives in my left pocket with the key fob below it. The right pocket is for my Pixel 3 XL which is a large phone and anything I replace it with will be so as well. Hence, there was no way I wanted a 2nd cell phone (aka Display Key) for the left pocket and screwing up my system. Plus, I can do everything the display key does with the Connected Drive app on my Pixel.
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