Brian, you're not used to working with German vehicles aren't you? Every one has "features" like this so it's just the nature of the beast. But as you get used to the car's personality you will discover it's not that hard to live with and kind of grows on you after a while.

One thing you'll notice is that these cars is that they don't do anything better than anyone else but they do a whole lot of things really well and it's the total package that counts...