By now, TikTok has taught us a few things: how to hack a Stanley cup, how to perfect a viral dance, and—apparently—how to put a $120,000 German sports coupe into park.
The latest lesson comes courtesy of Tiger Trades (@tradertigers), a crypto content creator who usually spends his time hyping meme coins and high-risk bets. This week, however, he shifted gears (sort of literally) to vent about his brand-new 2025 BMW M4—a car whose 473 to 503 horsepower twin-turbo inline-six can shred rubber and crush lap times, but, in his view, falls short on something far more mundane: finding “P.”
@tradertigers like bruh #bmw #m4 #m4competition ♬ original sound – Tiger Trades
In a TikTok video bluntly titled “like bruh,” Tiger is seen lounging in the passenger seat of his M4, rocking sunglasses and bewilderment. His gripe?
“Bruh, whoever designed this and that [expletive] M4 is actually like, can someone actually explain to you why there is no [expletive] parking mode…? Like, bro, hey, look at this [expletive]. It’s [expletive] reverse, neutral, and drive. Like, how do I put the car in park while the car is running without turning it off? This is actually probably the most annoying thing about this car.”
If you’ve ever driven a BMW M car with a dual-clutch transmission (DCT), you probably already know the answer. Unlike a traditional automatic, BMW’s DCT (and its newer automatic setups) often skips a conventional “P” button. Instead, the procedure goes something like this:
- Bring the car to a stop with your foot on the brake.
- Engage the electronic parking brake (that little switch near the center console).
- Hit the START/STOP button.
At that point, the M4 slips itself into park and flashes a “P” on the cluster. Simple, once you know. But if you’re coming from literally any other automatic car on sale in America, it can feel unintuitive.
Tiger’s rant quickly drew a mix of sympathy and mockery. One user tried to patiently explain:
“Soon as u put the handbrake on and out in N turn car off it’ll go into park, its just a way to tell difference between DCT and reg auto.”
Another went straight for the jugular:
“Skill issue.”
Whether Tiger Trades ever gets fully comfortable with his M4’s quirks is beside the point. His video taps into a larger truth about modern performance cars: as much as they dazzle with numbers and Nürburgring times, sometimes it’s the simplest, most everyday features—like putting the car in park—that trip people up.
And maybe that’s the price of progress. The M4 doesn’t need to bow to convention; it just needs to annihilate apexes. But if you’re expecting a big, obvious “P” button? Well, like bruh…this isn’t that kind of BMW.
Source: @tradertigers via TikTok; Motor1