When did you buy yours John? If it's before March 2018, you shouldn't have to pay the annual fee... https://www.mycarly.com/migration/
When did you buy yours John? If it's before March 2018, you shouldn't have to pay the annual fee... https://www.mycarly.com/migration/
Current:
'06 530d Silver Grey, '04 325Ci Orient Blau
Previous:
'03 M3 Silver Grey
'02 325Ci Imola Red II
'98 318iS Cosmos Schwartz
Besides Carly option which is OK for basic coding etc. If you get a OBD2 cable there is a free version of BMW logger which enables you to get all the codes and do some minimal clearing.
Otherwise I would suggest to buy an virtual box image of windows with all diagnostic tools for like 6 euro. No messy install or getting some rubbish laptop of ebay. Just install Virtual box on whatever laptop you have and mount an image. Took me 5 min to set everything up and have all bmw diagnostic tools running.