What's with German cars and lug bolts?

[Crazy_pilot]

Hopefully some of you guys from across the pond can help me with this conundrum.

Okay, Germany makes nice cars. Beemer, Mercedes, etc... Why do they persist with their stupid lug bolts? I work in a high end tire shop, so we get a lot of fancy cars coming in for their tires. This has given me a humungous dislike of German cars simply because it's so damn difficult to get wheels on and off. For anyone who sees me saying "lug bolt" and is confused, lug bolt:



Instead of lug nuts with studs in the wheel hubs, the hubs only have threaded holes and the lug bolts screw into them. It makes it damn difficult to line up a wheel when you put it on. You have to get the wheel lined up with the hub, then hold it with one hand (difficult with the heavy wheels and tires of a Mercedes SUV), and start screwing in a bolt to hold it. Why do they not put the things that the wheel lines up with on the car?