UK X5 Owner wroteI share your perspectives and preference here. Computer intrusions while driving can be both dangerous and infuriating.I deliberately avoided the DAP package when speccing my M60i. It wasn’t a cost saving issue, but simply the fact that I really dislike the trend towards driver interventions. I want to be in control of the car, not a computer. As an example, having had both, I actually prefer standard cruise control to adaptive versions. I’m buying new rather than used, but if I was buying a pre-owned X5 I’d be looking for one without the DAP pack!
Hound Passer wroteHave you been searching 2024 models mostly? Majority of them are former rental cars, and they are all optioned the same.I was recently shopping to upgrade my X3 to X5 and was surprised how few 40i's on the local lots (well over 200 between all dealers) had the Driving Asst. pkg. I have it on my X3 (though highway asst. only to 40mph) and it's been so invaluable in stop and go traffic I could never buy another car without it.
Any guess why dealer's don't option this much? Just about every other option is available on the lot. The only one rarer than Driving Asst. is leather seats. I get that if you mostly drive off highway it's pointless, but that doesn't account for all drivers.
I ended up ordering, and thankfully, there was an available slot given the G05 is weeks away from EOP.
tooloud10 wroteDidn’t read all the responses, but I don’t believe folks think this tech is bad. It is actually good tech, but it isn’t there yet for my style of driving, SUV or sedan. It is still in development phase. The few older folks I have tried to introduce to Tesla’s FSD get turned off quickly after their first scary scenario - and there are some. I haven’t tried BMW’s ADAS, but I doubt it is better than Tesla’s FSD. It is inevitable that FSD is the future - we will just have to deal with it.An enormous majority of studies show a direct correlation between the implementation of ADAS features and a reduction in traffic deaths; the idea that this technology is bad because “I’ll do the driving myself” is borderline laughable.
On top of that, we’re talking about mainstream SUV/Mom cars here—I understand the feeling of rowing my own gears in my 911 or M3 but my X5 is simply a cushy/heavy SUV that has worked out as a great work vehicle to dump a lot of highway miles on.
Lebbros wroteWhat? Of course we enjoy driving a sporty luxury car. But the discussion is about DAPP, and nobody enjoys sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.BMW owners enjoy driving
