After a little over a year with the X5, finally got a chance to stretch its legs (much needed too, severely under-miles on the lease... thanks covid). Overall I'm thoroughly impressed with it, and that's saying a lot because I tend to be critical about things in general. I'm really hard-pressed to find faults.
My impressions on my first road trip with the G05:
- This car is a road trip dream. I always appreciated how smooth and quiet it was, but I was blown away by it on this road trip
- Acoustic glass is absolutely incredible. In previous road trips, passing a large semi you would hear it howling. In this car, the passing a huge semi is barely audible. Here's to hoping acoustic glass makes a comeback in subsequent models
- Air suspension was also excellent. On straight highway road you feel like you're gliding across the road. Patches of uneven pavement that should unsettle the car are barely noticeable.
- In the twisties, dropping it into sport+ mode firms everything up nicely so you can take the corners with some level of confidence. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a sports car, and I was wholeheartedly missing my 3 series, but the X5 did an admirable job.
- I didn't fully appreciate the seat massage until I had been sitting for hours. Normally where we'd have to stop just to stretch our legs, we could prolong the drive just a little bit longer by turning on the massage.
- Driving assistant also helped tremendously, especially on the long, boring stretches. The car more or less driving itself was a game-changer for such long drives.
- The heated and cooled cupholders actually work! Our morning coffee stayed warmer, longer. And our water bottles remained cooler, longer as well. They don't cool down a warm beverage or warm up a cold beverage, but if you've got an already hot cup of coffee, the heated cupholder will help it stay warmer much longer than if it were a regular cupholder.
I'm currently at my destination so I'll have more pictures whenever we head back home.