03-27-2023, 07:35 AM | #45 |
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Mine is less than a year old so not looking to change for another while. For what its worth, not concerned about Idrive8 / losing the physical buttons - more the way in which the new widescreen has been attached to the dash of the car - looks like they ran a competition for school children to decide how it should be done...
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03-27-2023, 07:46 AM | #46 | |
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Looking from the Passenger side is bad enough but I truly do not understand the rectangle hard lined shape on the driver side. It just looks completely out of place through a rounded steering wheel. I’d struggle with do look above the steering wheel or through it etc. IMO very out of place design Needed some curves to it. |
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03-27-2023, 09:14 AM | #47 |
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How should the curved display be attached? I have no problems with it, it's refreshing and modern. I find it much better than the Mercedes GLE.
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03-27-2023, 09:45 AM | #48 |
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Have a 50e allocation if I want it. Need to take my CPO 2019 50i that I bought last May in to get valued which it a little weird since I bought it from the sale dealer.
Two reasons that I'm interested is for the fuel mileage as I'm a little sick of only getting 16 mpg and I'm going vegan and would like to get the Sensafin vegan leather seating. May hold off til next March when the CPO warranty ends. |
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03-27-2023, 09:54 AM | #49 | |
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whole unit is integrated into the vent housing to make it look like one seamless dashboard design. I think there should be a housing around it. IMO - it looks out of place and ends abruptly on the dashboard. I don’t believe the view fits nicely in btw the steering wheel. I’ve only seen this on x7 but I don’t think x5 is different up front. |
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03-27-2023, 10:09 AM | #50 | |
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Through the '23 model you could get a 45e for just a few grand more than a loaded Ford Explorer, but those days are over and the market will respond accordingly.
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03-27-2023, 01:32 PM | #53 |
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I purchased a 2023 45e to avoid the LCI.
And I agree that the screen looks out of place. There are definitely better ways to make it look integrated into the dash. Just look at the the pre-LCI x5, they somehow "magically" found a way to stick an extended screen onto the dash, without the weird triangular support on the end and without the stark 90 degree angle. The right side of the screen in the pre-LCI vehicles still ends in a 90 degree angle, but they rounded the housing of it to make it flow with the rest of the vehicle. The LCI screen just looks bad to me. |
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I did sit on Sensafin at the dealer. It’s getting better, but nowhere near the feel and smell of the merino IMO. For 1800, you have to care a lot about the enviro side not to get it. However, with all of the plastic crap in the ocean, not sure if it’s really that enviro friendly….
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03-27-2023, 04:35 PM | #62 |
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I'm not a fan of function buttons going away as a result of iDrive 8, but they're not coming back.
So we can kick and scream about the concept, maybe snag a remaining '23 that is coming off the line/sitting on a lot, call BMW engineers lots of naughty names, but unless we want to drive aging cars the rest of our lives, we're eventually going to have to get used to a screen/voice managing a vehicle's functions (and it's not just BMW doing this, it's every car manufacturer). One screen and a microphone is a lot cheaper than multiple function buttons to install (and repair under warranty), to say nothing of updates and options configuration. It's just the way that things are going; I'm sure there were horse traders pointing out the flaws of Karl Benz's invention back in the day. I did think about trying to find one of the last '23 45es, but I know me, and I'll want the latest tech as well as the extra 100hp in the 50e. I will have to learn to live a button-less life. |
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03-27-2023, 04:54 PM | #63 |
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The Sensafin debate is interesting to me because I've always specified my BMWs with the best seat and leather options that they offered, but when I ordered my '23 X5 I thought the cognac Sensafin looked and felt so nice that I couldn't imagine paying more for the real stuff. I literally never even considered the fake leather until now.
Outside of car forums I bet I don't know a single person that would recognize that Sensafin isn't actually leather.
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My, more specifically my wife’s, problem with Sensafin is the pattern. She can’t stand diamond-like patterns, that is why we didn’t get Merino. I think I have her convinced now that the Merino pattern is acceptable but doubt I could ever achieve that with Sensafin.
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The curved edges on the GLE screen look good, but at the same time it reduces the usable space for the screen itself. The result is you have a fairly large bezel around the actual screens, making it look like a tablet from 5 years ago. The curve of the screen for iD8 actually makes it easier for the driver to use too from what I noticed. My ideal solution/wish would be the 7-series style of screen integration and keeping the hardware hvac and favorites buttons. |
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