[mscot]

I actually use the back up assist quite frequently to pull the car out of our far too tight garage.
My problem with it is that it's not consistently available.

[X6ix GTA]

Originally Posted by eelnoraa

I have a very different experience with the auto park. It will get into space just barely for the car. Small enough that I cannot get my infant daughter out of back seat. This is one reason I don’t use it. Another reason probably more of a deal killer is how slow the detection is. Typically i see available parking space 2-3 car length ahead. I will prepare to park before detection finds the space. For example, perpendicular parking spot on right side, I will drive pass the spot a bit and point car away from the parking, so I can back in. Thr detextion don’t find the spot until my car is already stop at about 45 degree. Third reason, 45e align the itself between the cars, not the parking spot marker. If there is one did bad parking, auto park will do bad parking too.

Back up assist, yes agree, totally impractical

Totally agree with your assessment on park assist.

As for backup assist I use it all the time. I find it super useful when visiting someone with long winding driveways.

[13 NF]

The 50e😬

[spoodle]

Unpopular opinion, but DAP. I don't use any of the features other than ACC and turned them all off. I don't doubt they're useful for alot of people, it's just not the kind of daily driving I do in my 100k pop town. Even the ACC I only use maybe a handful of times a year. ACC should have been standard without DAP. That's really the only option I bought that I regret. I didn't get massaging seats or exec package because I knew they would be a waste of money for me, so no regrets there!

edit: I changed my mind on DAP. I did a long trip recently and used highway assist with lane change assist and I loved it. It's still something I will only use a few times a year, but I'm now glad I have it for when I do.

[TurtleBoy]

Originally Posted by spoodle

Unpopular opinion, but DAP. I don't use any of the features other than ACC and turned them all off. I don't doubt they're useful for alot of people, it's just not the kind of daily driving I do in my 100k pop town. Even the ACC I only use maybe a handful of times a year. ACC should have been standard without DAP. That's really the only option I bought that I regret. I didn't get massaging seats or exec package because I knew they would be a waste of money for me, so no regrets there!

Can you explain what in DAP that you are turning off? I believe the Lane Change Assistant can be turned off as well as the steering intervention for the Lane Departure Warning but didn't think any of the other safety features can be turned off. Or are you referring to those two and the safety features are on?

[spoodle]

Originally Posted by TurtleBoy

Can you explain what in DAP that you are turning off? I believe the Lane Change Assistant can be turned off as well as the steering intervention for the Lane Departure Warning but didn't think any of the other safety features can be turned off. Or are you referring to those two and the safety features are on?

I turned off lane change assist and steering intervention and I don’t use the hands free highway assistant driving thing. I don’t know if I turned off evasion aid or if you even can. I guess if my car evades something, I guess I’ll know!

[TurtleBoy]

Originally Posted by spoodle

I turned off lane change assist and steering intervention and I don’t use the hands free highway assistant driving thing. I don’t know if I turned off evasion aid or if you even can. I guess if my car evades something, I guess I’ll know!

I didn't think you could but wanted to check.

[Photographer918]

Originally Posted by ScaldedDog

Mine is not a "massaging seats should be banned" post, and I wouldn't be surprised if lots of folks love them. It's just that I'd prefer a seat with fewer "features" and more "comfort", and this isn't the first time I've found those things to be inversely related. They aren't awful - on shorter drives I find them really nice - they just aren't a place I'd put money if I had it to do over again.

Mark

Understood. Sports seats might be a better option for you…. :-)

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by Photographer918

Understood. Sports seats might be a better option for you…. :-)

I wish my M50i had massaging sport seats. That'd be ideal.

[E91toG05]

I literally use back up assist daily to get out of my super tight garage. It’s great.

I may be alone in thinking that the crystal shifter actually feels crappy and cheap - the seam on the back plastic is very off putting. Should have been leather or something nicer on backside of it.

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by E91toG05

I literally use back up assist daily to get out of my super tight garage. It’s great.

I may be alone in thinking that the crystal shifter actually feels crappy and cheap - the seam on the back plastic is very off putting. Should have been leather or something nicer on backside of it.

I agree with the seam part. But reality is, if it wasn't the crystal material, it'd have been cheap plastic.

I'm surprised there aren't any leather wraps available for it.

[eelnoraa]

Agree on the crystal knob backing plastic part as well. The seam is like WTF…. It is something no one see, but driver feels it every time.

As for backup assistance, in order for that to work, nothing in the path can change between coming in and backing out, right? Let’s if another car is park differently, or someone pushes garage cam on to the drive way, backup assist doesn’t know what to do and stop. I have tried it super tight city parking structure, say SF union square parking. It never really works because surrounding changes.

[tooloud10]

Originally Posted by E91toG05

I may be alone in thinking that the crystal shifter actually feels crappy and cheap - the seam on the back plastic is very off putting. Should have been leather or something nicer on backside of it.

I agree that it feels cheap and tacky. Mine has about a millimeter of play in the mechanism as well so I find myself randomly wiggling it around as I drive down the road.

[Bristle Hound]

Regrets option wide?
The 22" Bicolor 742 M alloys
A right PITA to keep clean
Drives me nuts & really doesn’t help my car OCD

[Rob_G77]

Buying an X5 without MSport Pro. Chrome trim stands out like a sore thumb on Black Sapphire Metallic. I think it cheapens the look too.

Rob

[TN2SC2020]

I'll tell you the one option that I DIDN'T get that eats me up every time I see it on another X5 - the Alcantara headliner. My sales guy said I wouldn't miss it, but I have serious regret about not getting it.

[wyatth]

Originally Posted by TN2SC2020

I'll tell you the one option that I DIDN'T get that eats me up every time I see it on another X5 - the Alcantara headliner. My sales guy said I wouldn't miss it, but I have serious regret about not getting it.

They do jazz up the interior nicely. If I were spec'ing an M60i with Merino, alcantara headliner would be a must. A 40i with Sensafin, not needed IMO.

[chicagofan00]

Originally Posted by TN2SC2020

I'll tell you the one option that I DIDN'T get that eats me up every time I see it on another X5 - the Alcantara headliner. My sales guy said I wouldn't miss it, but I have serious regret about not getting it.

Originally Posted by wyatth

They do jazz up the interior nicely. If I were spec'ing an M60i with Merino, alcantara headliner would be a must. A 40i with Sensafin, not needed IMO.

I was just admiring the alcantara headliner in mine the other day while waiting for me kids to come out of school. Really does add a nice touch to the interior and pairs nicely with the leather dashboard.

[Jszlaga]

Originally Posted by chicagofan00

I was just admiring the alcantara headliner in mine the other day while waiting for me kids to come out of school. Really does add a nice touch to the interior and pairs nicely with the leather dashboard.

I guess I’ll be the odd man out here. Had the alcantera headliner in my ‘18 X5M and my wife has it in her X7. Took an M50i off the lot without it and totally thought I would miss it, but I don’t one bit. As a matter of fact, now when I get in my wife’s X7 the alcantera bothers me. I hate how the material looks different shades of black and it’s blotchy. Doesn’t help that my kids put their hands all over it.

[JoeAyalaM]

I agree, the Alcantara headloner looks too busy to me, I like the dark grey headliner on the M package best.

[eelnoraa]

Originally Posted by JoeAyalaM

I agree, the Alcantara headloner looks too busy to me, I like the dark grey headliner on the M package best.

It looks great when new. With age and sun, they turn a bit purple. Contact area will have fuzz balls. I has it in my e39. It came with thr car. I won’t get it if you plan to keep the car for long time.

[TN2SC2020]

Originally Posted by Jszlaga

I guess I’ll be the odd man out here. Had the alcantera headliner in my ‘18 X5M and my wife has it in her X7. Took an M50i off the lot without it and totally thought I would miss it, but I don’t one bit. As a matter of fact, now when I get in my wife’s X7 the alcantera bothers me. I hate how the material looks different shades of black and it’s blotchy. Doesn’t help that my kids put their hands all over it.

Thank you for this! I've been obsessing about not having it. This gives me some peace of mind. haha!