09-20-2023, 09:44 AM | #45 | |
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I'll take my sub 4 second X6 M60i which is a highly competent, excellent handling and braking vehicle. |
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09-20-2023, 09:58 AM | #46 |
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I also thought this, so I got the multi contour thinking I could make them comfortable for me with the multitude of adjustments they offer. I'm over a year in and have not managed to get comfy on long drives so I cursed the seats.
Then one day my wife and I were in a mattress store talking with the owner about the various foam mattresses being offered today and I asked him how long a foam mattress should provide comfort. He said...well, as you age, your back and body will change long before the foam will give way. I'm of the opinion it is we who change and no longer find seats in cars as comfy as we remember them being. Case in point, my son has my former e46, I had a chance to drive it again a couple of weeks ago and could not get comfy in those seats. The seats hadn't changed, it was me. My son says he loves the seats and I recall I used to brag about them. Dang, this getting old shit ain't for sissies! |
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09-20-2023, 10:03 AM | #47 | |
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I've spent my career in orthapedics and can gurantee you that this is true. Someone's favorite chair 30 years ago could very well be torture today. |
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09-20-2023, 10:07 AM | #48 |
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Sorta like an ex-wife Ohhhh, that was bad, that was very very bad I take it back, I take it back
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09-20-2023, 12:16 PM | #50 | |
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I'm not trying to bash BMW, I remain a voluntary fan. I'm just saying that the ethos has been eroded...not that many BMW's were ever going to cross the stage at Barrett-Jackson but they used to make a few cars that should. I'll admit, I'm not the smartest car guy ever...I passed on buying a M1 and instead opted for the e30M3 and the e28M5. I sold my M5 to a guy on the opposite coast from me at the time and backed out on a deal I had made for a late 50's 300sl that Stirling Moss had raced. I like to drive my cars and didn't think I would drive it much. BMW makes alot of cars these days that are solution to non-problems. 0-60 in a heavy suv, within normal operational parameters like navigating through traffic/merging/on-ramps, is pointless. The X5/X6 M60i is a remarkable achievement but its rational purpose is less clear. It isn't a car one would track, stoplight to stoplight has never been of interest, brake fade and tire wear are very real weaknesses if looking at it through a sports car lens and it isn't a highly capable off-road vehicle. Its fine for runs to the slopes or Costco but the excess power is detrimental in inclimate weather as are the rock hard run flats. I'm sure I'm an outlier but I buy 3 or 4 vehicles each year for personal and business and I'm struggling to see products within the BMW line that are of interest. BMW isn't alone as Mercedes jumped the shark years ago, Audi still builds some cool cars in limited runs, Porsche does too. The X5 will likely be fine for 2025 once they work through the unnecessary and PREVENTABLE LCI debacle. The XM and IX will be abject failures in the marketplace and mark my words, some manufacturers will take radical financial hits from which they may not recover. Audi/BMW/Mercedes will each take a bath on their all electric lines for the foreseeable future...and thats from a family who lives with an Etron. Great vehicle, never an issue, doesnt look offensive (Ix, Neue, et al) but it is an in town runabout and it excels in that role. I'm a silent/passive investor in a company (that may or may not ever make a monetary return) that is attempting to commercialise photovoltaic paints. The two major/commercial applications would be for commercial building coatings and automobiles. In beta presently is a test mule(painted with the photovoltaic paint) that the goal is to recharge (obviously in direct sunlight all day which also has its challenges) the vehicle batteries with enough solar power for about 50 miles of range while its parked during a typical 8 hour day. Its a long way off from achieving that goal (by a factor of 10) but its going to be necessary in conjunction with building out the charging infrastructure nationwide, which has its own set of very difficult hurdles. Back to the main point, other manufacturers are building reliable, interesting cars each year and BMW seems to be missing some opportunities...especially when it comes to reliability and when it comes to missed opportunities, I don't believe BMW has or will be building a pure hybrid. For at least the next 10 years, that's going to be the vehicle that the market is screaming for. Sure, a plug in hybrid works for me (home charging nightly, etc, etc) but over 50% of the population are renters with little to no opportunity to recharge at home. In the meantime, BMW doesn't offer an electrified pure hybrid alternative. The Japanese and the Koreans do and yet the high line German brands seem to think the leap from ICE to electric doesnt have an intermediate step. Its going to be interesting to watch how the automotive industry evolves and some massive mis-steps are emerging before our very eyes. |
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09-20-2023, 12:29 PM | #51 |
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^^^^^Sorry to hear that my new X6 M60i has "no rational purpose" and is loaded with weaknesses.
Pretty sure BMW knows a good bit more about product development and marketing than you do. Hater gotta hate. |
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09-20-2023, 12:46 PM | #52 | |
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I'm not a BMW hater but I'm not a BMW apologist either. The X5/X6 has been a solid profit center for BMW for a couple of decades now and its a shame that the LCI hasn't gone smoothly. Had it gone well I would still be driving the X5 50e. I didn't say your X6 M60i has no purpose, I said no rational purpose. Less than ideal cargo efficiency, compromised visibility are a couple of areas where it could be better but its a cool car. Enjoy it. |
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09-20-2023, 02:59 PM | #53 | |
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09-20-2023, 03:20 PM | #54 | |
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Yes, Porsche service pricing is higher; however, the trade off is a far superior ride and handling. |
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Perhaps if they wisely elected to purchase the 40i or the 60i rather than the 50e. That doesn't rule out the other CEL issues communicated to me by the service manager, overwhelmed by the quantity of problems he and his team are trying to address or the lack of transparency between BMW corporate and the dealerships. I love BMW's and they will get the issues sorted...just a little sad that the BMW to which we have all been attracted brought something to market before it was sorted. You've got cars "bricking" for their new owners in just a few hundred miles. That's inconsistent with BMW's hard earned reputation.
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09-20-2023, 03:26 PM | #56 | |
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A few guys on a forum report a glitch here and there and that gets translated into some kind of a disaster, BS WTF do I know as a fool who bought a BMW SUV with "no rational purpose", more troll BS. |
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09-20-2023, 03:28 PM | #57 |
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Each case is individual. Not all of these thousands of happy owners have well-built cars. Some of those who are not happy simply do not go to the forum and get rid of the car in the first months of ownership, and some do not attach importance to the little things. The fact is that many problems are quite common. Therefore, each path is individual. My experience with the G05 has brought me more headaches than pleasure behind the wheel, in my case it's a real rattling machine, with crap paint, burrs in the welds that make noises and tons of warranty claims, due to which I drove the loaner for 3 months out of the year since the car was under repair awaiting the replacement of various spare parts, such as the steering wheel column, sunroof drive, cv boots and much more. Plus, some functions in BMWs are just poorly engineered, such as ventilation and seat massage. Adding to this that the number of complaints about LCI is apparently even greater than about the preLCI (my local dealership service has become overloaded since the spring of 2023), plus very controversial interior and exterior solutions, as well as trims simplifying for the US market, no matter what anyone says, I’d rather try another brand than give BMW second chance.
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I typically get a new car every 10,000 miles this time around and I have several friends that have lci I will be sitting out buying the LCI for at least two years Regardless of my mileage, which probably will be around 30,000 no buying problem here just don’t wanna live at the dealership in a service loners did that for 15+ years driving range rover drove more service cars than I did my own car. So I’m smart enough to read between the lines when people post problems they’re not lying they’re telling the truth because their cars are living in the service department that tells me stay away from them till they sort their problems out.
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I don't know how to more clearly communicate to you than I already have that I love and admire BMW, they just aren't playing to their potential presently. One of us is on the right thread "After BMW, which car did you buy". |
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You "clearly communicate" your disdain for BMW here on an enthusiast forum. Do you really think you are going to persuade anyone to not buy a new BMW. Get a life. |
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You seem to be a little wound up that anyone could ever consider that something might be amiss. I dont have any skin in the game and I'm not trying to convince anyone to do anything. I have other cars so I'm not advocating for anyone to buy or not buy a BMW. I was just commenting on this thread, which I assumed was for those who bought something else... |
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I am with you guys on the seat for sure. My favorite seats are in this order: E82 sport seat > E36 sport seat (vader seat) > E39/E46 sport >> G05 sport seat. Oh and that steering, modern F and G BMW hold no candle to E, night and day kind of degradation. And I still have E46. E39, E82 with me. Comparison to G05 isn't memory vs present. It is back to back, present vs present. Even my wife, whose daily driver was another E82, she said X5 steering is Mercedes steering
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I had an 2013 X5 that got totaled a few months ago because of a fender-bender that ended up costing more than the car’s value. While I wasn’t really ready or wanting to purchase a new vehicle I was sort of forced into it. I looked at Porsche and Mercedes SUVs, but ultimate came back to the X5 50e. I just love it. I was sort of hoping for a Porsche because I wanted something different, but when I compared everything from the other brands the X5 just seemed to give me more bang for my buck. I’ve had the car for 3 weeks and I love it. I especially love the plug-in ev part (especially with gas prices nearing $7/gallon here in Los Angeles at the moment).
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