BMW Meh

[Anon70]

Had to take the wife's Mini electric in for a software update recall and have been given a BMW iX1 3.0 as a loan car, compared to the XPower the iX feels wallowy and slow. On paper it is 5.6s to 60 which now feels monumentally slow agains the XPower's 3.8s also can't see how BMW justify £20k - £30k in price difference.

Just thinking how much MG have spoilt us with the XPower

 

[DBedford]

BMW's are for those who appreciate quality of build over just speed. And for that I can see the point.

 

[Tuareg]

Never, ever 20-30k in more 'quality' build at all. Of course then there's the 'quality' service prices. I used to have a 2009 BMW E91 330D. My Xpower in 2025 cost less than the BMW in 2009 which even then was already 3 months old, so 2nd hand. Nice car but nothing compared to what you get for less money 16 years later in the Xpower which has 200hp more and costs far, far less to run.

 

[salty]

Funnily enough, think I must have been behind a faulty BMW this morning.
I was behind him for about 3 miles. And he indicated at every single turning.
So obviously a faulty one.

 

[siteguru]

He must have remembered to refill the tank of blinker fluid.

 

[MEH]

Funnily enough, think I must have been behind a faulty BMW this morning.
I was behind him for about 3 miles. And he indicated at every single turning.
So obviously a faulty one.

Perhaps he owned it and not borrowed it until he was caught

 

[Anon70]

Just drove home in the Mini Electric and even that felt more engaging than the BMW, so for me I think it was the suspension set up as much as anything that was the reason. But I guess the iX1 is set up as a family SUV so understandable.