Just bought this for £11,900 and already have buyers remorse
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Snatch1 said:
I collected my iX xDrive40 last week and I couldn't be happier (actually I could if it had another 100 miles in the range but that would mean the iX 60 which was out of budget)
Mine is leased by my company so costs me £67 a month in BIK. It's a no brainer. 95%+ of my journeys are well below 200 mile round trip and I have a charger at home so I will very rarely need to use a public charger.
I found the looks challenging when it was first launched but it's grown on me and I now really like the quirky modern styling. And it is amazing to drive. The performance is incredible and the drive is sublime.
I guess it helps that I have a TVR in garage for when I need that V8 hit.
One thing that I really struggle to understand is why they insist on fitting them with wheel trims, and why those wheel trims need to look like.. that. My neighbour got one recently (business lease of course) and he's already lost one. Doesn't exactly look like a near £100k car sitting on his drive wearing 3 plastic wheel trims. Mine is leased by my company so costs me £67 a month in BIK. It's a no brainer. 95%+ of my journeys are well below 200 mile round trip and I have a charger at home so I will very rarely need to use a public charger.
I found the looks challenging when it was first launched but it's grown on me and I now really like the quirky modern styling. And it is amazing to drive. The performance is incredible and the drive is sublime.
I guess it helps that I have a TVR in garage for when I need that V8 hit.
I bought an M60 new in September and it has about 17k miles on it now. I paid £20k less than the one mentioned.
It's the sort of car you buy in spite of its looks. It's actually superb at what it does. I don't know why somebody thought they are inefficient, it's a comfortable sized, well-appointed family SUV with 620bhp that can do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds and yet still has a genuine 300+ mile range if you want it to.
Very underrated IMO, but then I don't really tend to care much about others nor seek their approval or validation when choosing a company car.
It's the sort of car you buy in spite of its looks. It's actually superb at what it does. I don't know why somebody thought they are inefficient, it's a comfortable sized, well-appointed family SUV with 620bhp that can do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds and yet still has a genuine 300+ mile range if you want it to.
Very underrated IMO, but then I don't really tend to care much about others nor seek their approval or validation when choosing a company car.
JackJarvis said:
One thing that I really struggle to understand is why they insist on fitting them with wheel trims, and why those wheel trims need to look like.. that. My neighbour got one recently (business lease of course) and he's already lost one. Doesn't exactly look like a near £100k car sitting on his drive wearing 3 plastic wheel trims.
I'm guessing it's to do with the aero. There are plastic 'infills' between the alloy spokes. I suspect it's possible to remove them but it would require the wheel to be taken off as they seem to be screwed in place from behind. I might take a closer look at some pointDon't see the problem with the looks TBH, no worse than 90% of the gopping identikit things most makers are churning out now.
It'll never be something you could pleasurably gaze at like one of the many lovely cars made 30/80 years ago but then compared with a Cullinan/Bentayga (speelings might be awry) it's handsome..
It'll never be something you could pleasurably gaze at like one of the many lovely cars made 30/80 years ago but then compared with a Cullinan/Bentayga (speelings might be awry) it's handsome..
Snatch1 said:
JackJarvis said:
One thing that I really struggle to understand is why they insist on fitting them with wheel trims, and why those wheel trims need to look like.. that. My neighbour got one recently (business lease of course) and he's already lost one. Doesn't exactly look like a near £100k car sitting on his drive wearing 3 plastic wheel trims.
I'm guessing it's to do with the aero. There are plastic 'infills' between the alloy spokes. I suspect it's possible to remove them but it would require the wheel to be taken off as they seem to be screwed in place from behind. I might take a closer look at some pointSnatch1 said:
I'm guessing it's to do with the aero. There are plastic 'infills' between the alloy spokes. I suspect it's possible to remove them but it would require the wheel to be taken off as they seem to be screwed in place from behind. I might take a closer look at some point
Sorry, bit of a thread derail! I found some pics where the aero inserts have been removed. Suffice to say I'll be leaving mine as they are 
Biggles Flies Undone said:
SWoll said:
Wagonwheel555 said:
Oilchange said:
I’m not surprised, it’s f
king hideous 
Have no issue admitting that I am a BMW fanboy, have owned a number of models over the years but the EV lineup is tragic in the looks department. Although I saw a fairly new 7 series yesterday near Moorgate and I shook my head in despair so its not just the EV ones which are ugly. king hideous I personally prefer the looks of the iX to the current X5/X7, and there's nothing in the EV lineup that can hold a candle to the ICE XM from an ugly standpoint.
Rusty Old-Banger said:
Biggles Flies Undone said:
SWoll said:
Wagonwheel555 said:
Oilchange said:
I’m not surprised, it’s fking hideous
Have no issue admitting that I am a BMW fanboy, have owned a number of models over the years but the EV lineup is tragic in the looks department. Although I saw a fairly new 7 series yesterday near Moorgate and I shook my head in despair so its not just the EV ones which are ugly. king hideous I personally prefer the looks of the iX to the current X5/X7, and there's nothing in the EV lineup that can hold a candle to the ICE XM from an ugly standpoint.
Ridiculous to say it given the size they already are, but I think that it might need bigger wheels to make it even more bonkers...
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