2024 BMW X5 40d
Discussion
cerb4.5lee said:
Yours looks absolutely gorgeous Stupot. 
Tanzanite is lovely, and your contrasting interior is ace too.
Agree with what you say regarding the options as well, and I liked Merc in that regard, because they just throw everything at the premium plus model to make it nice and easy in comparison to beemer for example.
The spec on yours is mental for sure!
Tanzanite is nice when its clean and the weather is good, a bit doom blue when its dirty and a murky day.Tanzanite is lovely, and your contrasting interior is ace too.
Agree with what you say regarding the options as well, and I liked Merc in that regard, because they just throw everything at the premium plus model to make it nice and easy in comparison to beemer for example.
The spec on yours is mental for sure!
Yeh, that's the way to do it with the Premium Plus, simple box tick, you have everything. Showing my age here, but with BMW it used to be Sport, then it was MSport, then it was MSport Plus, then they needed additional packs Comfort, Vision, Tech, Pro, but now they need all those packs in the Plus variants, which yours has. Way to complicated and expensive, and will only be a benefit at resale time if someone really gets what they are looking at.
You haven't mentioned yet the joy to your elbows of heated door armrests and center console, lol!
cerb4.5lee said:
Thanks.
I've been fortunate to have driven both the X5 45e and 50e now, and I do love the idea of them, especially the lovely B58 engine for sure.
I really like that you can do all your local runs in them on battery only, and that definitely appeals to me, plus you still have the lovely B58 engine to fall back on too.
Enjoy yours.
Thanks! I think the 50e would be the choice for my next one, as I can’t see me wanting to come away from them now I've been fortunate to have driven both the X5 45e and 50e now, and I do love the idea of them, especially the lovely B58 engine for sure.
I really like that you can do all your local runs in them on battery only, and that definitely appeals to me, plus you still have the lovely B58 engine to fall back on too.
Enjoy yours.
Yep it’s the perfect combo in my situation anyway, best of both worlds.
Stupot123 said:
It must be a 23 build, so just before it became mandatory, I’d take that as a blessing, because it is annoying!
I'm happy to chip in to help too, if anyone has any 40d questions.
Wife has a 22 pre facelift 40d we have had since nearly new. It should have been replaced at the 3 year stage, but its only on 15k now, been excellent, drives great, super reliable, and quite hard to replace due to how good value they are in relation to the competition. A facelift X5, a Range Rover Sport, or a Porsche Cayenne with the right spec are all £50k+ away, which doesn’t seem value.
We are short journeys, so around 32mpg.
Biggest gripe, which applies to all BMW’s, is the complexity of the specification on them. A lot are pretty basic, and they need tens of thousands spent on packs to bring them up. I wish they would just do a specific model with everything so that it keeps it super simple and it would benefit the residual as it would be clear what it has.
At a glance compared to yours mine has Bowers and Wilkins hifi, and individual paint and interior, but it doesn’t have the self-drive/steer tech, which I have experienced and is great and with hindsight would have wanted.
Edited to add a few pictures.
That is nice! Would be interested if you plan to sell this year.I'm happy to chip in to help too, if anyone has any 40d questions.
Wife has a 22 pre facelift 40d we have had since nearly new. It should have been replaced at the 3 year stage, but its only on 15k now, been excellent, drives great, super reliable, and quite hard to replace due to how good value they are in relation to the competition. A facelift X5, a Range Rover Sport, or a Porsche Cayenne with the right spec are all £50k+ away, which doesn’t seem value.
We are short journeys, so around 32mpg.
Biggest gripe, which applies to all BMW’s, is the complexity of the specification on them. A lot are pretty basic, and they need tens of thousands spent on packs to bring them up. I wish they would just do a specific model with everything so that it keeps it super simple and it would benefit the residual as it would be clear what it has.
At a glance compared to yours mine has Bowers and Wilkins hifi, and individual paint and interior, but it doesn’t have the self-drive/steer tech, which I have experienced and is great and with hindsight would have wanted.
Edited to add a few pictures.
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Edited by Stupot123 on Wednesday 9th April 10:34
cerb4.5lee said:
Thanks and we've definitely warmed to it now for sure.
The lane control is always on everytime you start the car, but it is easy to turn off though, but it very subtle and you barely notice it, whereas it was harsh in comparison in the Merc.
Weirdly it doesn't have the annoying speed limit bong on it, but every other 24 plate Beemer/Merc that I've driven has though, and I've had to turn it off in those.
The full touchscreen functions niggled me at first, but it is amazing how quickly you get used to it though.
No comfort opening on the rear doors just the front, but you can programme it to lock and unlock as you approach and leave the car though if you wish.
You can still kick the boot open even with the towbar.
I'm currently getting 42mpg from my journeys in it, and my missus is currently getting 45mpg on her journeys. The Merc did about 39mpg overall in comparison for example.
I hope that gives you a rough idea of it, and I can definitely recommend them. I'm happy to share my experience with anything else too.
Thank you, very helpful!The lane control is always on everytime you start the car, but it is easy to turn off though, but it very subtle and you barely notice it, whereas it was harsh in comparison in the Merc.
Weirdly it doesn't have the annoying speed limit bong on it, but every other 24 plate Beemer/Merc that I've driven has though, and I've had to turn it off in those.
The full touchscreen functions niggled me at first, but it is amazing how quickly you get used to it though.
No comfort opening on the rear doors just the front, but you can programme it to lock and unlock as you approach and leave the car though if you wish.
You can still kick the boot open even with the towbar.
I'm currently getting 42mpg from my journeys in it, and my missus is currently getting 45mpg on her journeys. The Merc did about 39mpg overall in comparison for example.
I hope that gives you a rough idea of it, and I can definitely recommend them. I'm happy to share my experience with anything else too.
The rear doors not being on comfort opening is annoying. I have three cars with comfort opening, two are fronts only and my 520d is all doors which I find very useful. Shame BMW removed this feature on the LCI to save a few quid! Guess the auto unlock may overcome that though.
42mpg is very good for such a huge powerful car!
Stupot123 said:
You haven't mentioned yet the joy to your elbows of heated door armrests and center console, lol!
I foolishly put shorts and a T-shirt on this morning thinking it would be warmer than it actually was, so the armrest and centre console were lovely to be honest. Plus it is also the first time I've ever had a heated steering wheel in a car too!
You were also spot on about the speed warning bong as well, and the car is a January 2024 build(so I presume that was before it became mandatory), but it wasn't registered until October 31st 2024 though.
matt21 said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Thanks and we've definitely warmed to it now for sure.
The lane control is always on everytime you start the car, but it is easy to turn off though, but it very subtle and you barely notice it, whereas it was harsh in comparison in the Merc.
Weirdly it doesn't have the annoying speed limit bong on it, but every other 24 plate Beemer/Merc that I've driven has though, and I've had to turn it off in those.
The full touchscreen functions niggled me at first, but it is amazing how quickly you get used to it though.
No comfort opening on the rear doors just the front, but you can programme it to lock and unlock as you approach and leave the car though if you wish.
You can still kick the boot open even with the towbar.
I'm currently getting 42mpg from my journeys in it, and my missus is currently getting 45mpg on her journeys. The Merc did about 39mpg overall in comparison for example.
I hope that gives you a rough idea of it, and I can definitely recommend them. I'm happy to share my experience with anything else too.
Thank you, very helpful!The lane control is always on everytime you start the car, but it is easy to turn off though, but it very subtle and you barely notice it, whereas it was harsh in comparison in the Merc.
Weirdly it doesn't have the annoying speed limit bong on it, but every other 24 plate Beemer/Merc that I've driven has though, and I've had to turn it off in those.
The full touchscreen functions niggled me at first, but it is amazing how quickly you get used to it though.
No comfort opening on the rear doors just the front, but you can programme it to lock and unlock as you approach and leave the car though if you wish.
You can still kick the boot open even with the towbar.
I'm currently getting 42mpg from my journeys in it, and my missus is currently getting 45mpg on her journeys. The Merc did about 39mpg overall in comparison for example.
I hope that gives you a rough idea of it, and I can definitely recommend them. I'm happy to share my experience with anything else too.
The rear doors not being on comfort opening is annoying. I have three cars with comfort opening, two are fronts only and my 520d is all doors which I find very useful. Shame BMW removed this feature on the LCI to save a few quid! Guess the auto unlock may overcome that though.
42mpg is very good for such a huge powerful car!
We had comfort opening on both front and rear doors on the GLC350d/GLE400d too, so I understand exactly where you're coming from with that in fairness.
I remember being really impressed with the performance/economy mix in the F13 640d that we had years back as well, and this has just carried on from that really, even though it is a much heavier car in comparison to the 640.
Thanks. We're both really happy with it now for sure, and I'm just hoping that BMW can get to the bottom of the front collision warning fault on it when it goes in on the 28th now.
My missus is racking up the miles in it as usual, so she has got to know the car pretty well now. I'm pleased that we made the switch back to beemer for definite, and they never tend to let you down in terms of the way they drive I think.
My missus is racking up the miles in it as usual, so she has got to know the car pretty well now. I'm pleased that we made the switch back to beemer for definite, and they never tend to let you down in terms of the way they drive I think.
The car has been in over the last 2 days to have the front collision warning light fault looked at again. It has had a new ADCAM control unit(£2k for the unit apparently) fitted under warranty. So I'm hoping that will sort it now.
I was given a 2 series active tourer(225e xDrive) as a loaner, and being completely honest, it really made me appreciate the beemers that we've already got for sure. It wasn't up to much to be fair, but they're not really my kind of car anyway though really. The hybrid battery was empty/flat as usual, so you were just left with the 3 cylinder engine screaming it's head off instead!
I was given a 2 series active tourer(225e xDrive) as a loaner, and being completely honest, it really made me appreciate the beemers that we've already got for sure. It wasn't up to much to be fair, but they're not really my kind of car anyway though really. The hybrid battery was empty/flat as usual, so you were just left with the 3 cylinder engine screaming it's head off instead!
macron said:
By now you were on about the 4th set of tyres in the Merc, how are these holding up?!
So true! They're all still on almost 6mm and the cars done 6k miles now(4k miles in our hands).
I put a set of Continentals on the rear of the Merc once, and they only lasted 6k miles on that, so basically I'd be changing the rears as we speak now in comparison. Mad really when you think about it for sure.
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