My new 2024 X5 Xdrive 40i arrives at my dealer in 10 days - 2 weeks. It IS an M Sport in Skyscraper Grey Metallic, but as much as I love the Cognac color, I just didn't think it went well enough with the grey, so I stuck with "tried & true" black. REALLY a sharp vehicle. I'm looking forward to it.
Enjoy it. …For the week or two before it’s stolen. The key free system on bmw is weak, made even weaker by the need to connect to - of all things - a cheapo watch! Expect used values to crash after the early adopters realise there are so many faults. A more solid, reliable, less stealable car is a fully loaded Volvo xc60 or xc90. Salesmen are salesmen - they are there to sell. You’ve been warned… it’s a great car at £70k. Leaves enough to repair the front bumper (£4000) and update the intake grills x4 with the 2026 correction. Next MY has protection in front of the cheapo plastic.
@@AllenBMWDurham Sorry, I have your title wrong. I meant “order taker”. 😉 You only have two roles in your job. 1) protect the brand. 2) sell. Nothing else.
Disappointed in US for not having these wheels options in black. Also it has lost a lot of options from pre gen. No Fog lights, less ambient light, no Air suspension on the 40i, rear doors lost keyless go feature, Dual Rear A/C now a charge. Gave more power took many away.
We painted the wheels black as per the customer's request. 40i can get air suspension in the M Sport Pro Package. More ambient light colour choices and there is still just as much ambient light
@@AllenBMWDurham are you able to advise/comment honestly what is the most optimal way to own/lease/finance one of these and avoid the said problem? In terms of DP, lease length etc. Thanks
Front plastic air intake grills are a design fault - road stones are smashing them to bits. No A/C buttons etc. In fact everything buried in electric iPad. £2,300 to replace integrated front bumper. Alloy design 100% stolen from Ford Focus RS. Expensive. Very expensive. £100k Plus. Horrific insurance costs too. Sure, a “Looker “ but a bad deal with several serious issues.
@@AllenBMWDurham I should know. I know the guy who designed them in Dunton. I test drove it and liked it - it’s the design faults that worry me. Check out those stolen wheel designs …. You have Google, right?
@johnscott4693 lmao many cars have similar wheel designs but the fact that you think bmw looked at the Ford focus rs and said we must emulate that wheel is what makes me laugh. The X5 alone has 10 different wheel options lol
thank you for watching! I see where you're coming from, I felt the same way when I went to iDrive8 but after living with it for a while, all my worries have vanished, the cars still drive amazing and everything works well despite not having physical buttons for everything
The cognac interior is so beautiful. My favorite
My new 2024 X5 Xdrive 40i arrives at my dealer in 10 days - 2 weeks. It IS an M Sport in Skyscraper Grey Metallic, but as much as I love the Cognac color, I just didn't think it went well enough with the grey, so I stuck with "tried & true" black. REALLY a sharp vehicle. I'm looking forward to it.
can't go wrong with black interior
Enjoy it.
…For the week or two before it’s stolen. The key free system on bmw is weak, made even weaker by the need to connect to - of all things - a cheapo watch!
Expect used values to crash after the early adopters realise there are so many faults. A more solid, reliable, less stealable car is a fully loaded Volvo xc60 or xc90.
Salesmen are salesmen - they are there to sell. You’ve been warned… it’s a great car at £70k. Leaves enough to repair the front bumper (£4000) and update the intake grills x4 with the 2026 correction. Next MY has protection in front of the cheapo plastic.
@@johnscott4693 thanks for the laugh, I'm not even a sales man but you know all right? lol
@@AllenBMWDurham Sorry, I have your title wrong. I meant “order taker”. 😉
You only have two roles in your job. 1) protect the brand. 2) sell.
Nothing else.
@@johnscott4693 hahaha please subscribe
Thank you Allen👏Great sharing😊X5 LCI wonderful🎯We are waiting more G60 videos😎🤝
Thank you for watching! I'll try my best to give a broad variety of different models to explore :)
@@AllenBMWDurhamthank you so much 🙋♂️G60 Brooklyn grey 🎯Oxide grey🎯
What are these black wheels. 21s? In the US, the black wheels are 22s only.
As mentioned in the video they are black painted 21" Y-Spoke 741M wheels
Good looking car.
thank you for watching!
Disappointed in US for not having these wheels options in black. Also it has lost a lot of options from pre gen. No Fog lights, less ambient light, no Air suspension on the 40i, rear doors lost keyless go feature, Dual Rear A/C now a charge. Gave more power took many away.
We painted the wheels black as per the customer's request. 40i can get air suspension in the M Sport Pro Package. More ambient light colour choices and there is still just as much ambient light
As trivial as it sounds, I'm REALLY bummed about the rear doors not having keyless go...😩🤦🏾♂️
@@Whtmt there’s a lot wrong with this car. Looks great, especially inside, super seats … but far too many design faults and way, way overpriced.
Can you start your car with the new samsung watches or is it only for apple??
In Canada currently only available on apple
Do you need a snow set of tires because of the 21' rim??
we need snow tires because Canada not because the 21" wheel diameter
Beautiful car through and through.
thank you for watching! Tis lovely isn't it
Did you custom powder coat the wheels black?
Yes as per the customer's request
How much darker is dravit grey than this skyscraper grey?
Oops, did an active shutter delete 🤔
No air suspension ?
Nope
My exact cat minus the wheels
sweet, thats an awesome spec! This customer had his wheels painted black so technically nobody has them.
Does the car have soft-close doors? You don't talk about soft-close doors anymore.
It does, part of Premium Enhanced Package
😢😢😢😢❤
Prob is resale value of BMW. Go with Porche
Lease so resale is not your concern, and if you are going to Porsche make sure it doesn't say Porche on it lol
@@AllenBMWDurham are you able to advise/comment honestly what is the most optimal way to own/lease/finance one of these and avoid the said problem? In terms of DP, lease length etc. Thanks
Front plastic air intake grills are a design fault - road stones are smashing them to bits. No A/C buttons etc. In fact everything buried in electric iPad. £2,300 to replace integrated front bumper. Alloy design 100% stolen from Ford Focus RS. Expensive. Very expensive. £100k Plus. Horrific insurance costs too.
Sure, a “Looker “ but a bad deal with several serious issues.
Please don't buy one then lol I love how you think the wheels are stolen from the ford focus RS lol please like, share and subscribe!
@@AllenBMWDurham I should know. I know the guy who designed them in Dunton.
I test drove it and liked it - it’s the design faults that worry me. Check out those stolen wheel designs …. You have Google, right?
@johnscott4693 lmao many cars have similar wheel designs but the fact that you think bmw looked at the Ford focus rs and said we must emulate that wheel is what makes me laugh. The X5 alone has 10 different wheel options lol
@@AllenBMWDurham 10 designs. So what. Most cars to.
Wake up. Smell the coffee.
@@johnscott4693 lol exactly my point. P.s. I got my coffee. It smells good
I’m a BMW guy but BMW is making their cars worse each generation - removing physical buttons, removing features, and making it all cost more
thank you for watching! I see where you're coming from, I felt the same way when I went to iDrive8 but after living with it for a while, all my worries have vanished, the cars still drive amazing and everything works well despite not having physical buttons for everything
it's a personal taste - the car is lovely but the black wheels are ugly. Takes the elegancy of the car away.
to each their own, be individual
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