Hello, Glos Guy, Yes I am still enjoying the car, had it ten days and covered 900 miles mainly motorway M6 to Scotland ,Averaged 40.5 mpg in comfort mode. I forgot to mention folding mirrors when locking the car and dipping passenger mirror (non adjustable) in reverse.Instrument cluster will also display mph in bottom of display. I too added package including wireless charging only so I could have the reversing camera. I haven’t been out in the dark so I can’t tell you about the adaptive headlights.. Auto hold isn’t a problem, when I pull up at traffic lights I just leave it in drive and apply the electric parking brake. The brake will release automatically when you drive off.As far as music is concerned I don’t have an iPhone, just an old PAYG android for emergencies so wireless charging is of no use to me (in fact, I negotiated the package at cost price £750 because the camera was the deal breaker) Instead I have my music on a usb stick plugged in just below the 12v socket in the front stowage in front of the gear selector.As usual the seats are comfortable even without the optional lumbar support.But the main USP is my wife feels safe in the car(usually a very nervous passenger). Enjoy your new car!
Bob – Are you saying that it doesn’t have electric folding mirrors? I felt sure that the demonstrators that we drove did (and they didn’t have electric seats). If it’s like my previous 5 Series they don’t fold automatically when you lock the car (as they do with the Tiguan) but once you’ve locked the car you press and hold the lock button again and they fold in. Also, the dipping passenger mirror in reverse only works when the window control switch is set to one side (drivers side, I think) although you probably know all of this. Thankfully, as we have a large garage and when out usually park in disabled bays rather than against kerbs, neither would be show stoppers for us, but I’d obviously rather have these features than not.
I will do as you do re the parking brake and in fact I did this during the test drives, but it’s not as good or hassle free as proper AutoHold and I think it’s penny pinching not having it on the X1, especially as modern day BMW’s are now well equipped as standard. I felt that the speed display in the instrument cluster was too low down for me (I’m 6ft 2) and in fact the instrument cluster seemed very small, so I’ve also treated myself to Head-Up Display which will pretty much render the instrument cluster redundant. I’ve driven a couple of BMW’s with it and absolutely loved it.
We are fortunate that fuel economy can be quite low down on our list of priorities for a car, but if we can get anywhere near 40mpg I would be delighted as it means less fuel stops! I forgot to mention that the fuel tank on the Tiguan is quite small so range is poor for a diesel.