Glis Guy, it is a mindset that needs to be looked at, you are putting convenience ahead of the environment, dragging 60 ltrs of non renewable fuel around, then filling up in 5 mins when topping your battery up at home during your sleeping hours is more efficient than filling up five mins, that’s a lot of pence per litre, £1.299 here. I have driven, working in the automotive manufacturing industry for mAny years, every type of car, including having a licence for high speed track testing, off road hard courses, and many, many different models, including mist BMWs, working in Financial Warranty Recovery, I can say with absolute knowledge BMWs are no better nor worse than many other car manufacturers, they have the same warranty issues as any other manufacturer, but do skimp on certain items and I find them a poor car for the money. (My pension is with them and I get discount on their cars, but never ever choose to have one with my own money) As for second hand, they have an awful reputation in the trade but yes, badge bunnies do buy them as they think it makes them look special. Europe is heading for a massive fall when the Chinese swamp the market, the Chinese government is assisting companies like BYD, MG to sell cars in Europe at a loss to effect the manufacturing base for cars. Those that choose to hold onto ICE cars are in for a shock, not just even more UKEZ zones, but increases in fuel duty and other costs Europe will out on to persuade dinosaurs from their fossil fuel cars im afraid.
Oh dear. Here we go again with the patronising anti-ICE car lecturing, but this time coupled with BMW hating. A joyful combination. Your lectures are wasted on me I’m afraid.
I’m no eco warrior, nor do I claim to be. However, I was interested to read the other day that due to the reliance on coal fired power in China, an EV produced there takes 78,000 miles before it even starts to offset the environmental damage caused by its production. You also won’t convince me that having to charge a car every night is less hassle than one 5 minute fuel stop every 3 weeks.
Sorry that you don’t like BMWs as your experience of them doesn’t match mine. That is of course your choice. If we all liked, or disliked, the same cars it would be a very dull world. There’s certain brands that I wouldn’t touch myself, such as Land Rovers with their shocking reliability record (always bottom in every reliability survey) and the fact that whilst they are peerless off road (where I never go) I’ve always found them to be compromised on road, but they are fantastic looking cars and I appreciate that others will love them. I have no issue with that. As I said before, each to their own.
Anyway, back to topic. If anyone has any questions on the new X1 I’d be happy to try to answer. One thing I forgot to mention was that the huge under boot storage area that I find so useful on our 2021 X1 has now all but gone. I wondered if it was just the EV version but apparently not. It’s all of them. Another backward step IMHO. The dealer also had the new facelifted X5 in the showroom. I didn’t like that as much as the previous model either. I think I’m getting old ?