Very good and interesting to hear your thoughts.
I would have expected to have seen both mpg and kWh used on the display rather than combined figure seen on the Tucson?
Suprised to hear about air suspensnsion & sports seats don’t scream comfort which defeats the object imo.
Alot of manufacturer exhausts lost their sole, really from 2019 onwards as they are strangled to meet emissions / noise, with approved after market such as Miltek seeing a boom.
“Gas Pressure Spring for bonnet?” bonnet struts.
I adore the latest gen X5 and having visited BMW to have a look, my head is telling me is too big for our town and parking, taking into account use of the car without our my daughter pressent leaves me to standard parking bays, where its a struggle sometimes getting in/our out the Tucson especially if those parke next park off centre. Whils’t not totally discounting the X5, have started to look at the X3, which like the X1 have grown with the latest generation.
My fuel choice for the X5/3 would be diesel and in 30d or 40d guise, with about 70Nm torque seperating tham and less important similar bhp. My 20d hasn’t missed a beat and a run to see family keeps the gremlins at bay. Modern diesels are better at passive regeneration at slower speeds around town and don’t suffer the same level dpf issues as they use to and a quick run up to temperature keeps everything clean anyway. Depending how long you plan to keep a car especially as the dates will go back further, a V8 will be expensive out of warranty if anything went wrong with having alot of vital components in middle of the “V”
Unfortunately (wong word by far), I don’t know if we’d be eligible for HMRC VAT removal, as whils’t my daughter uses a wheelchair it not to an extent, so have been focussing on ex display / nearly new.