BMW X5 New vs. Used

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#3 of 4 Re: '06 X-5 vs '07 X-5 [dan12] by ricardw Sep 25, 2007 (9:29 am)
Replying to: dan12 (Sep 11, 2007 3:47 pm) If you read some reviews about the ride of the new X5, you will see more than one journalist critisize the new X5 ride on the highway. Squirrely and unnerving are terms used. Also I think the new X5 comes with RFT's ..you do not want that. I will soon be in the same boat....test drive both cars on a not-perfect stretch of highway. Replies to this message: anon3 (Oct 21, 2007 6:32 pm)
#4 of 4 Re: '06 X-5 vs '07 X-5 [ricardw] by anon3 Oct 21, 2007 (6:32 pm)
Replying to: ricardw (Sep 25, 2007 9:29 am) Most journalists are lucky to spend an hour behind the wheel before they write their reviews. Some of us have been driving the new X5 for almost a year (which I suppose would make it not so new any more) and we can give you opinion based on real experience. The new X5 (with sport package in this case) rides very nicely on the highway. It is much, much quieter and smoother than the old X5, although its ride doesn't quite measure up to the numb feel of a Lexus. You will have some road feel that you can reduce by turning off the sport suspension setting. The X5 does ship with run flat tires on the base wheels and the sport package. I have a fair amount of respect for the X5 after I drove it through more than 20 inches of water and at a 45 degree angle with one wheel off the ground at various times on a test course, yet it still manages to ride like a luxury sedan on the highway.

#3 of 4: Re: '06 X-5 vs '07 X-5 [dan12] by ricardw; Sep 25, 2007 (9:29 am)

Replying to: dan12 (Sep 11, 2007 3:47 pm)

If you read some reviews about the ride of the new X5, you will see more than one journalist critisize the new X5 ride on the highway.
Squirrely and unnerving are terms used. Also I think the new X5 comes with RFT's ..you do not want that.
I will soon be in the same boat....test drive both cars on a not-perfect stretch of highway.

anon3 (Oct 21, 2007 6:32 pm)

#4 of 4: Re: '06 X-5 vs '07 X-5 [ricardw] by anon3; Oct 21, 2007 (6:32 pm)

Replying to: ricardw (Sep 25, 2007 9:29 am)

Most journalists are lucky to spend an hour behind the wheel before they write their reviews. Some of us have been driving the new X5 for almost a year (which I suppose would make it not so new any more) and we can give you opinion based on real experience. The new X5 (with sport package in this case) rides very nicely on the highway. It is much, much quieter and smoother than the old X5, although its ride doesn't quite measure up to the numb feel of a Lexus. You will have some road feel that you can reduce by turning off the sport suspension setting. The X5 does ship with run flat tires on the base wheels and the sport package. I have a fair amount of respect for the X5 after I drove it through more than 20 inches of water and at a 45 degree angle with one wheel off the ground at various times on a test course, yet it still manages to ride like a luxury sedan on the highway.