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I saw an F16 in real life today! It was one that a couple of dudes are driving around to different dealers for education demo. My CA called me up to let me know that I could come by and look if I wanted -- no pictures allowed.
It was a silver XLine with Ivory interior and a whole slew of options on it. It was handsome. It didn't have the Ivory interior design package on it though. That would have been ultra helpful to see in real life.
The LCD instrument cluster was Awesome! One of the guys went through all the functions of it with me (that you can see w/o the car running since it was in the showroom).
I wanted to try the 'comfort' trunk opening, but I found out that the XLine doesn't have that function because the metal rear skid plate. They said that it will work with the MSport.
The rear seat has a lot more headroom than the E71. The seats are set lower, not the roof raised we think.
The center console with the leather edges instead of trim like the F15 looks really nice.
Although the reported cargo space is smaller than the E71, it doesn't look like the space is any smaller under the cargo cover. We all suspected that the reduction is probably a change in the roofline.
The guys have seen the MSport version in person and both agree that that is the one to get because of the awesome front end. The differentiation from an X5 is most noticeable with the MSport.
Although not specific to an X6, one of the guys gave me (and my CA) a real good explanation of the differences between the collision mitigation on the plain Driver Assistance Plus and ACC + Active Driving Assistant. Basically, because the ACC has the radar, it is capable of bringing the car to a complete stop, whereas without ACC, you only get the 'pre-braking' (or whatever you call it). Also, the ACC will work when you're going faster. From that conversation, it made me want to get ACC even if I wasn't going to active cruise with it!
This may be true in the 2015 X5s too: the center console did not have the phone adapter in it. To me it looked gargantuan since I'm used to seeing that phone adapter in the way all the time. I'm getting enhanced bluetooth (mostly for the 2nd microphone ... weird ... everyone talks to the caller in my car) and it will have the adapter. Bummer.
After I got done with them, my car is potentially like $6k more expensive! Why does everything I want have to cost $1900??
If I had more than 30min notice, I would have asked if anyone wanted me to check out anything specific, but I had to leave "right now" if I wanted to see it before they left.
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