G05 x5

[kanvas]

Anyone know when the M-version will come out?

[Violator]

MY2020 I believe.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by LocksmithNick

It’s the extra 3 inches on the bottom side of the grill that throws it off. I saw one at the dealership sitting right next to an F15 and immediately realized what they had done. F15 has that extra cut out under our kidneys, but G05 got rid of that and just extended the kidneys south an extra few inches, making it look ridiculous.

A good pic showing the aforementioned.

[LocksmithNick]

Originally Posted by SCA

A good pic showing the aforementioned.

Exactly!! Thanks for posting

[LocksmithNick]

Originally Posted by SCA

A good pic showing the aforementioned.

And honestly, had they just left the kidneys alone, it would have been a welcomed update. The rest of the “facelift” looks great, but they added too much filler to the lips lol.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by LocksmithNick

Exactly!! Thanks for posting

Originally Posted by LocksmithNick

And honestly, had they just left the kidneys alone, it would have been a welcomed update. The rest of the “facelift” looks great, but they added too much filler to the lips lol.

No clue why the designers went and omitted a distinctive design feature that had been on the previous three generations of the X5 (E53, E70, and F15)?

Of course BMW’s largest market is China followed by the U.S., and Germany. Most luxury automotive manufacturers these days are purely catering to the Chinese.

[Gilly1964]

Ok, had a G05 on extended test drive for several hundred miles over the weekend.

Fairly neutral over the external appearance and didn’t rave over the interior as it’s a bit ‘nightclub’ for me.

Loved the extension of my TJA (25mph on dual carriageway) to Assisted Driving Mode (any speed on any road and resets the cruise to match the speed limit automatically) and the extra width in the HUD.

Think I’d have liked the kick-to-open tailgate if I’d have worked out how to make it work consistently.

Thought I liked the wider iDrive display until I realised that 90% of the time it was only showing me more places that weren’t on my route.

Nav in the dash is nice but the rest is a bit gamer-boy for me.

Otherwise - bigger all round (perhaps too much for my liking - so I’ll be in an X3 next test drive), very nice, very familiar but not enough improvement to make me spend my hard-earned for the differences.

[Stev_chu]

Originally Posted by LocksmithNick

I mean, how much more tech do we need? Do people really not use the GPS on their phones? Because I've never found a better GPS than what's on my iPhone. Let's see, what else is there...music. How many different ways do we need to connect our phones to our radio to play music? Hand gestures? Come on...that's not what sells cars. Aesthetics and performance are what sells cars. Do folks really need their text messages to come through on their phone, watch, and now on the car screen? It just seems silly and unnecessary.

I never use any of those features in the car...I even use the charging cable to connect my music while in charge.. and you so right about the gps on the phones..they are way better than any gps in cars. Hand gestures is cool ..maybe I'll take a video of me moving my fingers to control the unit and post it on Facebook to make my friends jealous...that's about it lol.

[Stev_chu]

Originally Posted by unluky

LMAO - dude I think most people on here would agree with you.....BUT I think the VAST majority of the public as a whole would not. How many non-BMW (etc) owners have you heard discuss the finer points of performance of their cars? I bet the majority of car owners could not tell you how many HP their car makes......if they could even tell you how many cylinders it has. We are car people, so we think about such things, but the majority of people are not. And how do you get a non car person to try a BMW? You make it a vain status symbol (done) and you pack it with gadgets to impress non performance people. Once you OWN a performance oriented car - it is hard to go back, but getting a non performance car person to shell out 70-100K for a car is tough.

You need gadgets in the car to make your car "sparkle like a holiday" to steal a saying from Rainman.

BMW has to market to it's own crowd AND attract new customers. You care a lot about total performance. Most car owners want to be entertained 24/7 including their 11 minute putt putt drive to work and the store each day.

I just want a bmw that pushes over 500 hps! I don't care if it has a cassette player or rotary windows

[Wavy]

Just when the 7 was growing on me, they go and mess it up with their grills

[swedesc]

Originally Posted by Violator

I’m at the local dealership now and snapped a few pics of a G05. I’ll agree that the interior appears to be a bit nicer and refined than the F15. But the entire exterior kills it for me. From the buck-teeth grill to the exhaust exit ports. The grill isn’t open like the grills on F15/16s, it’s plastic behind the slats.
Rubbish

The grill opens and shuts, thats why

[SCA]

Originally Posted by Wavy

Just when the 7 was growing on me, they go and mess it up with their grills

This fad (overly large kindneys) will eventually pass, just like the ‘Bangle Butt’ did.

[Violator]

Originally Posted by swedesc

The grill opens and shuts, thats why

Yeah, we discussed that mess on post 45 and beyond. Thanks

[unluky]

Did they keep the homelink in the rear view mirror? That is one thing I hate. All my non-BMW cars have had it in the sun visor. The buttons on my X5 have to be pressed pretty hard to get them to activate and I wind up moving my mirror a lot which I then have to adjust back. I find myself trying to put my fingers on top and thumb on the button to squeeze the button, but it is awkward to do and then I get finger prints on my mirror sometimes which my OCD self does not handle well. #firstworldproblems =)

[Wavy]

Originally Posted by unluky

Did they keep the homelink in the rear view mirror? That is one thing I hate. All my non-BMW cars have had it in the sun visor. The buttons on my X5 have to be pressed pretty hard to get them to activate and I wind up moving my mirror a lot which I then have to adjust back. I find myself trying to put my fingers on top and thumb on the button to squeeze the button, but it is awkward to do and then I get finger prints on my mirror sometimes which my OCD self does not handle well. #firstworldproblems =)

Lol. I hate that too. But now I have a garage door opener that connects to the wifi so I open the garage from the app while I'm sitting at a light.

[unluky]

Originally Posted by Wavy

Lol. I hate that too. But now I have a garage door opener that connects to the wifi so I open the garage from the app while I'm sitting at a light.

You read my mind! With the google assistant integration in the X5 working so well, I use it a lot to turn on my house lights as I come up my long driveway when it gets dark at 4pm in the winter. Actually ordered a smart switch to allow me to do the same with my porch lights and wondered about adding a smart switch to my garage door too. Set a routine "Welcome me home" and have it turn on my house lights, porch lights, and open the garage door or use location base to do it.

Every morning when I hit that button I cuss - this morning I moved the mirror again. Not sure why I have to press so hard to activate it - but all 3 buttons are the same way, so I assume it is by design.

[M302_imola]

Originally Posted by unluky

Every morning when I hit that button I cuss - this morning I moved the mirror again. Not sure why I have to press so hard to activate it - but all 3 buttons are the same way, so I assume it is by design.

Yes, that button is certainly not sensitive. Got to smash it and I'm unsuccessful on average about 1 out 3 attempts.

[unluky]

Originally Posted by M302_imola

Yes, that button is certainly not sensitive. Got to smash it and I'm unsuccessful on average about 1 out 3 attempts.

Well at least I know mine is not just harder to press than most. My old one just took a slight press on the sun visor, but I feel like if I was an old lady I would not be able to reach and/or press this one! lol

[Stev_chu]

Originally Posted by unluky

Did they keep the homelink in the rear view mirror? That is one thing I hate. All my non-BMW cars have had it in the sun visor. The buttons on my X5 have to be pressed pretty hard to get them to activate and I wind up moving my mirror a lot which I then have to adjust back. I find myself trying to put my fingers on top and thumb on the button to squeeze the button, but it is awkward to do and then I get finger prints on my mirror sometimes which my OCD self does not handle well. #firstworldproblems =)

Originally Posted by unluky

Well at least I know mine is not just harder to press than most. My old one just took a slight press on the sun visor, but I feel like if I was an old lady I would not be able to reach and/or press this one! lol

I had the car for 3 years..still reach the wrong place for the garage opener every time ..worse place to put it X5!