09-13-2012, 07:28 PM | #1 |
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1 year review
1 year ago today I picked up my late 2011 Deep Sea Blue X3 Xdrive 35i. 11970 miles (my current job is close to home, keeps the miles down) anyway I still love it like the day i bought it, so much fun to drive, about as fun as a small SAV can be. (SUV by other standards )
0 mechanical problems. My 4 month or so absence on this group is a forum is a good thing, nothing to complain about. My X3 has been into the service center exactly once for an oil change, and I had them do the reprogram for high idling on startup - which seems to have fixed it. only regret is getting the automatic rear door - i hate it, so far i put 1 small dent (its like an advanced ding, about an inch long) in the rear door by hitting the button by accident while my garage door was moving I wanted to pull apart the package that it came in and skip it by i let my CA talk me into getting it. I have 2 other small doordings I should probably get them all fixed at some point. all 3 combined are so small to not involve insurance or a repair that will make it onto a carfax report to fix - so I can't be too upset. only thing I need to read up on is if I should bother rotating tires or not - my front def has alot more wear than rear - i am hoping to get to 22.5k or so - we'll see that may or may not happen. I drive hard, all city driving. I really don't have much to say other than not a day goes by that I think I made the wrong decision of getting an X3 over a Q5. I really think its the perfect size, alot moreso than my E91 wagon was, and enough so that I don't really have any personal interest in the X1 which is now available here in the US. Perhaps the Baltimore, Maryland area will have accumulating snow this winter, I can't say I really had the chance to experience my X3 in the snow last winter at all :/ anyway for anyone who comes into this forum looking for advice on getting an X3, after 1 year, I can say I am happy with my purchase, and hats off to the folks in SC who built it for me to spec Greg
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09-13-2012, 07:30 PM | #2 |
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one more thing, Deep Sea Blue + Mojave is a stunning combo - i can't say i've kept up w/ color offerings for 2013, but if still available, its sweet
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09-14-2012, 04:49 AM | #4 |
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"not a day goes by that I think I made the wrong decision of getting an X3 over a Q5"
This is saying no regrets at all about opting for the X3 over the Q5. But it you have to read it carefully a couple of times I feel the same having test driven the Q5 but I do like the look of the Q5 in white with 20" alloys. Gotta admit it looks better than the X3 with certain colour/alloy combinations.
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...good news after 1 year for you and others that plan to purchase one X3.
I am making the same experience with a bigger consumption of the front wheel rubbers and of the rear wheel rubbers. I gues this is normal for the X3. |
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09-14-2012, 07:03 AM | #6 |
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no regrets at all over the X3 vs Q5. I spent about a month last summer back and forth, in the end the X3 one, and happy w/ my choice!
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no problem, in retrospect I think my original sentence was a circle. oops
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I guess I am so used to rwd power cars where the front tired can last 2x longer than the rears. I little surprised too that you think you will only get 22k miles out of them. If they were performance tires I would understand but all season I figured would last 30k miles.
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