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Originally Posted by TraderJMF
Hey harperium, Thank You for the detailed comparison write up!
I'm about to pull the trigger on doing that too with our 2018 X3 M40i into a 2021 X3MC within the next 24hrs!
My biggest concern was about X3M has been ride quality differences (mainly due to all the reviews about X3M's ride quality being too hard).
But our M40i with NON-Adaptive M-Sport Suspension, + 21" Stock Wheels and Stock Bridgestone RFT's is pretty firm... actually, much stiffer than we wanted and really just uncomfortable in many daily driving scenarios - around suburbs, downtown, even freeways undulations and expansion joints (jarring, harsh, rough). We've just lived with it until lease-end... but it was the one thing I didn't like about that vehicle.
However, upon recently test driving the 21 X3MC my wife and I both "felt" like it was actually more comfortable than our current ride - still firm and sporty as you'd expect in any M (better than my M2), but very tolerable for us. But... was it just in our mind? Was it because we were intoxicated from the joy of the S58 and all the other M-specific betterments? Was the M-suspension really "better riding" than our M40i?? Hmmm...
Anyway, I'm hoping that we'll be pretty happy with the 21 X3MC in comparison - but until we have it for a while, hard to know for sure (we didn't really drive our M40i around enough pre-sale to realize we didn't like the setup until after we were already in contract).
But your review helps me to confirm and believe that the X3MC may really be better in so many ways that I'm going to just do it, hah!
Thanks again & Enjoy the ride... John
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The only exception may be the fact that the M40i’s carry the flag for most aggressive exhaust F97 vs G01. One of the only attributes of my former G01/M40i that I personally miss.