Is there an Oppo-nion on the X4?

"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura)
08/23/2016 at 21:07 • Filed to: None

We have an xDrive40M on my floor this color, and I fall in love with it a bit more every day...

DISCUSSION (38)

HammerheadFistpunch > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:11

You besides the fact that its not a coupe, or an suv, or a wagon, or a hatch but is instead some kind of unholy cobbling together of terrible marketing ideas?

Nibby > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:11

Kinja'd!!!

RT > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:15

It’s made well, and drives well.

Great car in theory, but I hate the “Coupe SUV” idea, so an X3 (or even 3-Series wagon) would make infinitely more sense to me.

Nice car ruined by not-so-nice design choices.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:15

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite, that is all

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch
08/23/2016 at 21:16

Doesn’t even have a useful space in back like my CRV, I got a big ass mattress folded in the back.

LongbowMkII > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:18

If I was given one tomorrow morning I think I’d take it to my small town Chrysler dealer to trade it in. I don't think I'd bother driving it to a better dealership further away.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:36

I see these by the truckload daily, and they never look better.

carcrasher88 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:37

Honestly, I don’t hate it. But, I’d prefer a TRUE ///M version, which I’m sure is coming.

I just think they should have called it a Sport Utility Sedan (or in BMW’s case, a Sport Activity Sedan) instead of an SUC/SAC.

Also, have I mentioned that I actually like that BMW doesn’t use Sport Utility, but rather Sport Activity. It just fits them better, especially the ///M models.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Nibby
08/23/2016 at 21:44

Why so salty?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > RT
08/23/2016 at 21:45

But it’s sexy...

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > LongbowMkII
08/23/2016 at 21:46

You never have anything nice to say about anything.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:48

Honestly it’s a good car. Not quite the most sporty or spacious or pretty but it’s not a bad vehicle. If given the option I’d take the x3 first. But it’s certainly a conversation starter

RT > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:48

It’s all a matter of opinion there I guess. It just looks a bit too fussy for me. Creases everywhere and disproportionate distribution of detail all round. I can see why people like it though, it’s just not my type of styling.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:52

This whole useless niche drives me nuts. Let’s just make this sedan drive worse, get worse mileage, and remove a bunch of cargo room, also lets make sure the wheels and tires are completely incapable of being used off road.

Nibby > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 21:58

That thing needs to die the worst death ever.

LongbowMkII > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 22:07

That’s not true. I enjoy large American cars, rotary engines, sports cars, weird cars, inline sixes, lifted new beetles ;) and the list goes on. I just didn't listen to the advice about keeping negative thoughts to yourself.

This car just hits a trifecta of things I hate. Modern BMW, useless, gaudy.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 22:11

I actually really like these for some reason. The SUV coupe trend is absurd but dammit if that’s not what makes it so entertaining.

An M6 or S65 seems almost humble and sensible compared to the excess that is the X6M or GLE63 coupe. I think that's the best part about them.

Frenchlicker > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 22:14

I'm not a fan but it certainly does look like one of those cars that would grow on you while seeing it every day.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Flyboy is FAA certified insane
08/23/2016 at 22:23

The X3 is on my radar too, but the xDrive35i with M-Sport Package is just that. Its an X3 with the package. As where the X4 xDriveM40 is a bit more cohesive in its M-Ness.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > RT
08/23/2016 at 22:26

The creases work better in person. I will 100% agree that the car looks overwrought in pictures but athletic in person. That being said, I know an SUV with compromised utility is a boggle of a decision, but I lifted a Beetle. So I’m obviously not all there.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/23/2016 at 22:28

Honestly, I used to be the same way. But since lifting the Beetle, I have a whole new outlook on something that is tall, stylish, and fast. This car is kind of like what my car might be if it was made by real engineers and not a part-time parts guy/ part-time salesman.

armandthegreat > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 22:28

Its probably better than my car but I would never buy it. All the BMW mini SUVs are off putting to me.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Nibby
08/23/2016 at 22:28

Needs more Caleco-vision?

RT > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 22:30

Yeah, I’ve seen a few myself and kind of know what you mean. It has some presence, and looks better than people give it credit for. It’s just not my style of design.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch
08/23/2016 at 22:34

I would absolutely take an X6M over an M6 for the absurd factor alone. It’s the same reason I’d take a Colorado SS with the ATS-V engine over an actual ATS-V any day.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > LongbowMkII
08/23/2016 at 22:35

This has an inline-six though...

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > armandthegreat
08/23/2016 at 22:42

When you say mini-SUVs, do you mean anything not X5 based or do you mean the fastbacks?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 23:03

Ok fair. However the wheels and tires still kill it for me. Not that they look bad, just that they’re way too impractical. Huge diameter, very wide, high load and speed ratings, all adding up to short life and expensive replacements. And of course the aforementioned useless off road ability. I know, wheels and tires can be changed easily, but if I by a new car the last thing I want to do is change the wheels and tires. And aftermarket wheels on BMW and Mercedes make doing an alignment a royal PITA.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 23:22

I think the SUV/crossover is a sign of excess in and of itself. One only really needs a sedan or wagon but rather people are buying the SUV instead of the midsize sedan when they trade in their compact sedan.

It then only goes to follow that the most lavish and extravagant of luxury cars wouldn’t be a S600 Mercedes Maybach, but rather a G500 4x4 2 which it is lol

A big luxury sedan feels old money, a stupid powerful SUV coupe feels new money.

Viggen > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/23/2016 at 23:35

The blue is nice, but it’s not what I’d want if I was buying a BMW. Out of the current BMW USA line up only the 2 and 6 series are appealing to me.

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/24/2016 at 00:53

Ah, was unaware you couldn’t get the x3 in that trim.

By the way, I saw an x5 and an x3 next to each other in the showroom and they’re almost the same size now. Not sure if you know the technical specs, but in my mind they had a much more significant difference.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/24/2016 at 00:59

The tires on the GLE Coupe are freaking gigantic. obscene as the car itself.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/24/2016 at 01:01

I think they’re awful.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/24/2016 at 01:01

Yeah. Wider even than those on an SL65 iirc

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/24/2016 at 01:05

I even found one a while ago

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/these-tires-ar…

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/24/2016 at 01:11

Yup. I commented to someone else on that post

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Flyboy is FAA certified insane
08/24/2016 at 06:44

Inside the X5 is still noticably larger.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
08/24/2016 at 20:04

I hate it. It's got all the drawbacks of a coupe and SUV, and none of the perks. And they couldn't even manage to make it pretty for the bother.