12-23-2019, 01:12 PM
I had a 2019 540 M sport as a warranty loaner for the past couple days. It is a Nice Car.
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Despite being surprisingly quick (4.7 0-60 and 13.2 1/4), it is not exciting, at all. It's competent, the ride is comfortable, it's quiet, and the seats are super comfy. But even after only three days, I couldn't wait to get my car back. I didn't look forward to errands and I didn't take the long way anywhere. I just must not be the target audience.
The looks? I mean from some angles it looks good, from none does it look great. It has presence, I guess. But it's just so...straight? Even with the M sport bumpers (which are an improvement), it's just not sexy or exciting.
Good: First car I've seen with comfort access on all doors - which are soft close too, both great things for kids. Adaptive cruise is absolutely my jam, what a feature. Wireless charging with a notification when you've left your phone on it when you turn the car off is clever. They've finally reverted to a normal turn signal and abandoned that stupid return-to-center kind. Cool tech, but I feel like that always falls into the background noise of my driving and I don't use it much anyway. Little stuff like the seat belts automatically snugging up as you drive away (or brake hard), the power trunk, and whatever else just makes it a nice experience. Feels really well built. Within the mirror itself, and not the mounting post, is the correct place for blind spot warning.
Meh: Gesture control is kinda cool, but it's way too sensitive. I could only make the volume too high or too low, hard to get it where I wanted it.
Bad: Nothing is awful I guess. Steering was super numb and not sporty or direct at all. Remote start would be nice but if it's not on this or my car, BMW must not do it for a reason.
If this is supposed to be the "sporty" car of this genre, I can't imagine how dull MB's, Lexii, Infinity, etc are.
Despite being surprisingly quick (4.7 0-60 and 13.2 1/4), it is not exciting, at all. It's competent, the ride is comfortable, it's quiet, and the seats are super comfy. But even after only three days, I couldn't wait to get my car back. I didn't look forward to errands and I didn't take the long way anywhere. I just must not be the target audience.
The looks? I mean from some angles it looks good, from none does it look great. It has presence, I guess. But it's just so...straight? Even with the M sport bumpers (which are an improvement), it's just not sexy or exciting.
Good: First car I've seen with comfort access on all doors - which are soft close too, both great things for kids. Adaptive cruise is absolutely my jam, what a feature. Wireless charging with a notification when you've left your phone on it when you turn the car off is clever. They've finally reverted to a normal turn signal and abandoned that stupid return-to-center kind. Cool tech, but I feel like that always falls into the background noise of my driving and I don't use it much anyway. Little stuff like the seat belts automatically snugging up as you drive away (or brake hard), the power trunk, and whatever else just makes it a nice experience. Feels really well built. Within the mirror itself, and not the mounting post, is the correct place for blind spot warning.
Meh: Gesture control is kinda cool, but it's way too sensitive. I could only make the volume too high or too low, hard to get it where I wanted it.
Bad: Nothing is awful I guess. Steering was super numb and not sporty or direct at all. Remote start would be nice but if it's not on this or my car, BMW must not do it for a reason.
If this is supposed to be the "sporty" car of this genre, I can't imagine how dull MB's, Lexii, Infinity, etc are.
2001 M5
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3