Took Delivery Yesterday (Fri 9th Sep)

[kered]

Hi all,

Been registered here for a while now, but have been waiting to collect my car before posting & saying hello.

So just yesterday morning I've taken delivery of my new X5 2.5D X Drive M-sport in Carbon Black with Alcantara interior & I'm dead chuffed I must say

While "Mrs Kered" has had a couple of X3's, this is my first BMW & also my first move away from Land Rover in 14 years. So far I've only driven back from the dealer to my office & then home yesterday evening, but am looking forward to getting to know my new X5 better over the weekend.

I'm also looking forward to getting stuck in & participating here on the forum  over the coming months 

In the meantime here's a phone cam pic of my car at the dealers yesterday morning, just as the cover was pulled off.

[MarkG_M3CP]

Hello, welcome and congratulations!

I'm a relative newcomer on here, moving from the F30Post forum after saying goodbye to my 335dx while waiting for my X5.

Hoping for delivery in the next week or so, same colour as yours which I can't wait for. Love the look of it, now be sure to take care of the paint!

I plan a detail and ceramic seal - have you had anything done yet?


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[mogsyman]

Fantastic and I hope you enjoy 

Great colour and a lovely, lovely looking car 

I'm picking my new one up next Saturday, I'm getting a little bit excited now  ::)

[P6NDP]

Congrats on your new purchase

I have almost the exact same car and love it.

What Spec options did you go for?
Did you get a good deal on it?

[cozycoupe]

Hello and welcome!

Congratulations on the new car.  I hope you enjoy it.

I was really tempted by the 2.5D but ended up going for the 3.0D instead.  I would be really interested to know what you think of it when you have had a chance to enjoy it more.

[kered]

Thanks all for the nice welcomes 

So far I haven't got to do much with my new toy as weather & other external influences (work  ::)) have restricted my free time over the past few days. But so far I'm just loving my new X5.

Previously I've had Land Rovers & while the 25D engine is certainly a step down in size from what I've been used to, I'm not finding any lack of "Ooommph" issues yet. The drive is much smoother than my previous Discovery & the lag I experienced & had gotten quite used to, is not there at all with the X5.

As far as options & spec goes, it's a pretty much standard X-Drive 25D M-Sport. The only two options I went for are sun protection glass & the electric tow hitch.

I'll probably change out the front kidney grilles for black motorsport ones in the not too distant future, but other than that I've not got any plans for further modifications, just yet. That said though I always do a few things to a car to "make it my own" so time will tell as to what else I might do. Being a Land Rover Man for the past 14 years, I'm not too familiar with what can be done to an X5, so I'll have to research the modifications that others have done, which is where this forum & others will come in very handy.

For now though I'll concentrate on getting to know the X5 & enjoying the hell out if it   

[MarkG_M3CP]

Well start with coding.... auto start/stop OFF.

Not sure why else on an X5 although I've done lots on my 335.


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[kered]

Yeah the auto stop/start is a pain alright. But with "Mrs Kered" having had two X3s, I'm well used to hitting the override button out of habit when pressing engine start button.

One thing I would like to code if possible is to have the instrument binnacle lit all the time. On the X3 the dials are back lit regardless of the lights being on or off, as were the instruments on my Discovery. So I was a bit surprised to see that the X5's instruments aren't lit unless you switch on the lights. So I might do a bit of research on that to see if it's possible to code.

Other than that all is wonderful really 

[X5Sport]

Does the engine cut out with the car still moving, or wait until you actually stop?

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The Auto Stop/Start only kicks in when you're at a standstill, such as at traffic lights or waiting at a junction. It's pretty quick to start up again once you lift your foot off the brakes. "Mrs Kered" doesn't mind it & leaves it active when she's driving her X3, but anytime I was driving I always hit the override button, as I continue to do now that I have my X5.

I know the system is designed to work & it does work well, but I'm a bit old school & am looking at it from a "mechanical sympathy" point of view & just don't like the idea of the engine stopping & starting all the time, particularity when in city traffic & find myself cringing as it shuts down & then starts up again repeatedly. 

Also, I always believed in letting a turbo idle for a while to cool before shutting down after a long drive so as not to starve the bearings of oil. There's one drive we do on a reasonably regular basis where we're hooning down the motorway for about 2 hrs, then at the end we get to sit at traffic lights on a roundabout & anytime the auto start/stop is active & the engine shuts off after the drive I'm thinking "The Turbo, The Turbo !!"

I guess the engineers at BMW have thought of all that, but I can't let go of a lifetime of "Mechanical Sympathy"  ::)