X5 40d ordered-long wait ahead!

[Scorpio]

After a long deliberation between a range rover sport and an x6 I finally placed my order for an X5 40d m sport in black.delivery is going to be towards end of May
Spec as follows

Black Sapphire
Cinnamon Brown Nevada leather
Media package
609 Navigation-system Professional
612 BMW Assist
616 BMW Assist online portal
633 Enhanced Bluetooth telephone functionality
with telematics
6FL USB audio interface
Sport suspension
Towing capacity, increased
Towbar, detachable
20" M Double-spoke style 333M alloy wheels Reversing Assist camera with Top View
Roof rails, High-gloss Shadowline
Ext. mirrors - folding, auto dimming
Comfort seats, front
Lumbar support, driver and front pass.
Seat heating, front
Dark Bamboo wood interior trim
TV function
Voice Control
Exterior trim, High-gloss Shadowline
Sun protection glass
Headlining, Anthracite
M-Aerodynamic Bodystyling
Auto transmission M Sport leather steering wheel with gearshift paddles

[huck]

Congrats Scorpio! Sounds a nice spec. Now the wait...


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Huck (iPhone mode!)

[Don Coffey]

Yes, congratulations.  Always a great feeling placing the order.  What expected delivery date have you been given?

Don

[X5Sport]

That looks like a very nice spec......

Of course it would be even better if it X6 rather than X5, but at least you thought about it..

Richard

[Scorpio]

Last week in May, so around 25th.
X6 was so close lol but the extra room in x5 sold it

[Lee4.8is]

Congratulations, hope the time goes quickly for you 

[Rusty]

Congrats on the order and I hope the wait doesn't drag too much


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[X Box]

Nice one! Congrats.

[IvanG]

Great spec - you won't regret it!

[535dboy]

Good brave choice on interior

[MJim]

Many congrats, and welcome!
Just a couple of things on the spec.  I don't know if it's been improved, but the voice control on mine (2 yrs old) just winds me up with its uselessness so I never use it - waste of £300.  I was also warned that if you listen to music the standard speakers are poor so might be worth upgrading.  I'm sure the spec can still be varied if you wanted to.
I'm sure you'll love it - it is a brilliant car ...

[535dboy]

[quote="MJim"]
Many congrats, and welcome!
Just a couple of things on the spec.  I don't know if it's been improved, but the voice control on mine (2 yrs old) just winds me up with its uselessness so I never use it - waste of £300.  I was also warned that if you listen to music the standard speakers are poor so might be worth upgrading.  I'm sure the spec can still be varied if you wanted to.
I'm sure you'll love it - it is a brilliant car ...
[/quote]

+1 on all of the above

[Don Coffey]

As I speak with a clear English accent, the voice control works great.  I use it quite a lot with only a couple of times when I've got the wrong request.  Having had a Honda version before, I can say hand on heart, it's miles better.  Saying that, I wouldn't spend the money to get it as an option unless it was part of a package.

Don

[huck]

My X6 doesn't have voice control and I miss it from my E70 days. Didn't drill down into menus too much but used it an awful lot to get me onto particular radio stations, enter navigation, phone numbers etc without faffing around with the buttons.

In fact, it took me an hour or so to work out I didn't have it as the button on the steering wheel and presence of voice for phone totally threw me. D'oh!


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Huck (iPhone mode!)

[MJim]

So mixed bag of views in the voice control.  What I find particularly frustrating is that you (1) have to use the precise commands that the system knows e.g. "CD and Multimedia" works "CD" does not, you need to learn and remember what these are (2) you have to navigate as per the stages of the idrive menu and can't just go straight to what you want e.g. "Play CD" won't get you anywhere (3) I have a Southern English accent and it usually gets it completely ars* about t*t. Whoops, the Queen wouldn't have said that would she.  Just my experience - I never use it anymore - but sounds like some of you have found it useful.