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x5india · 25th January 2008, 23:58

today, after a tedious seven month wait i got to pick up my x5. got to the dealership a little before time because i just could not wait any longer. you know what we boys are like! as always the customer that was supposed to pick up his 5er did not come ontime, infact came an hour late, so my delivery was a little postponed, though i wan not complaining since i was sitting in their showroom x5 and was happily screwing around with idrive.

i clocked about 60 km on the first day. i treated her with utmost respect. the manual says: for the first 1200 miles, or 2000km, do not go past 3500 rpm and not more than 150kmph. also drive at varying car speeds and engine speeds. thus, sitting in traffic would be bad for your engine. as well as going a constant speed on the highway. i think i did my absolute best but was tempted to floor it when i had the chance to do it....

some questions as well as comments:

1. is there no way of watching a dvd or watch tv while the car is in motion? i know this may be hazardous, but my driver will be driving most of the time and i would love to watch some 24/entourage/some good movie whilst in the passenger seat.

2. i put all my mp3s on a dvd disc (data disk) and all my songs and folders show up on idrive as expected. though there is one problem....some of my songs, or livesets shall i say, are hours long. is there no way to fast forward though these extremely long livesets? i put in some 24 and i would fast forward by turning the i drive controller to the right (2x, 4x, 8x, 16x)...just wondering why i cannot do this for mp3s on a dvd disk....seems a little strange..

3. the running boards look nice but they are a pain in the posterior. getting in and out of the vehicle is hard, and your pants always get dirty.

3. the exhaust smells like "dahi"......yes, the indian non flavoured, natural yoghurt! i don't know how else to descrie the smell of the exhaust....maybe something to do with the diesel particulate filter??

4. love the blueish/whiting tinge of the bi-xenons....and the awesome looking angel eyes

i'm sure i will have many more comments and questions for those bmw owners in the days ahead.

here are a few pics that i took (sorry, i am a lazy pig, and hence took this set of photos again with my phone camera, hence the crappy quality....i will need to get to the office someday and click some good ones)

cheers!

25th January 2008, 23:58	#1 (permalink)
x5india Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: delhi Posts: 30	first day with my bmw x5. questions and comments (EDIT: More pics added on pg 2) today, after a tedious seven month wait i got to pick up my x5. got to the dealership a little before time because i just could not wait any longer. you know what we boys are like! as always the customer that was supposed to pick up his 5er did not come ontime, infact came an hour late, so my delivery was a little postponed, though i wan not complaining since i was sitting in their showroom x5 and was happily screwing around with idrive. i clocked about 60 km on the first day. i treated her with utmost respect. the manual says: for the first 1200 miles, or 2000km, do not go past 3500 rpm and not more than 150kmph. also drive at varying car speeds and engine speeds. thus, sitting in traffic would be bad for your engine. as well as going a constant speed on the highway. i think i did my absolute best but was tempted to floor it when i had the chance to do it.... some questions as well as comments: 1. is there no way of watching a dvd or watch tv while the car is in motion? i know this may be hazardous, but my driver will be driving most of the time and i would love to watch some 24/entourage/some good movie whilst in the passenger seat. 2. i put all my mp3s on a dvd disc (data disk) and all my songs and folders show up on idrive as expected. though there is one problem....some of my songs, or livesets shall i say, are hours long. is there no way to fast forward though these extremely long livesets? i put in some 24 and i would fast forward by turning the i drive controller to the right (2x, 4x, 8x, 16x)...just wondering why i cannot do this for mp3s on a dvd disk....seems a little strange.. 3. the running boards look nice but they are a pain in the posterior. getting in and out of the vehicle is hard, and your pants always get dirty. 3. the exhaust smells like "dahi"......yes, the indian non flavoured, natural yoghurt! i don't know how else to descrie the smell of the exhaust....maybe something to do with the diesel particulate filter?? 4. love the blueish/whiting tinge of the bi-xenons....and the awesome looking angel eyes i'm sure i will have many more comments and questions for those bmw owners in the days ahead. here are a few pics that i took (sorry, i am a lazy pig, and hence took this set of photos again with my phone camera, hence the crappy quality....i will need to get to the office someday and click some good ones) cheers!