9 Pros and 4 Cons of my 2024 BMW 530i xDrive (G60) after 2500 km

Strange safety feature I discovered: You can't drive the car with the driver's door open. I was trying to reverse into a tight spot and opened the door to get a better view and the car kept shifting into park mode.

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I have completed about 1,600 miles (2,500 km) in the last 1.5 months in a mix of city and highway driving and observed the following positives and negatives:

Pros:

• Head up Display is great for navigating in traffic. Works well with Google Maps and the inbuilt navigation. Wireless charing and connection to Android works flawlessly.
• Huge interior space at both the front and rear. Quality of panels and soft materials is top notch.
• Effortless cruising on the highways, lane assist is very helpful once you get used to it.
• Sport mode is awesome, its not a sports car but 0-100 km/hr in 5.5 seconds is pretty quick and it handles well around the curves. The fake exhaust sounds add to the experience
• Gesture control and voice control (open windows, sunroof, music controls etc.) are pretty useful once you get used to them.
• BMW app which allows remote start(great for winter or summer) and digital key and also monitors the car allowing you to see the surroundings and interior. Sounds gimmicky but is useful especially when you have to park the car in unfamiliar areas or find it in huge parking lots.
• Self parking is great parking in tight spots and getting out. However the speed at which it does this is pretty terrifying. You can control the speed with the brake pedal however.
• 12 speaker Harman Kardon sound system (standard feature) has decent sound with bass and the woofer in the front dash.
• Great fuel efficiency, overall 33 MPG (14 km/l)and a best of 42 MPG (17.8 km/l) on a highway only trip.

Cons:

• The car is HUGE. Its more than 16.5 ft long and 6.25 ft wide. Driving in narrow lanes of NYC and NJ and parking on the street or parkings garages is not easy. I have still not got accustomed to its width even though I have driven SUVs which are longer and wider than this. This is because you sit higher up and get a much better view in a SUV. I used to think the Porsche Panamera was very long and wide car which would be difficult to drive in traffic and narrow lanes. I found out a few days back the 530i is almost exactly the same dimensions as the Panamera (same length, just 1 inch less wide but 4 inches taller)
• The suspension is a bit stiff but acceptable for US highways. However over rough city roads in the NYC area the ride is pretty bumpy
• The windscreen wipers have a mind of their own in auto mode. Sometimes they are too slow, sometimes too fast and sometimes they don't turn on at all.
• Automatic trunk opener by your leg kick works only 60-70% of the time

Strange safety feature I discovered: You can't drive the car with the driver's door open. I was trying to reverse into a tight spot and opened the door to get a better view and the car kept shifting into park mode.

A recent picture against the NYC Skyline.

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