Catalogue

• In the end, sensibility wins over reason.
• About the selection
• Briefly talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this car and its driving experience.

To buy a car is to start from a rational point of view, you need to drive well, sit comfortably, and have a four-wheel drive, because you often go to the snow-capped mountains. So there are three options, Lexus RX, Audi Q7 and BMW X3. Once still entangled in these three for a long time, analyze what performance-to-price ratio, safety, maintenance costs. In the end, sensibility prevailed over reason, leaving everything behind, leaving all the previous analyses behind. Just buy the favorite one within your financial means. Do you need a reason to like a car?
Now in his thirties, he is no longer young, and is gradually beginning to be greasy. This time, you should listen to the choice from the bottom of your heart, buy a car with better performance, drive for three years, and wait until you are 35 years old to change the SUV.
There was a BMW 320Li before, and I was very glad to have a Taiwan three Series when I was in my twenties. It gives me a lot of happiness and good memories, and the feeling of manipulating freely is unforgettable. After 320, because there are two children, replaced by the nanny god car Odyssey, this car really has a lot of space and is comfortable to sit on. But the brakes are too soft and the suspension is soft. I have no confidence in driving. After a year of driving, I feel depressed. I have a special interest in cars. I don’t have a handy car and I feel uncomfortable all day.
So there is a car selection trip, first went to see the Lexus RX, the overall feeling is good, especially the leather touch of the interior, it is simply the feeling of touching a young woman’s thigh. The seat is very comfortable, after choosing the F sport kit, it is very refreshing, and the leather is reliable and the maintenance is not expensive. But it was only a little less impulsive, so I didn’t book a car at that time.
I went to see Q7 again. The interior is all right, but I still feel a little stingy in appearance. Without the solemn and domineering style of the previous generation Q7. And I had a Q5 before, so I lost my pass.
Finally, I went to see the BMW X3, but I didn’t expect to take a fancy to the X3, but took a fancy to the 540i next to it. Attracted by its long list of choices. Optional M kit, luxury seat kit, enhanced driving assistance, dynamic driving kit, optional 20-inch wheels, M brakes, Harman stereo, steering wheel heating, leather dashboard and so on. This configuration is really too high-end. A hundred are satisfied. In fact, the first time I was recommended by 540 was to see the advertisement for transporting clones. Boy, I pulled down the helicopter.

The starting price of this car in the United States is about 59000 US dollars, and the optional price is about 19000 US dollars.
1. M suite $4900
2. The dynamic driving kit costs 3200 US dollars, with adaptive suspension function, can automatically adjust the suspension damping soft and hard, and the driving mode has an adaptive mode.
Luxury seat kit $2600 in addition to seat heating, there are seat ventilation, seat massage, 20 seat adjustments and upgrade the seat leather from Nappa leather to the best Merina leather.
4. Driving assist kit $1700 for adaptive cruising and blind spot monitoring
5. Driving aids bargain $1700 after choosing the enhanced package for the lane, you can achieve L2 autopilot, follow the car in front and turn according to the corner. The personal perception recognition rate can reach more than 90%. Never leave it entirely to the car to drive, it will not be able to recognize the ground line. But there is no denying that it can greatly reduce the fatigue of driving. And it is completely in the middle of the road, unlike me, I am always used to being on the left side of a road.
Adaptive headlamp $1050 feels that this headlamp is really bright, no worse than the lamp factory Audi.
7, 20-inch wheel hub $950
8. M Blue Brake $650
9. Harman Catton stereo $875 600 watts, 16 speakers
10. Leather center console $700
11. $200 for manual sunshade in the back row
12. the steering wheel is heated for $190.
After choosing so many configurations, this price is basically ready to buy an X5.

Let’s start with the advantages.
1. Brake, equipped with the blue calipers of M, although this is different from the calipers of M power, it has made me very satisfied. The braking force is strong but there is no uncomfortable sense of hitting the wall. Many times I braked early, and several times I felt I could not stop, but I braked steadily. And when braking hard, even the passengers in the back seat did not feel very frightened. An understatement slows down the speed quickly.
2, the appearance of M with 20-inch wheels, the car with M-kit can really improve a lot of appearance, my previous 320Li, also chose the M-suite style. And this car’s 275 model of 20-inch wheels really like the shape, simple and powerful. The light gray of the gun is also very resistant to dirt, and the gray of the brakes can not be seen above. I thought it was the gray of the original factory. The whole car is well-proportioned and well-defined, just like an athlete.
3. Power, the reason why power is not in the first place is that there is a big gap between the power of the car and what it imagined. There is no denying that the car accelerates very fast, breaking 100 in 5.1 seconds. Unwittingly speeding on the highway, do not carefully look at the speedometer, accidentally 150, I thought it was only driving to 100. But the acceleration of this car feels very mild and does not have a strong explosive force and push back. It’s hard to explain why some cars are not as fast as 540, but have a strong sense of push. I feel that even my younger brother 330 is more ferocious than 540 in body sense.
4. Car body rigidity and body weight loss, using more aluminum alloy weight loss, there are a lot of reinforced connecting rods, coupled with the optional adaptive suspension. The feeling of driving is like an iron plate, which is very solid. The feeling of sucking steadily on the ground. The chassis is tight and the driving is close to the ground, which is why the 5 series is more expensive than the 3 series.
5. The adaptive headlamp follows the steering is particularly easy to use, the turning angle is very large, when turning, even the range of nearly 90 degrees on both sides of the front of the car is very bright. The automatic far and near light is very smart and switches quickly. When a car comes from 200 meters away, it can detect it immediately and turn off the far light immediately.
6. The sound effect is good. The 600 watt car has 16 loudspeakers. Harman’s sound effect is very good. Of course, the premise is to set its parameters.
7. The reversing image has high pixels and clear color restoration.

Shortcoming
1. The seat angle is uncomfortable. Although there are 20 adjustments, the overall design is that the legs are high, the buttocks are low, the feeling of sinking, and the space near the right foot is occupied by the car, and the accelerator brake pedal is left as a whole. As a result, after sitting down, the body will tilt to the left, and the buttocks will be numb, especially the buttocks on the right. With the same two-hour drive, other brands of cars don’t have this problem. It’s the same problem with the previous 3 series. Yes, you sit and you are numb. It needs to be equipped with a waist to relieve a little bit.
2. Although the wireless Carplay is convenient, it needs to occupy the wireless network signal channel, resulting in the mobile phone always mistakenly thinking that it is connected to the wireless network, and does not give priority to using the 4G signal, resulting in a bad signal, and Wechat often receives the message late. And sometimes it takes half a minute to connect to the wireless carplay, and the wireless carplay consumes a lot of power, consuming 1/3 of mobile phone power for an hour and a half.
3. The diameter of the cup holder is too small to fit the heat preservation cup, so it can only put mineral water. More than 30 years old, I want to drink some Chinese wolfberry water, the mainstream thermos cup can not be put in.
4. The tires are too thin. The 20-inch tire does look good, but the front tire has a flat ratio of 35, while the rear tire has a flat-to-flat ratio of only 30, which has damaged one of the front tires through the pit.
5. Blind spot detection, only flash, no sound reminder, sometimes the flash is not obvious when the light is strong during the day, it is better if there is a sound hint of Didi.
6. too much emphasis on the business attribute, weakening the sports attribute. The exhaust is so low-key that even in sport mode, there is no sound. But the sound of the X3 M40i is beautiful. It doesn’t need to be too deep-fried, it just means something loud.
7, space, in fact, this is not a disadvantage, after all, if you want to have more space, you will buy a 7-series. I am just a little surprised. The rear space of 4.95 meters is actually 5 centimeters shorter than my previous 4.75 meters of 320Li. Where is the length of 20 centimeters?

Generally speaking, this car is still suitable for driving on its own, not suitable for household use and business. The back row, whether it’s a child (with a safety seat) or a client, is a little small and not enough. In fact, the domestic is very good, you are free to choose to lengthen or not to lengthen. On the contrary, I think the extended 5 series is more suitable for home or business. The back row is more spacious and luxurious. It was because I had a special nanny car Odyssey at home that I dared to buy a short-axle 5-series selfishly.