drove X6 on weekend

[Tallest]

Test drove the car (friend has it) - and I gotta say.. OMG. What a car!!! you guys who bought it despite the wierd looks clrealy know your BMWs - this is such a drivers machine. I want one badly. This is such an honest car (doesnt pretend to be an offroader or practical - nice) - and the way it handles and delivers power is stunning. I've driven a lot of cars in life (worked in car dealership, been around cars for a while) - and you tend to forget cars, but this thing I remember..

[keanu1]

you like how x6 handles more than your e90?!?!

[Deda]

cool,i am so glad to hear!

[motex]

The nice thing about the "weird" look as you mention is that BMW does not make regular cars, they always offer something different, not like other brands that just make boring cars......not to mention the driving experience, I have had the luck to drive many many car types, from Ferraris to Land Cruisers, and since I bought my first BMW (2002 E46 M3) that was the last time I looked into another brand, to enjoy an Audi or a Mercedes you have to spend more than $150,000 to get an exotic one, in BMW you start enjoying the driving almost from any model.

[chonko]

Originally Posted by keanu1

you like how x6 handles more than your e90?!?!

From someone that replaced an E90 with the X6 50i, I will say it handles very well. Handles like a 5 series but not as nimble as the 3 series.

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by 320what

Test drove the car (friend has it) - and I gotta say.. OMG. What a car!!! you guys who bought it despite the wierd looks clrealy know your BMWs - this is such a drivers machine. I want one badly. This is such an honest car (doesnt pretend to be an offroader or practical - nice) - and the way it handles and delivers power is stunning. I've driven a lot of cars in life (worked in car dealership, been around cars for a while) - and you tend to forget cars, but this thing I remember..

Ya a lot of folks judged this car by it's looks but if they ever get to drive one as you did they will also come to OMG. One of the things that gets lost a lot between looks and horsepower is this thing weighs 5200 lbs. You will be hard pressed to find any other car that is this heavy and corners the way it does.

When I hit the corners my wife (who drives a e92) is amazed because she says you don't even feel like you were in that sharp of a corner.

[sesh1957]

My last cars were Lexus, but I drove many SUV when deciding what was next. The X6 35i kills the Ceyene 6 cyclinder and comes very close to the 8. I love the looks, get alot of people looking at the car. A guy in the gas station was walking around it, said this car lloks like it goin fast when it is standing still. I is nice to love a car again.

[dmlgc]

"...looks like it goin fast when it is standing still. " I have heard that numerous times.

[Tallest]

Originally Posted by keanu1

you like how x6 handles more than your e90?!?!

it's not as nimble as E90, that's a given, but i was just impressed by how well it drove for the car its size and wieght, the compromises they made were hardly visible and the set up of the chassis was sick.. I drove X5 before and this is so noticeably better to drive even though its' based on same platform.

[keanu1]

Originally Posted by chonko

From someone that replaced an E90 with the X6 50i, I will say it handles very well. Handles like a 5 series but not as nimble as the 3 series.

I drove the x6 35d and i have to say it dosent compare with my 525d!!
The 5 series is more comfortable and the handeling is better!!
The x6 was also louder than my 5 series!!
I have also an x5 3.0d from 2004 and i have to say it's not so good!!
I know it handles and goes very well for a suv but still ...

[chuck92103]

Originally Posted by keanu1

I drove the x6 35d and i have to say it dosent compare with my 525d!!
The 5 series is more comfortable and the handeling is better!!
The x6 was also louder than my 5 series!!
I have also an x5 3.0d from 2004 and i have to say it's not so good!!
I know it handles and goes very well for a suv but still ...

4 wheel drive cars are louder than 2 wheel drive.

You need to compare the 535xi to the X6. Not a 2 wheel drive 5.

I have owned the 3/5/6 series. X6 does fine IMO. Most notable, it is a little noiser, but rides smoother than any BMW I have driven except the X5 and 7 series.

[keanu1]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

4 wheel drive cars are louder than 2 wheel drive.

You need to compare the 535xi to the X6. Not a 2 wheel drive 5.

I have owned the 3/5/6 series. X6 does fine IMO. Most notable, it is a little noiser, but rides smoother than any BMW I have driven except the X5 and 7 series.

What 5 series you had!??! It was e60?!?!
I have an e 60 and it was a big difference in smoothness in favour of 5 series!!
I dont have runflats on my car!!
Yes the x6 is the best in what it is built for, but for me the 5 series is supreme!!

[chuck92103]

Originally Posted by keanu1

What 5 series you had!??! It was e60?!?!
I have an e 60 and it was a big difference in smoothness in favour of 5 series!!
I dont have runflats on my car!!
Yes the x6 is the best in what it is built for, but for me the 5 series is supreme!!

You must be easy to please then. Enjoy your ride!

[King Bimmer]

I had a e60 545 and the x6 3.5i has a better ride by far. I also like the engine better.

-King

[akraptor]

Weird?!?!? I wonder why you wanted to drive a weird lookin car in the first place. Just because it has the BMW plate on it? Strange. .I personally never felt a tickle in my groin to drive a weird looking car. I don't know about others, but my X6 is not weird. .it's my Panzer and love it every single shiny or gloomy day.

[keanu1]

I dont know!! Maybe i drove a broken x6, but it didnt seem like it!!
I also drove a 335d e90 2009 and it was unbelieveble good!!

[mimsterzx7r]

I drove an X6 3.5 when they first came out last year was fast and cornered well, but couple of days ago I test drove the 5.0. OMG! That thing is a freak of an SUV, I'm sorry SAV.

It was kinda surreal because I'm used to my daily driver which is a pathfinder, so I didn't want to push it too hard. But the SA was really cool we went on a series of loops on Allen parkway in Houston, each loop he told me to "scare myself" and to "stop braking". The first 2 loops I felt as if I was in my pathfinder so I couldn't get myself to push it. But finally the SA told me to "man up" (all his words not mine!). So the last 2 loops I treated the car like my M Roadster and really pushed it, Must have been going 80-90mph on sweeping loops and that car was planted. WOW! It had the adaptive drive and the active steering, so I guess it made a difference.

Its not my M Roadster, but a car that large has no business cornering like that haha.. I can't imagine what the X6M would be like.

[dmlgc]

"Its not my M Roadster, but a car that large has no business cornering like that haha.."

You're correct the way this car handles is ridiculously for it's size.

[ORIGIN M.]

I bet it can eats tyres like there is no tomorrow.

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by red-saurkraut

I bet it can eats tyres like there is no tomorrow.

I have 20" HP RF's on mine and expect to get about 17K out of them, I drive very aggressively. You don't get high mileage on RFs and considering how much fun it is to drive don't really care.

[ORIGIN M.]

Originally Posted by dmlgc

I have 20" HP RF's on mine and expect to get about 17K out of them, I drive very aggressively. You don't get high mileage on RFs and considering how much fun it is to drive don't really care.

I understand, and assume you will replace those with non-RFT's once they are gone.

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by red-saurkraut

I understand, and assume you will replace those with non-RFT's once they are gone.

Actually no, I go to some out of the way places so I like the idea I can drive on them until I get back to civilization. If one tire goes the spare ( it came with one) can handle that but if two go different story. I know what are the odds of two going, slim.