How do you choose which seats to order?

[LANDLORD]

How do you decide which is the better seat option? With the Sport package you have the choice of either of the two styles of seats. At this point I am favoring the multi-contour. What are the pros and cons of each?

[OmanXDiver]

The X6 50i in our dealer comes only with with comfort seat but still i feel the car is very stiff and also the suspension is stiff, i was driving the car and wondering how would I feel if it was sport seats!!! i wish if they have suspension mood to turn it sport or comfort.

[chuck92103]

Originally Posted by OmanXDiver

The X6 50i in our dealer comes only with with comfort seat but still i feel the car is very stiff and also the suspension is stiff, i was driving the car and wondering how would I feel if it was sport seats!!! i wish if they have suspension mood to turn it sport or comfort.

Your mistake was ordering 21" wheels. The X6 and X5 drive very smooth with stock 19" wheels. I have 20's. When you go all the way to 21" or more you have very little sidewall left to hold up a 5,000lb truck so the tire will be a lot more stiff.

For the record. My X6 with 20's, drives a lot, and I mean a lot better than my 645ci with 19's. Night and day difference. In fact, I think it is smoother than any current 3, 5 or 6 series I have driven.

[OmanXDiver]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

Your mistake was ordering 21" wheels. The X6 and X5 drive very smooth with stock 19" wheels. I have 20's. When you go all the way to 21" or more you have very little sidewall left to hold up a 5,000lb truck so the tire will be a lot more stiff.

For the record. My X6 with 20's, drives a lot, and I mean a lot better than my 645ci with 19's. Night and day difference. In fact, I think it is smoother than any current 3, 5 or 6 series I have driven.

Well thanx for telling me i agree with you i just didnt drive the new X5 or X6 before, but i drove a cayenne turbo with Gemballa kits 21's wheels and it was much better than the X6 with 21's wheels especially when you have the option to switch the suspesnion from soft, medium to comfort.

Still it's not that bad I feel it when I drive over rough roads only, the car is still smooth and fun to drive and im not sorry for the 21's

[chuck92103]

Originally Posted by OmanXDiver

Well thanx for telling me i agree with you i just didnt drive the new X5 or X6 before, but i drove a cayenne turbo with Gemballa kits 21's wheels and it was much better than the X6 with 21's wheels especially when you have the option to switch the suspesnion from soft, medium to comfort.

Still it's not that bad I feel it when I drive over rough roads only, the car is still smooth and fun to drive and im not sorry for the 21's

The Cayenne uses regular tires. Are your 21's run flats?

[shenard]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

The Cayenne uses regular tires. Are your 21's run flats?

The run-flats are much harsher and the first thing I will do once I go through a set of tires is probably switch to the Sport Maxx tires that are not run-flats to improve the ride. Still contemplating about whether to upgrade to 22s. I really like the style 259 that come stock but would like to see someone come out with an inch to inch and half drop and if that becomes available I will probably just stick with the 20s.

[Deda]

[QUOTE=OmanXDiver;3137009]Well thanx for telling me i agree with you i just didnt drive the new X5 or X6 before, but i drove a cayenne turbo with Gemballa kits 21's wheels and it was much better than the X6 with 21's wheels especially when you have the option to switch the suspesnion from soft, medium to comfort.

Still it's not that bad I feel it when I drive over rough roads only, the car is still smooth and fun to drive and im not sorry for the 21's [/QU


I need to say again,great car and alloys...btw,do you have ADAPTIVE DRIVE?
Maybe that will change driving feeling to be softer with 21 inch and higher..

[shenard]

[QUOTE=Deda;3138829]

Originally Posted by OmanXDiver

Well thanx for telling me i agree with you i just didnt drive the new X5 or X6 before, but i drove a cayenne turbo with Gemballa kits 21's wheels and it was much better than the X6 with 21's wheels especially when you have the option to switch the suspesnion from soft, medium to comfort.

Still it's not that bad I feel it when I drive over rough roads only, the car is still smooth and fun to drive and im not sorry for the 21's [/QU


I need to say again,great car and alloys...btw,do you have ADAPTIVE DRIVE?
Maybe that will change driving feeling to be softer with 21 inch and higher..

The stock ride on the 20" sport tires is actually very good except when you drive on rough roads and it is not too bad. I would not want that ride all the time. I had run-flats on my previous vehicle and once I switched to the same tire but non- run-flat it made a major improvement in overall ride quality. I figure since you get a spare with the X6, then what is the point of run-flats?

I would rather have better performance with an all-around better ride.

[xDrive50i]

[QUOTE=shenard;3139218]

Originally Posted by Deda

The stock ride on the 20" sport tires is actually very good except when you drive on rough roads and it is not too bad. I would not want that ride all the time. I had run-flats on my previous vehicle and once I switched to the same tire but non- run-flat it made a major improvement in overall ride quality. I figure since you get a spare with the X6, then what is the point of run-flats?

I would rather have better performance with an all-around better ride.

The strange thing is that only BMW USA includes a spare tire with the run-flats!

There is no spare tire in the Canadian version. That space is available for storing other things (or hiding bodies.... ).

[OmanXDiver]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

The Cayenne uses regular tires. Are your 21's run flats?

Yes they are run flat, but the Cayenne with 21's still more comfort than the
X6 even with 19's. My bro has a Cayenne with 21's wheels and believe me its smoother when you come in rough roads or stright lines.

I still believe the X6 should have mode to change the suspension stiffnes.

[OmanXDiver]

[QUOTE=shenard;3139218]

Originally Posted by Deda

The stock ride on the 20" sport tires is actually very good except when you drive on rough roads and it is not too bad. I would not want that ride all the time. I had run-flats on my previous vehicle and once I switched to the same tire but non- run-flat it made a major improvement in overall ride quality. I figure since you get a spare with the X6, then what is the point of run-flats?

I would rather have better performance with an all-around better ride.

Yes your right, I should've told our dealer to give me normal tires instead of run-flats but I never thought about it but still it's not that rough I mean its fine just wish if its bt smoothe.

[xDrive50i]

I believe that going forward, BMW (and probably other brands too) will only put run-flats on all of their cars as standard equipment.