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Originally Posted by ziazhp
I had a '14 *E84* 35i that I sold for an N55 x5. I drove that for a few months then bought a 2018 x3 m40i which I drove for about one year. I am now back in an *E84* 35i and I am pleased. For the discerning enthusiast, unless you really need the extra cargo space, kids, etc the x1 is really quite good. Sure the exhaust farts and pops on the m40i but from a pure drivers car I enjoy the x1 much more and don't feel guilty if I'm harder on it.
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Not that you're wrong, but the E84 is just aged and getting pricey/harder to find some items to fix some things since it wasn't exactly popular in the first place. The revisions to the 2020-2021 X3 M40i vs 18-19 make it well worth the upgrade from the E84 X1. Think of driving a JB4 tuned X1 35i, but without the tune. I actually disabled the extra farts/burps (which are less anyway in the 2020-21) and disabled the ASD amp piping fake engine noise through the speakers.
There are lots of goodies (to name a few):
Android Auto FINALLY compatible
-Also newer idrive vs 18-19
Great handling
HUD
MPG is still great (20/27)
Paddle shifters are fun in an auto
Power bump vs 18-19 ('20 M40 385/365 vs '18 M40 355/369 vs E84 300/300)
Revised engine system vs 18-19 (timing chain simplification, HPFP fuel pump, others)
I made a graph of the cars I was looking at or have had, lol. See if it shows up correctly - I ended up pulling most of the specs from autoblog.com so I could at least get consistency. * means I own or have owned.
Year Model L W H Wheelbase HP TQ Gal Mpg Lbs Payload
9* 328 178.8 71.5 55.9 108.7 233 200 16.1 18/28 3362 1058
14* X1 35i 176.5 70.8 60.8 108.7 300 300 16.6 18/27 3891 904
16* 550I 193.4 73.2 57.6 116.9 445 480 18.5 17/25 4365 948
19 X3 M40i 186.1 74.7 66 112.8 355 369 17.7 20/27 4277 959
21* X3 M40i 185.4 74.4 66 112.8 385 365 17.7 21/27 4317 915
19 X4 M40i 187.4 76.3 63.8 112.8 355 365 17.2 20/27 4323 882
21 X4 M40i 187.4 76.3 63.8 112.8 382 365 17.2 21/27 4323 882