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      10-20-2012, 03:01 AM   #18
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Drives: X1 23d
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Australia

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at my office I park between a x3(2.0d) and a 520d other cars in carpark include x5, 125i 325 coupe, now we all pass the keys around and all have said they would prefer the x1 with the 8 spd from the 520d or the X5.
It handles better, accelerates better (mine is the 23d) and uses less fuel, as many have said money isn't the reason why a lot of us bought the x1 nor the reason its very popular world wide.

Other reviewers also bag out build quaility, but i have driven far worse that cost more.
Also the resale value in Aust is rated higher then the X3 ... in fact the moter magazines rate the x1 as the highest retained value over 3 years of all bmw's

So mr reviewer ... save a bit buy an x3 .... nope .... looking forward to upgrading mine to a 35 version at some stage (probably 2 years time)
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