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Originally Posted by andret
My wife has had her X1 for two months now, done around 1200km. Every time I drive it I am annoyed by the noisy diesel. I have driven many diesels, BMW, Audi, Peugeot, but none has been as noisy as this. In particular, there is a very raspy noise when accelerating even mildly. BMW claim there is nothing wrong, but I find it quite irritating. could it simply be a lack of refinement with these low end models?
I am curious about other's thoughts on this engine in the X1.
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I think this comes down to your expectation.
I have a xDrive20d and I enjoy the sound of the engine. It is a little raspy but certainly not annoying, I quite like the sound. It doesn't in my mind sound like a conventional diesel engine at all.
I've had my car for 10 weeks and I find that it is just a magnificent car for touring in fact I've done 10,000 km in this time, just a tad more than your wife.
Enjoy both your cars.