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      05-29-2013, 04:28 PM   #1
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X1 makes Winding Road's hit list

http://www.windingroad.com/articles/lists/list-ten-things-we-like-about-the-bmw-x1/

11. You don't see yourself on every corner - yet.
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      05-29-2013, 06:43 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by ScottE;1407290411.
You don't see yourself on every corner - yet.
Back in 08, that's why I went with the Volvo c30 over the GTI despite the Volkswagen being better in most objective categories. I've seen very few X1s on the road, however I see a lot of X3 which from a distance look quite similar.
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      05-30-2013, 01:24 AM   #3
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Back in 08, that's why I went with the Volvo c30 over the GTI despite the Volkswagen being better in most objective categories. I've seen very few X1s on the road, however I see a lot of X3 which from a distance look quite similar.
Up here, X5 35i is all the rage.
Most of the time when I get stuck behind a slow driver, it's either an X5, MDX or CR-V, all driven by soccer moms.
The latter two, I call road roaches, and the X5s I call hearses - black, and never exceeding 30 mph.
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      05-30-2013, 04:42 PM   #4
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Unless you're in Germany, especially Hamburg. X1's outnumbered any other BMW 2 to 1.

Saw this today too, apparently the X1 is a transport, growing family, fun car.

http://jalopnik.com/this-flowchart-w...to-b-510431857
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      05-31-2013, 12:10 PM   #5
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ANyone got any thoughts on this? The X1 is in the top 10 worse cars to own for some reason.
Stats etc are of course more often worth ignoring that taking notice of.
Would be interesting to see what people marked the X1 down on. I really like mine for what it is (and I'm more used to sports cars)

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/cars-c...st-cars-to-own
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      05-31-2013, 01:36 PM   #6
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ANyone got any thoughts on this? The X1 is in the top 10 worse cars to own for some reason.
Stats etc are of course more often worth ignoring that taking notice of.
Would be interesting to see what people marked the X1 down on. I really like mine for what it is (and I'm more used to sports cars)

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/cars-c...st-cars-to-own
Pre-LCI. BMW fixed a lot of complaints with the LCI.
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      05-31-2013, 01:38 PM   #7
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Saw this today too, apparently the X1 is a transport, growing family, fun car.

http://jalopnik.com/this-flowchart-w...to-b-510431857
The X1 is not classified under fun in this flow chart.
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      05-31-2013, 02:06 PM   #8
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The first year 2009 X1 in Europe got a lot of bad feedback for a couple of years. Even Clarkson said it was one of the worst things to come out of BMW. People didn't like the particular diesel engines in the X1 or manual gear box in some reports. Many comments were it didn't act or handle like a BMW should. There were some QA issues as well with things like the trim pieces fitting well and the ride was far to harsh for what people expected from a BMW. The X1 also did horrible compared to Landrover, Audi, and other awd in many tests. Last was that the market for the X1 was being developed and people didn't know what to make of it. SUV's are far less common in Europe and for those that lived somewhere that needed an SUV, the X1 was just to small and useless for many when compared to the X3 or X5, then add all the design flaws and you get a car that was considered a bad car.

The US the market is a little different and more people are interested in the X1 because they want something a little bigger than a compact car, won't be driving on autobahn, sits a little higher off the ground, and appears "offroad'ish" even though it probably won't ever be. The 2013 X1's have been refined a fair bit since 2009 and in the US we get both higher powered petrol engines, bigger brakes and a few other minor changes that are a bonus for us here that you can't get in Europe.

Having said all this, I love the X1 and it's perfect for me in the US. But after putting 1800 miles on it in Europe though, I'd get a 3 series wagon or X3 depending on my needs and not the X1 if I were living over there.
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      05-31-2013, 02:08 PM   #9
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The X1 is not classified under fun in this flow chart.
Oops, it's "Have a Cool car", not specifically the "Fun" path. Though I personally think my xDrive35i X1 is quite fun.
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      05-31-2013, 02:43 PM   #10
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Pre-LCI. BMW fixed a lot of complaints with the LCI.
Also, the UK (where the survey was done) gets completely different models from what we get in the US:

US:
35i: 300 hp
28i: 242 hp

UK:
20i SE: 184 hp
25d (M-Sport only): 218 hp
20d SE: 184 hp
18d SE: 143 hp
16d SE: 116 hp
(As far as I can tell, "SE" means special equipped, in this case with mudflaps.)

Given the low likelihood of the surveyed being 25d M-Sport owners, I can see that they might not rank it high for performance.
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