[Speedbird71]

Less than 24hrs later thoughts….

What is awesome:

- Digital Key. Digital Key. Digital Key. That my Apple Watch is my key, and I don’t need anything else in my pocket is 50% of why I bought the car. Back when we were agonizing over whether this was going to be included, I seriously would have bailed on the car had it been missing.

- Full screen CarPlay! My previous MINI Countryman could only do part of the screen. The experience is so much better on this display.

- HUD: Love that it’s right on the windshield (vs. a slide up panel in old MINI). Love that turn by turn from directions from a CarPlay trip can show up in the HUD and the instrument display,

- The top-down view when backing up to park. While backup cameras are great, knowing when the FRONT of your car is inside the garage is a godsend to me, particularly after having previous cars tapped by the garage door as it was closing because I hadn’t pulled back far enough.

- no BS from my dealer. Reading forums here about lojack, coatings, PDI, and other crap that some dealers make mandatory, none of that was experienced

- I love the look and feel of the aluminum “mesh effect” trim

- Lots of space in the rear hatch for this size vehicle

- Lots of tech to keep one amused for a long while


What could be better:

- It would be nice to be able to do more configuration using the app vs. iDrive. Setting up more of the car while sitting on the sofa while reading the owners manual would be great

- As Fumus mentioned, “Hey BMW” (which I setup as “Hey car”) is laggy and didn’t demo well to the spouse.

- It didn’t automatically figure out what time zone I’m in. The manual mentions automatic time zone setting in some markets but didn’t see that setting yet.

- somewhat convoluted QR code process to access & download interior camera photos. Haven’t seen how to auto sync them to phone or view them in BMW App.



Other observations:

- While digital key is awesome, and its cool that the car automatically “wakes up” when you are in proximity of it, the downside is that just walking by my garage without any intention of going for a drive triggers it. Also, having multiple digital keys (phone & watch), each one needs to be setup with your profile. Which digital key it uses seemed random.

- Haven’t setup the garage door opener and won’t bother with it. The combination of CarPlay and a HomeKit garage door opener is so much better: the button for your garage automatically appears when you are in proximity of your home and gives you an indicator of the door open/closed status.

- Still wrapping my head around not having to put the car into Park before shutting it off. And remembering that one “P” button is the parking brake and the other “P” button is parking assistance, and that neither of them are just “Park”.

- while its not proper driving form, the gear shift knob was a comfortable place to rest your right hand. Can’t do that in this car

- It’s big (relatively speaking)!. In my neighborhood is an X2 and two previous generations of X1s. They just look much smaller than this X1.

- Seats are fine to me but have only been in them for 3 short drives.

- I had the parking assistant do the steering into my garage, which is cool, but still figuring this out as the 2nd time I tried this I hadn’t quite straightened out, so it decided to turn the car to park on the street parallel to the curb.

[tex2670]

Amazing color and great backdrop!

[Paradocks]

Beautiful! Cape York Green seems to be one of those chameleon colors that subtly changes shade in various lighting conditions. The red interior absolutely pops!

[BMWZ4]

Nice colour combo...same as my wife's!

[Speedbird71]

Originally Posted by BMWZ4

Nice colour combo...same asy wife's!

Yes. You beat me on the delivery of this combo!

[huma]

Congrats, that's the color combo I wanted most.

[bluecrabby]

no front license plate or holder in California?

I may be in the minority here, but I love how the base 18" wheel with its wheel cap/surround. I've been a very careful since 1989, but sometimes curb rash is just unavoidable, especially when parallel parking in New York City and DC.

when you use iPhone, Apple Watch, or the digital key card, is it associated with the driver's seat memory?

Thanks!

[pawlie]

Speedbird...would you mind sharing your dealer?

I'm shopping for an X1 and would appreciate the name of a good dealer w/o the shenanigans.

(I'm in the SF Bay area).

Thanks much - enjoy the new ride!

[gpbayarea]

Originally Posted by pawlie

Speedbird...would you mind sharing your dealer?

I'm shopping for an X1 and would appreciate the name of a good dealer w/o the shenanigans.

(I'm in the SF Bay area).

Thanks much - enjoy the new ride!

@[pawlie] I have been happy with BMW Weatherford in Berkeley.

[Speedbird71]

Originally Posted by pawlie

Speedbird...would you mind sharing your dealer?

I'm shopping for an X1 and would appreciate the name of a good dealer w/o the shenanigans.

(I'm in the SF Bay area).

Thanks much - enjoy the new ride!

Steve Thomas in Camarillo. Zero shenanigans. Between MINI & BMW, my 4th car purchased from them.

[Fumus]

Originally Posted by Speedbird71

Less than 24hrs later thoughts….

What is awesome:

- Digital Key. Digital Key. Digital Key. That my Apple Watch is my key, and I don’t need anything else in my pocket is 50% of why I bought the car. Back when we were agonizing over whether this was going to be included, I seriously would have bailed on the car had it been missing.

- Full screen CarPlay! My previous MINI Countryman could only do part of the screen. The experience is so much better on this display.

- HUD: Love that it’s right on the windshield (vs. a slide up panel in old MINI). Love that turn by turn from directions from a CarPlay trip can show up in the HUD and the instrument display,

- The top-down view when backing up to park. While backup cameras are great, knowing when the FRONT of your car is inside the garage is a godsend to me, particularly after having previous cars tapped by the garage door as it was closing because I hadn’t pulled back far enough.

- no BS from my dealer. Reading forums here about lojack, coatings, PDI, and other crap that some dealers make mandatory, none of that was experienced

- I love the look and feel of the aluminum “mesh effect” trim

- Lots of space in the rear hatch for this size vehicle

- Lots of tech to keep one amused for a long while


What could be better:

- It would be nice to be able to do more configuration using the app vs. iDrive. Setting up more of the car while sitting on the sofa while reading the owners manual would be great

- As Fumus mentioned, “Hey BMW” (which I setup as “Hey car”) is laggy and didn’t demo well to the spouse.

- It didn’t automatically figure out what time zone I’m in. The manual mentions automatic time zone setting in some markets but didn’t see that setting yet.

- somewhat convoluted QR code process to access & download interior camera photos. Haven’t seen how to auto sync them to phone or view them in BMW App.



Other observations:

- While digital key is awesome, and its cool that the car automatically “wakes up” when you are in proximity of it, the downside is that just walking by my garage without any intention of going for a drive triggers it. Also, having multiple digital keys (phone & watch), each one needs to be setup with your profile. Which digital key it uses seemed random.

- Haven’t setup the garage door opener and won’t bother with it. The combination of CarPlay and a HomeKit garage door opener is so much better: the button for your garage automatically appears when you are in proximity of your home and gives you an indicator of the door open/closed status.

- Still wrapping my head around not having to put the car into Park before shutting it off. And remembering that one “P” button is the parking brake and the other “P” button is parking assistance, and that neither of them are just “Park”.

- while its not proper driving form, the gear shift knob was a comfortable place to rest your right hand. Can’t do that in this car

- It’s big (relatively speaking)!. In my neighborhood is an X2 and two previous generations of X1s. They just look much smaller than this X1.

- Seats are fine to me but have only been in them for 3 short drives.

- I had the parking assistant do the steering into my garage, which is cool, but still figuring this out as the 2nd time I tried this I hadn’t quite straightened out, so it decided to turn the car to park on the street parallel to the curb.

Great post! Lovely pics and totally dig the car setup overall.

It's interesting you mention the automatic wakeup thing being annoying. I've had a few of those recently where, I just walk by the car in the garage or even parked on the street today...

and it was like...

"No, no... go back to bed!! I don't need you yet friend!!"

The neat part is that you don't have to do anything you can just walk away and it will shut back down and lock itself back up.

Also, yes to the app having more power. I mean... not that I minded spending more time in the car (just sitting in the drive way) after I just bought it but damn it would be nice to setup some of the customizations in my office instead. I think like our virtual assistant, this will probably get better, as it seems a bit tacked on right now.

[calbears]

Originally Posted by Speedbird71

- It didn’t automatically figure out what time zone I’m in. The manual mentions automatic time zone setting in some markets but didn’t see that setting yet.



- Still wrapping my head around not having to put the car into Park before shutting it off. And remembering that one “P” button is the parking brake and the other “P” button is parking assistance, and that neither of them are just “Park”.

Go to vehicle apps, system settings. You'll find time in there.

The X1 has a dual clutch transmission, so there is no parking gear. Turn off the vehicle in gear or hit the parking brake button. That will put the car in "park"

[Speedbird71]

Yup. found the automatic time setting. If that hadn’t have been there it would have been a wtf moment. Being able to tell time and adjust to time change without human intervention should be a given in new cars and new anything for that matter.

The park comment is more of a getting used to it thing after driving for more years than I want to type.

[Speedbird71]

Having not added the M Sport package, one additional observation is that the stock steering wheel is the spongiest steering wheel I’ve ever experienced. With the steering wheel heat on its actually kinda nice but is a drastic change from sportier steering wheels in past cars.

4 days later have to say that I love this car.

[bcdx93]

Shall we press this button every time before stopping the engine?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Speedbird71

Less than 24hrs later thoughts….
- Still wrapping my head around not having to put the car into Park before shutting it off. And remembering that one “P” button is the parking brake and the other “P” button is parking assistance, and that neither of them are just “Park”.

[FlashMonkey929]

Originally Posted by bcdx93

Shall we press this button every time before stopping the engine?

Thanks.
Attachment 3069398

The X1 automatically engages the parking brake when you shut off the engine

[bluecrabby]

Originally Posted by Speedbird71

That my Apple Watch is my key, .

how are you enjoying using the Apple Watch as the key so far? does the X1 simply unlock as you walk up to the doors?

I've never had the Apple Watch, but I'm considering getting one. (especially since I still have over $620 in Apple Gift Card that's been sitting unused for over 3 years)

Thanks!

[Supa Koopa]

You can choose for the car to open automatically or so you have to put your hand in the handle. It works fine but mine was opening every time I walked past to go to the garage, take something to the recycling bin, etc, etc, so I've turned the auto opening and locking off.

[FlashMonkey929]

Originally Posted by Supa Koopa

You can choose for the car to open automatically or so you have to put your hand in the handle. It works fine but mine was opening every time I walked past to go to the garage, take something to the recycling bin, etc, etc, so I've turned the auto opening and locking off.

It should be pointed out that this is true with the key fob as well when you have the Auto Unlock on as well, just for clarification.

[FlashMonkey929]

Originally Posted by bluecrabby

how are you enjoying using the Apple Watch as the key so far? does the X1 simply unlock as you walk up to the doors?

I've never had the Apple Watch, but I'm considering getting one. (especially since I still have over $620 in Apple Gift Card that's been sitting unused for over 3 years)

Thanks!

I've had an Apple Watch since they came out, (original, series 3, series 6, and now the Ultra). If you're active and work out a lot, you'll use it plenty. For me, it's basically just so I know when someone texts/calls since my phone is always on silent and sometimes I don't realize someone on my team is trying to get ahold of me. That's literally the only reason I use it, but now with the Digital Key Plus I can go to the beach and not worry about my key falling out of my pocket, or someone stealing it.

[tex2670]

Originally Posted by Supa Koopa

You can choose for the car to open automatically or so you have to put your hand in the handle. It works fine but mine was opening every time I walked past to go to the garage, take something to the recycling bin, etc, etc, so I've turned the auto opening and locking off.

This is why I disabled auto lock; I dont need the car locked in the garage. I could hear it unlocking if I was in the laundry room off the garage.

[articulatedsphinx]

As an american also living in other parts of the world I'm always amazed that we don't use the parking brake everytime we park/shut off the car.

Literally every other part of the world (even with an automatic) does but we don't.

BMW obviously assumed that as in the rest of the world a person would hit (P) for parking brake to apply the parking brake (as you would always do) and put the transmission in park.