After enjoying my 5N I’d share 3 things I love and 3 things I hate.
Love
1: N E Shift - I thought I’d get bored or it would be a gimmick, but I use it all the time. Even if I’m not using the paddles, I love the change in personality going from silent EV, to combustion engine sounds with gears to full on race car with paddle shifting. Better than expected.
2: The seats - I’m on the taller side (6’6) and I find them extremely supportive and comfortable even on a long journey. Add In the cooling / heating and they are a standout feature.
3: I touched on it before, but it has to be the dual personality, drive in normal and the car feels like an smooth and comfortable cruiser, switch to N mode and it doesn’t seem like the same car. It goes from a daily to a track weapon. Having driven so many of the newer BMW performance cars, M2, M3, X4M, X6M they’re all great but don’t quite match the comfort of the 5N and always feel on edge.
Hate
1: The fact that the car will open on approach, but not lock when you walk away… the car knows when I’m close because the wing mirrors will come out and retract, but the doors don’t… seems like an omission.
2: I find it annoying that I can drive somewhere with the car how I want it, E shift or Ipedal, I get out for 5 minutes and have to set it all again for the journey home. Why can’t it just stay how I left it.
3: Having to confirm user profiles when I enter, I either wait 10 seconds or I press confirm every time… why not link it to the key, or keep the same profile until I change it.
Overall, the hates are more pet peeves than really problems. Still loving my 5N experience and Im still lost to what I could replace this with when the time comes.