New family car

**glendog74** · 01-06-2014, 10:54 AM

Well, our experience of Audi ownership in the form of an A4 Avant Quattro has come to an end thankfully! The Audi has been the single most frustrating and worst car I/we have ever owned with atrocious reliability and terrible dealership experience to boot.

We are now an all BMW family with the addition of our latest family car: a 2010 BMW X5 40d M-Sport - with 7 seats for our kids to squeeze into.

So far we are very impressed with it - very comfortable and secure to drive and quick too! MPG isn't great at around 26 MPG average, but then it's used on short runs and is a heavy car after all!

Anyway, here's a few photos - it's a tad bigger than the E46!

**glendog74** · 01-06-2014, 10:55 AM

**glendog74** · 01-06-2014, 10:56 AM

Bounce · 01-06-2014, 12:02 PM

Very nice Rob,can you see over the steering wheel

**shimmy** · 01-06-2014, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bounce

Very nice Rob,can you see over the steering wheel

Rob, how does the X5 stand up as a 7 seater. We are used to the Smax which has easy access and 7 adult seats and not having tried the X5 not sure if to include it on our Smax replacement list

Yanto · 01-06-2014, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bounce

Very nice Rob,can you see over the steering wheel

Course he can.....

Yanto · 01-06-2014, 12:18 PM

Very nice mate

**glendog74** · 01-06-2014, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Rob, how does the X5 stand up as a 7 seater. We are used to the Smax which has easy access and 7 adult seats and not having tried the X5 not sure if to include it on our Smax replacement list

We love it mate. The middle bench seat is quite wide like a 5 Series but it also slides fore/aft to adjust leg room. Our eldest (7) actually prefers being in the rear two seats and there is plenty of room for him so long as the middle bench is not set all the way back.

We find it makes journeys much less of a stressful event now as they all have their own space in the back and do not squabble like before when they were squeezed 3 abreast in the back of the Audi.

We didn't 'need' the 40d but I insisted

**glendog74** · 01-06-2014, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yanto

Course he can.....

Lol! Fooker!

I'm not s.mac!

Anyway, leccy seats have infinite adjustment

Roland · 01-06-2014, 12:56 PM

Congratulation Rob

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