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The steering feels very nice in the X5 but the Cayenne is the sportier vehicle. I do feel more like an adult in the X5 and I find myself feeling relaxed, comfortable, and unhurried in the X5. OVERALL FEEL: The X5 feels much larger from the driver seat, in a good way. I was always bothered by the 鈥榖鈥?pillar in the Cayenne. I am relatively tall (6鈥?2鈥? and with the seat in a comfortable position there was not a good place for my left elbow to be. The 鈥榖鈥?pillar on the X5 is farther back and it is more comfortable. BMW does a very good job of making the things that you touch feel nice, the steering wheel has a nice thickness and material feel. In comparison the Cayenne鈥檚 was smaller and harder. The shape of the BMW sport seats is very good and the bolsters are comfortable on the highway.
The seat back feels a bit 鈥榮pringy鈥?which makes it feel like it is of a lesser quality then the Cayenne鈥檚. The positions of the controls are very good in the X5 (especially compared to the E90 pre-LCI at least鈥indow switches and cup holders). The switches and controls in the Cayenne feel a bit crowed in comparison. BUILD QUALITY: It is my opinion that the Cayenne is built better then the X5. In 86,000 miles I never had a squeak or a rattle in the Cayenne, and when I traded it in it sounded like you were opening a vacuum-sealed container when you opened a door. The Cayenne just feels and looks a bit more solid, maybe its overbuilt but it shows if you are looking. FEATURES: The X5 wins hands down on interior features. The new iDrive is fantastic. The cup holders are many times better then those found in the Cayenne. The space given to the driver is better, and organized better in the X5. Bluetooth integration is also excellent in the BMW. I like the panoramic moon roof in the X5 and some of the switches have a nicer feel in the X5 (sun roof controls, interior light buttons). The biggest annoyance is the complete lack of gauges in the X5, no water temp, no oil temp, no boost gauge, no trans temp. All of these things are very important if you are going to be towing trailers with your vehicle (which I will). I would even be satisfied if I could access this type of info through the iDrive screen so I can take action before an idiot light comes on telling me the engine it to hot.
I always find it fascinating the way people manage to keep pace of their humor with the events happening around the world. Whether it could be attributed to talent or immense availability of time- is a discussion for a different time. My focus with this post is to shed some thoughts around the news that's grabbing headlines these days. On surface, it can be attributed as a story of the auto car major Volkswagen's decline. Beyond the esteemed company's decline, this story is also about the rise of a certain kind. Intriguingly, it brings forward the subject of rise of software in our day-to-day lives. I will come back to this point in a bit as before that i will try and summarize in simple terms on what is currently happening with Volkswagen. In single line, Volkswagen installed a software program in its vehicles which helped it cheat the emission test. Elaborating further, it had been doing so since 2009 using a software that is notoriously labelled as "defeat device". Over the next few months, this saga will be assessed and analyzed from the various angles.
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