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Niggles
1. Front seat rails wear on some cars after about 30k miles causing a knocking noise in the seats as you corner. Mine were replaced under warranty
2. Front seat belts are very tight across my shoulder. I use one of those belt stops to take the strain to keep it comfortable. Not exactly elegant but it does teh job
3. Some have reported rattling seat belt inertia reels under the seat
4. It's easily the most difficult car to park that I have ever owned or driven. Parallel parking is especially hazardous because all round visibility is particularly poor. I have a reverse camera which helps a little but not surround view, sadly
5. Soft close doors are lovely, but why not the boot lid too? Boot lid remains an old-fashioned hard slam.
6. Run flat tyres. Ugh. Now fixed with Michelin Pilot Super Sports
7. Impossible to avoid regularly scuffing the alloys, especially front kerbside
8. CIC iDrive is slow to respond to commands. The newer NBT system seems much more responsive
9. CIC iDrive does not properly integrate with iPhones for email. Only for SMS
10. Voice commands rarely works properly. In phonebook when I speak a name to dial, it invariably suggests the wrong one.
But all this is forgiven because
1. It just looks so good from any angle
2. Even after nearly 2 years of owning it, it still always makes me smile when I give it a bit of hardfootdown.
BTW, a diagnosed my flickering iDrive screen. It only flickers on mine if i stick my iPhone in the cupholder well.
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