Hello everyone and welcome to Kar Talk with Kristina.
Today I'm going to be reviewing my 2017 BMW X5
this is the M Sport package but not the X5M
there's a huge price difference between the two.
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♪ Watch the clock tickin' off the wall ♪
♪ But tonight I'm lettin' it go ♪
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I'm going to be reviewing it from a practical perspective
you can look up all the stats
all of the zero to 60, horsepower, torque,
all that good stuff you can look up on BMW's website.
I'm not going to repeat it here,
mostly 'cause I can't keep it in my head long enough.
I just want to review it from having owned it
for a little over two years now.
What I think of it, wear and tear, maintenance.
If it's something that you're interested in purchasing
as a used vehicle this kind of model year is coming up.
A lot of leases are ending,
you might be looking at a 2017, 2018 BMW X5.
So, I'm going to talk about it from that perspective
as well as from a family perspective.
How does it work with a child seat, all that good stuff.
Just looking at the exterior of the car
I actually custom ordered this car from
the Spartanburg's South Carolina facility.
At the time the factory was down
in terms of being able to take a factory tour
on the day that you pick your vehicle.
You have the privilege if you want to special order a car.
This car was special ordered
but I had it delivered to me in,
we were North Carolina at that time,
so had it delivered to me in North Carolina.
And it is beautiful I picked the wheels,
I picked the color,
and this is the xDrive35i
which means it is a four wheel drive car.
It's not the biggest engine
there are higher models, I think a 40 and 50.
But this is plenty fast, my husband can attest to that.
This thing has torque, some pick up.
Going around the exterior car
I do have the Xenon head lights,
these are clutch, these are adaptive lights.
What I really like about this from a safety perspective
as a mom driving around at night
when you turn the vehicles steering wheel
head lights will actually make a little subtle shift
to kind of go around that corner
and give you a little bit better perspective
of what you're about to turn into, like a dark street,
usually like a neighborhood street,
something like that is really, really useful.
Has this beautiful big, bright, aggressive
they call it the kidney grill it think.
It looks like buck teeth to me.
I love it, it looks like a face.
It also has the fog lights
and I don't know, I don't know how I felt about this
and I still don't know how I feel about this
kind of like plastic insert, it's not my favorite.
You can see here there's actually
cameras all around the vehicle
so if you want to come in here honey and show 'em.
This is the front camera.
There's cameras all around the vehicle.
Actually has 360 degree vision of the vehicle
we're going to talk about that in second.
Also has all the sensors for parking.
And then power folding side mirrors.
So, one thing I wish that BMW would incorporate
is when you put the car in park and turn it off
I wish that they would auto-fold.
A lot of cars do this that are much less expensive,
this one doesn't do that.
So, when I am in a right spot I do
push the button to manually close them.
They are power closing which is nice
but I wish that, that was kind of an automatic thing.
Coming around to door handle,
this car does just lock by a touch sensor,
you don't have to push any button
you just place your finger here and it locks the vehicle.
It also unlocks just by sensing your finger on the inside.
What I really like about this guys is it's super fast.
If you're a female you have purse on you just walk up
say you're in a shady parking garage
you walk up to this car, the door handle is so fast,
you don't have to like sit there and wait for it.
It's like by the time you're
pulling on it's already unlocked.
It's very, very fast.
Another thing I really like about this
is that this is super easy,
there's not like whole lot of twisting.
But this is basically your standard gas can.
It doesn't like power open or anything.
It is on the different side than most American cars.
Something to keep in mind.
Now this is something that has changed
with the newer model X5's
now you can push a button and this will open
and this will open power,
but this model currently doesn't have that the 2017
and I think 2018 don't have that the power lift gate.
So, you just do it with your muscles.
There is a ton of cargo space in here.
I would say for a five seater SUV
we have definitely packed a whole bunch of stuff in here.
More than enough for groceries.
I keep this pocket stroller in here at all times.
And I don't have an issue with that
and I just close the cargo cover and it's fine.
But beyond that I have had so much stuff in here
and you can actually, you just forget about it.
I've had boxes and stuff, tons or PR packages
and stuff that I just throw in here.
It can really hold a lot,
primarily because the cargo space it is quite tall
so you really can fit a whole huge amount of stuff.
Plenty of room for suit cases if you travel a lot.
There are also these tracks here
so you can put whatever,
those bungee cords and hold stuff down
and you can slide these along by pushing the button.
I have literally never used that,
I've never pushed this button before
that's the first time I've ever done that
for the history of using this car.
But there's also little nets and all that good stuff.
It's a really nice trunk don't have any complaints about it.
You just push the button here to close it.
It senses you and it closes.
So, let's take a look inside of the vehicle.
One thing that the BMW does really, really nicely
is the interior this cabin feels so luxurious.
There are heated and ventilated seats in the front.
There's a split console arm rest
with tons of storage space in here.
There's this little spot which I believe is
actually meant to work for you key fob.
You just place your key fob in here.
I don't actually ever do that
I just keep this little doohickey
to brush out my lash extensions.
This here, there's a bunch of buttons
you're going to use this a lot,
you're going to get really, really familiar with this
because you can kind of activate everything
on the screen by pushing the buttons.
This is even a touch pad so if you want to type something in
like a destination on the onboard GPS
you can literally draw the letters,
letter by letter on this thing.
It's really, really handy.
Operating system is really nice.
I actually really, really like it
compared to any other car I've used.
The Jeep has a really nice one, this is also nice.
It's very sleek and sophisticated,
this is nice big touch screen I do like that.
It does have a wireless Apple CarPlay I don't know of many
if any other cars that currently do that.
Most CarPlay, car manufacturers that support CarPlay
you have to plug your car in, your phone in
to be able to activate the CarPlay,
this one just recognizes you.
It has it's own Bluetooth and WiFi
set up specically for CarPlay.
Hands down one of my absolute favorite features of this car.
I walk in, I sit in the car, I throw my purse on the seat
and I don't hcae to plug anything in,
it's already connected my phone, it's fantastic.
All right, I'm sitting in the vehicle
and the car is going to recognize
that my phone is sitting here.
But there is a little socket right here
that you just slip your phone into
that's capable of wireless charging
and you see this blue button right here, works like a charm.
So you can see here that you can swipe through.
This is how I listen to my Audible all the time.
I have the SiriusXM app,
but there is Sirius built into this car.
Google Maps is available, Apple Maps is available.
It's really, really handy to be able to just
have this charging wirelessly
or just sitting right here while driving
and the CarPlay is there, I don't have to worry about
plugging anything in, it is such a nice feature
and it is something I will definitely miss
if I don't get another BMW next.
But, yeah, this is wonderful feature.
It does have the HomeLink,
there are three programmable HomeLink buttons
for your garage door openers.
And a little shows up here
and you can see that garage door is closing.
And I have one, two, and three programed.
This is a special steering wheel for the M package.
There's different driving modes.
I personally just drive on the comfort setting,
but there's also a sport and an eco mode.
I did eco a lot when I lived in North Carolina
and drove 50 miles each way to the hospital,
and that saved me a ton on mileage.
Gas mileage I mean it's not the greatest
but it is kind of a gas hog for
as you would expect for luxury SUV.
Moving up here you can see this beautiful panoramic sunroof
this is such a stunning feature of this car.
You really get to see everything.
Your passengers get to see everything,
they get to kind of look up and gaze at the sky.
And my daughter sits in the car seat
and if the suns not shining on her
I'll open it up and she gets to look up at the sky
and the trees and she loves it.
Definitely a show stopping feature.
There's plenty of space in this vehicle
for a full sized convertible car seat.
For me I'm a rather short person
so I can sit quite up close and bring the seat up
with plenty of space to spare.
If you are really, really tall
I think you'll still be able to fit it
just keep in mind that this bench seat does not push back.
They are able to adjust slightly but they do not push back.
If you are considering purchasing one of these
you might want to test your car seat first
before you purchase the vehicle
because it's something you're going to want to make sure
that you can fit in comfortably.
It is a 60, 40 split so we can actually fold the seats down
and create a ton more cargo space
in case you're doing a shopping trip to Ikea or something.
There is plenty of leg room down below
and plenty of room for very tall people
to sit without hitting their head.
And that is something that I really, really like.
I like that if I have passengers
which generally my passengers consist of
my daughter who is under two years old.
But if I did have tall people sitting in my car
it wouldn't be a problem.
If you need to fold the seats down,
I'm not going to do it on this side,
but a simple pressing of this button right here
means that it folds flat like that.
That's about as flat as it goes, not a big deal,
it does have a top tether for forward facing car seats.
We're not in that mode yet
but when we are we can just hookup the tether here.
And both sides although not the middle
have the Isofix latch car seat things.
And they're really easy.
So, that you just feel them.
You can actually see them right through there
if you zoom in enough you kind of see it there
it's shining through.
It's really easy to setup.
It's super simple to be driving with
one or even two car seats in this car,
you have more than enough room.
It's definitely wide enough.
In the middle you also have a handy little center console
so actually your passengers are really comfortable
in terms of climate control,
because they can set their own temperature
and they can direct their vents toward them,
and even individual sides.
So, you've got dual zone in the back
which is a really, really luxurious feature.
You've even got power outlet 12 volt, what is that called?
I'm not sure what that's called
but you have those back there.
And you even have side vent
so that ones of my biggest annoyances of these cars
with these dinky, I appreciate having the rear seat climate
but when it's so low sometime it's really hard to get cool
when it's just coming up at you.
So it's really nice to kind of get it
from both sides with the dual vent.
If you live in a mountainous climate
you can actually bring this down
and this is the ski pass through.
I don't know if you ever knew that
but check your car if it has a 60, 40 split configuration
if the middle folds down like that, that is for your ski's.
We don't need that here in Houston, Texas.
What I do use is this little center console here
which I can pull down then you have two passengers
they can have an arm rest
my daughter doesn't need an arm rest
because she's got dual cup holders and everything.
You know child seats these days.
Open this up, got a little storage component there.
There are cup holders here which I've never used
so they didn't want to open because they've never been used.
But that is a nice feature.
So you've got someone back here
and they've got their giant 72 ounce slurpee or something
they can put it in there and it will fit.
All in all, the 2017 BMW X5 with the M Sport package
is fantastic a car
it is my most favorite car that I've ever driven.
It is super family friendly.
It is a pleasure to drive.
I love, oh, one other thing I didn't mention
is that it also has the cruise control
the adaptive cruise control
which means that if you're on a highway
you can set the cruise control
and it will automatically break and accelerate
based on the cars in front and around.
It's doesn't do lane changes or anything like that.
It is very, very high tech.
And even has a self parking feature
which is really nice for parallel parking spots.
So all in all, based on the amount of tech,
features, that wireless Apple CarPlay,
ample space for car seats
make this a total winner as a family friendly, luxury SUV.
I can't say enough good things about it.
It has been fantastic to drive.
I love driving this vehicle.
It is for sale if you are interested in purchasing it.
Just send me a private message on Instagram.
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2017 BMW X5 review for Car Talk with Kristina.
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