2022 BMW X3 M Comp

[SCA]

A new review from Savagegeese was released today and sadly it still rides like shit otherwise I would be a player. No clue why BMW did not address this during the LCI phase as it is well-known that the suspension is way too harsh for an SUV.

https://youtu.be/u4ittzKI1RM

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

A new review from Savagegeese was released today and sadly it still rides like shit otherwise I would be a player. No clue why BMW did not address this during the LCI phase as it is well-known that the suspension is way too harsh for an SUV.

https://youtu.be/u4ittzKI1RM

I really wanted to like and buy one when I was shopping in November 2020. But, it was crap. The M40 was much better in nearly every way.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

I really wanted to like and buy one when I was shopping in November 2020. But, it was crap. The M40 was much better in nearly every way.

100%

It is unfortunate that BMW made the M40i a mild-hybrid for 2022.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

100%

It is unfortunate that BMW made the M40i a mild-hybrid for 2022.

The video also reminds me that the spare bumps up the height of the cargo floor, which is a real pain when you need to get dogs up there.

The high cargo floor is a pain with dogs in my Mazda, too, which kind of has me looking at Audi Allroads again...D'oh! (Although a caveat is some of the jacked-up wagons out there have a tailgate that isn't much lower than small SUVs, ie: Subaru Outbacks.)

[SCA]

I do not see the option for the spare on the X3M nor listed as standard equipment, but the raised floor is evident in the video. The spare is optional ($150) on the 30i/M40i making the floor flat without it. I have not seen many ordered with the spare solely because of the raised floor.

My dog rides in the rear seat with a Orvis dog seat cover/hammock installed. Regardless she can (currently)/jump into whatever I point to while saying “place.”

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

I do not see the option for the spare on the X3M nor listed as standard equipment, but the raised floor is evident in the video. The spare is optional ($150) on the 30i/M40i making the floor flat without it. I have not seen many ordered with the spare solely because of the raised floor.

My dog rides in the rear seat with a Orvis dog seat cover/hammock installed. Regardless she can jump in the whatever I point to while saying “place.”

I've got one of those Orvis backseat covers, too. I may switch to that when my 11-year-old dog can no longer (grudgingly) leap into the back.

And my dogs are not as well trained as yours is, for sure.

Edit: It's weird about the spare. I remember it being standard when you picked the non-RFTs in 2020...

[SCA]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

I've got one of those Orvis backseat covers, too. I may switch to that when my 11-year-old dog can no longer (grudgingly) leap into the back.

And my dogs are not as well trained as yours is, for sure.

Edit: It's weird about the spare. I remember it being standard when you picked the non-RFTs in 2020...

Apparently I am better suited at training a dog then raising a child.

On the X3M?

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

Apparently I am better suited at training a dog then raising a child.

On the X3M?

Ouch.

I thought so, but I may be mistaken. I drove a bunch of SUVs—BMW and otherwise—at the time.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by SCA

100%

It is unfortunate that BMW made the M40i a mild-hybrid for 2022.

Have you driven the mild-hybrid engine? I wonder how it compares. Audi is going that route as well.

[Jeff_DML]

The savage geese review was actually pretty good for it minus the rough ride for some people. Surprising to me for a new BMW