My friend pre-ordered a Q50. When he finally test drove one he was so turned off by the steering he bailed on it. Lost his deposit

 

I did a quick drive around town in a 2016 q50 3.0t sport. Power delivery is better in the low rpm range as expected. Model I drove had the steer by wire DAS system and it was interesting for sure, but maybe not for everyone. The sport mode is super touchy and is I think what people called "video game mode". In the end it was too much $ for me to pull the trigger on, but it definitely had more upside than the 3.7 q50s.

 

They are like 16k used. How much are you looking to spend? I drove a Q60 when my car was being serviced. They are better than the Q50 yet more expensive by about 5k.

 

ill keep that in mind, thanks for the heads up

At this point, id probably go for something around the same value of the car that I had, 16-18k.

 

I have a 13' G37xS coupe and a 14' Q50S Hybrid (with DAS). They are two very different cars but honestly I love them both. The G is more of a driver's car, you get more real feel of the road, however the Q with its ability to change drive modes really allows for diversity of both sport and comfort. I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first but it has really grown on me. I like that when I take long road trips, the car will basically drive itself if I want (I have lane assist, blind spot assist, intelligent cruise) but I can also turn all those things off and have fun with it. It has the sport brakes (same big akebonos that are on my coupe) and sport suspension, combined with the addition of the hybrid drive gives an impressive amount of torque paired with the VQ35 running a 0-60 in ~4.9 sec and avg. 30+ mpg doesn't hurt either.

FWIW I think DAS is something that takes more than a few test drives to determine if you like or hate. I've talked to a few other Q50S owners who were not big fans initially then came to like it, others just hate it...

 

Appreciate the insight. Ive heard some hit or miss things about DAS. Im not really a picky person when it comes to how a car should handle so id have to see about that. Place im interested in getting a car from has a 2011 37x sedan and a 2010 g37x coupe. Both of them are a little north of where I would really like the mileage to be but its not tragic (both are a little less then 80k). Ive done research through this forum and ive heard that the oil galley on G's prior to 2012 are garbage and costs around 2k to replace. So thats the one thing thats kinda staying my hand a bit. Gonna see if I can get a test drive and get an independent mechanic to check it out on a lift tomorrow.

 

I'm really surprised that a 2019 BMW 5 Series does not have any collision mitigation system. Usually those systems would stop their car before an impact.

 

When it comes to German cars tons of people drive them for the name and drive stripper base models with no options...also I think you can disable those option which lots of people do because they find them annoying even if they opt for them

 

But collision mitigation doesn’t do anything until you’re about to hit a pedestrian or car. It’s totally unobtrusive. I totally get that LKAS May be annoying.