X3 REUNION MAP KM TO M UPGRADE

Having, narrowed the consideration set down to just three brands, I decided to start evaluating the products. So it boiled down to mid level offerings from 3 marquees - Mercedes Benz, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover. After my experiences with the Superb and the Vento (which has also given the odd niggle), I was not keen on yet another VW AG car, and decided to pass on Audi. That automatically ruled out the entry level luxury cars - a C, 3, A4 or XE would be a material downgrade compared to the Superb. While 80%+ of my driving hours are logged with only me in the car, we often have 5 people in the car on weekends, or on our occasional (2-3 times a year) drives out of town. When you are used to a Superb, you NEED decent rear seat leg room. So it came down to a simple decision - which luxury car should I buy?įortunately, the consideration set in this case was a relatively small one. They were pretty quickly dismissed as trucks that were not suited for someone who wanted to drive himself (no offence intended).

So apart from the luxury brands, the only options worth considering were the Fortuner and the Endeavor. The Kodiaq, Passat, Tucson etc had not yet been launched.

X3 REUNION MAP KM TO M UPGRADE

The new Superb had also been launched, and while it looked good and was a significant upgrade compared to the 2009 model, it was easy to convince my better half that another Superb would not be a wise gamble. The Camry was still around, but hugely over-priced, and with rather mediocre interiors. What made the decision easier was the lack of alternatives in the high end, non luxury car segment. And with my 6-7 year upgrade cycle, if I did not buy a luxury car now, I would have to wait till 50 to get one. Almost all my friends at work, and several college / school friends had moved on to luxury car brands. Why? I was 43, arguably at the peak of my career, and at that stage of life where you start getting sick of delayed gratification. This time, I was clear - it had to be a luxury car.

Further, with the Vento about to complete 4 years, I was now in a position to get a new car under my company's car scheme. By late 2016, my Superb was over 6.5 years old, and while I loved driving the car, my ownership experience had been a mixed bag. At that stage, my Superb was about 30 months old, and while I briefly toyed with the idea of getting a luxury car for myself (and passing the Superb onto my wife), that option was pretty quickly vetoed (by you know who), and I decided to stick to the Superb for as long as possible. But now that my car has completed one year, I was bitten by the bug of posting my thoughts and experiences, and so here goesĪs those who had followed my previous thread know, I picked up a VW Vento for my wife back in December 2012. I thought of starting a thread on this car right away, but felt that given the presence of truly exceptional BMW X3 threads such as Santosh Bhat's Magnum Opus and A Raje's now dormant but equally high quality thread, there was not much value I would add to the forum by starting a thread on my car. As some of you may know, I picked up a BMW X3 20d xline about a year ago.

X3 reunion map km to m