BMW 535i Review from Consumer Reports

[slicingwater]

Not a good Idea to have a start Button for a luxury vehicle.

[sp3ar2envi]

amazing

[bosh8867]

the idrive is much better and easier now...but still takes a while getting used to...by ur second week u can use it widout even looking at the screen

[MegaFatWalrus]

ugly car

[The70srockfan]

My uncle just gave me this for my first car and i love it. The Sport Package with the paddle shifters is amazing and the back seats are insanely comfortable. and once you get used to the idrive its not that bad even though it could be improved.. a lot

[torogami2]

Oh no! you have to look at the light on the knob to see what gear you're in, quite complaining bitch

[qureshima]

You don't need the key in the holder to start .. If you have the key on you all you need to do is press the start button ... The only time you need the key in the holder is to charge it ... I guess you need to own one to review the tech properly

[pimpaloidas]

you americans must see abig big button on the dash to say that the controls are easy:)how often do you use the bass controll:))you usit once and thets it there is nothing complicated how would the interior look if the dash was full of big buttons with writings as bass navigation and soon...german cars interiors are the best so try to get used to it or buy cheap plastick american cars with many big buttons on the dash and horrible steering

[smczack1]

According to Forbes magazine 2nd worse luxury car made, after the 7 series !!!!! way to go BMW !!

[MrPman851]

I still to this day HATE BMW's iDrive! You have to have a degree from Harvard to even understand what you're asking it to do.

[besttyler]

@MrPman851 You surely don't own a BMW!!! It's soo easy to use, you'll get used to it after 5 minutes of using it. If you can't use that you must have not yet finished primary school.

[besttyler]

It might be hard for you, but for others its too easy.

[Descartes619]

bmw. good for fun driving. not much else. but its really really fun.

[brucec43]

@Descartes619 Yeah, I guess the style, comfort, safety, and combination of ride/handling w/o harshness qualifies as "not much else".

Some of us don't need to drive around sitting on a plush sofa cushion, detached from the road. To each his own.

[YelIowMamba]

american reviewers love any bmw's, but in europe, for some reason, they dont love it as much, maybe even hating some of them. Why???

[Maserati7200]

@YelIowMamba Because they're all environmentalist hatchback driving hippies.

(That was a joke, but true in a sense)

[toology55]

I have an e39, now want an F10, e60 is garbage in every respect.

[Fussinated]

i-drive is bitch, Lexus and infiniti do similar things a lot esier. Those who complain about Americans being dumb etc. are simply the cheuvanist europeans who can not digest the idea that Japanese left them behind not only in engineering but also in practicality as well. Germans, French and Brits, admit it you are not the best actually with such an attitude consider yourselves lucky if you are not the dirtiest.

[lovinitson]

The e60 is better than the e39 and the newest is even better

[GTA4Forever]

@lovinitson the e39 better than the e60

[lovinitson]

The e60 is better than the e39 and the newest one will rock

[SalamanderTalent]

take that silly helmet off

[Little199]

i have a 2010 x5 and the idrive is awesome. I think they heard the consumer's pain and decided to make it easier...a lot easier. and the shifter is easy to use too

[verjemAhajadba]

too complicated for americans. they need a separate button for everything.

[Stig140]

fucking bitch

[ramonj08]

WOW!!! is push button really that hard to do? if anything its a little quicker. And on older BMW models such as my e38, you didn't have to hold the key and wait for the engine to start. Turn the key one time and it starts on its own.

[4MATICbenz]

I laugh at how it is taking these "car experts" 9 years to figure out BMW's i-drive lol.

I'll admit, it was a bit tedious on my car at first, but the system is totally mastered in less than a weeks use and i know almost every control like the back of my hand.

Not to mention, interfaces from Audi's MMI, Mercedes' COMAND unit, and Infiniti are virtually just as complex and they aren't getting half the criticism BMW is getting for i-Drive.

[teofthe]

seems like it would make a lot more sense to put the key in and twist it to start... putting the key in and then pressing a button sounds like technology getting in the way of itself.

[nd14536574596501]

consumer reports needs to test cars with a proper tranny- especially with a BMW.

Get a 6 speed manual!

Buying a BMW with an auto slushbox is like buying a house w/o a roof!

[coolerdude44]

@nd14536574596501 agreed!!!!

[xdragosx]

first of all that helmet makes you look like an ass , then is the way bmw .. at least european bmws should be started you put the key in the slot then press the start button without pressing the brake pedal wait until the lights on the tacho goes off then press the start button again along with the start button.. and if your familiar with the bmw steptronic gear lever then this new on will be as intuitive as it can get..

[xXxdaguitarfreakxXx]

the engine start button is standard on race cars. bmw typically goes for performance and luxury, so the button start is only trying to make it more sporty.

[ssmiker]

I own the 535i xDrive. I see reviews that say the iDrive sucks but in a day or two of driving it seems very natural and there is voice control for most features. I think it gets trashed in reviews because the reviewers use it for an hour once every couple of years. BTW this car rocks.

[pavilj]

shh you dont know what youre talking about this is America if it takes more than 10secs to know how to use it, ITS bad

btw that was total sarcasm but ya thats basically what it is. idrive is good once you know how to use it but basically state side we need things dumb down big buttons

And yes the car rocks! :-P

[kaankoc58]

That helmet just doesn't make any sense..

[AlloyDiesel]

oh yeah, I have a closed track in my backyard and do power slides all the time.

Not.

Thanks for bragging about your cool ass job.

[goblue1170136]

me too. wanna have lunch and talk about our lage backyard race tracks?