Took home my leased '20 M550i in January of 2020,and currently have 16,400mi on the clock. Wish I could say it was a great experience. However my 550 has been nothing except a
huge headache since I took delivery.
Has been back to the dealership(s) 11 times since for warranty/service to fix everything from drivetrain malfunction(s),several electrical issues(frayed main wiring harness from factory),coolant leaks,etc,etc and the final straw was when it left my family and I stranded at 9pm on Mothers Day after a nice dinner. Had to pay $90 for an Uber and waited until midnight for it to arrive as there was literally no other means to get us home. I did get some pretty sweet loaners though lol: M8 Comp(got this one twice
),M850i,(2) 740's,X5 M50i,the other loaners were nothing exciting.
I capitalized on the ridiculous car market & sold it back to BMW at my
new local dealer(we since moved out of NY and headed South) for a nice profit and got out of my lease.
After
much deliberation my wife and I decided to give BMW one final chance before moving on to a different German manufacturer;I'll be taking delivery of a '22 X3MC at the Performance Center in a few weeks.
I'll definitely miss the instant torque and pull of the V8TT but I'm done w the 550i. Got some good Dragy numbers and was thoroughly impressed with the acceleration.
Fingers crossed the X3MC doesn't have issues like this as well,if it does I guess thats on me since I chose to stick with BMW.
Gentlemen,I bid you farewell
