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I have a 2023 X7 M60i, and I'm loosely considering getting an iX M60 to replace my PHEV Volvo V60 Polestar Engineered Extended Range.

The reason being is the city of Austin just installed an egregious nine speed humps on the one road into and out of my street. That means every time I go anywhere, I have to navigate 18 speed humps round trip. Kids school, gym, grocery, etc. Our Volvo with the Ohlins shocks just is brutalized by it and requires 10-15 mph navigation, but our X7 with the air suspension can go over the bumps unimpeded at the street's 30 mph speed limit.

I had a loaner iX 50i when my X7 was in for its annual maintenance, and I enjoyed it. It looks weird, but I find that the iX in black looks tolerable.

Regardless, I'm looking and hoping that the iX air suspension is similar or as close to possible as the X7's to provide the same minimal speed hump annoyance.

The humps are tapered on the sides, so also the width of the track plays a role, the X7 being wide enough that you can basically just hit the edge of the tapered part really minimizing the size of the hump, coupled with the plush air suspension, it's effectively like only the smallest little bump in the road. The narrower Volvo with borderline race dampers just gets double whammy'd.

Other questions while I have an audience:

1. There are numerous used 2023 iX with <1000 miles around and they're significantly cheaper, like $90K vs $120k. I'd lean that way despite usually buying new as a $30k drive-off-the-lot-instant-depreciation is nuts. Unless BMW is running discounts on new? There are numerous brand new iX M60s at my local dealers, they don't seem to be moving. So what's the going rate for new? There are both 23 and 24 models, I assume the 24s have the newer tech stack (next comment/question). There's a perfectly equipped January 23 build that's new, obviously it's sat for a while...

2. My X7 was one of the first 23 LCIs, so it has the drivers assistant pro that only does full hands off driving to 35 mph. Is that the same with the iX, where only models built after July 2023 can do 85? Similarly, is there a build date where iDrive 8.5 exists versus 8.0 as my early 23 (July 31st, 2022 build) X7 is only running 8.0?

I'm open to any and all other comparisons, particularly comparing to the X7. I'm also considering the Model X Plaid given the recent price drops, but I do not believe it's suspension is as plush or refined as BMW's.