[SteveinArizona]

I was perusing the online manual and I didn't see anything about autohold. I did see this:

"To prevent the vehicle from creeping after you
select a gear position or reverse, maintain pres‐
sure on the brake pedal until you are ready to
drive off."

That is the way my BMW 530e works but with the addition of autohold, I can take my foot off the brake. I have come to love the autohold feature. Did BMW decide not to include it on the IX?

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

I was perusing the online manual and I didn't see anything about autohold. I did see this:

"To prevent the vehicle from creeping after you
select a gear position or reverse, maintain pres‐
sure on the brake pedal until you are ready to
drive off."

That is the way my BMW 530e works but with the addition of autohold, I can take my foot off the brake. I have come to love the autohold feature. Did BMW decide not to include it on the IX?

1) it’s available with a button press

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

1) it’s available with a button press

I hate creep in EV's. Any way to disengage?

[Paladin1]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

I hate creep in EV's. Any way to disengage?

Not sure there's a way to prevent that in EVs or gasoline engines - once you engage the transmission the car will move when you let off the brake normally. US Q7s had no Autohold button (unlike their European counterparts) so Audi had some sort of "hold" function if you pressed the brake hard and released (but only on a level surface). The Autohold button serves the same function as your brakes when engaged - with this feature activated the brakes are always engaged after a brake press until you press the accelerator.

[SteveinArizona]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

1) it’s available with a button press

Merci beaucoup. I missed this one.

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by Paladin1

Not sure there's a way to prevent that in EVs or gasoline engines - once you engage the transmission the car will move when you let off the brake normally. US Q7s had no Autohold button (unlike their European counterparts) so Audi had some sort of "hold" function if you pressed the brake hard and released (but only on a level surface). The Autohold button serves the same function as your brakes when engaged - with this feature activated the brakes are always engaged after a brake press until you press the accelerator.

Not sure what you're trying to say here. For a torque converter auto, yes, no way to avoid however.....

BMW's own i3 had no creep. You put the car in drive, it didn't move until you hit the right pedal. Same for every Tesla, unless you select creep. You put in drive, car will remain stationary. .

Also, Porsche PDK-S in their GT cars has no creep.

I absolutely love this feature.

[Paladin1]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

Not sure what you're trying to say here. For a torque converter auto, yes, no way to avoid however.....

BMW's own i3 had no creep. You put the car in drive, it didn't move until you hit the right pedal. Same for every Tesla, unless you select creep. You put in drive, car will remain stationary. .

Also, Porsche PDK-S in their GT cars has no creep.

I absolutely love this feature.

Not that familiar with EVs, so interesting. I have driven the X5 45e, but for practical purposes a gas vehicle. It would make sense if you didn't power the electric motor in an EV (via the accelerator) that it wouldn't move the car, considering the regen inertia of moving the coil and with one-pedal driving the car actually stops when you let off the accelerator, so I'm not sure why the iX wouldn't do this (and also not sure if this applies on an incline). Hence I suppose the Autohold button.

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by Paladin1

Not that familiar with EVs, so interesting. I have driven the X5 45e, but for practical purposes a gas vehicle. It would make sense if you didn't power the electric motor in an EV (via the accelerator) that it wouldn't move the car, considering the regen inertia of moving the coil and with one-pedal driving the car actually stops when you let off the accelerator, so I'm not sure why the iX wouldn't do this (and also not sure if this applies on an incline). Hence I suppose the Autohold button.

I don't believe the iX to have true one-pedal driving so there is a an amount of creep when you take your foot off the brake. Also, like my e-tron, the iX will roll back on an incline without auto hold or your foot on the brake.

Edit: B-mode on the iX offers one pedal driving.

[PhilD]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

I don't believe the iX to have true one-pedal driving so there is a an amount of creep when you take your foot off the brake. Also, like my e-tron, the iX will roll back on an incline without auto hold or your foot on the brake.

From the review vids, it looks like it does have one pedal driving and I've seen in several clips where they've taken the foot off the accelerator and the car has then come to a complete stop, unlike some other EVs apparently.

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by PhilD

From the review vids, it looks like it does have one pedal driving and I've seen in several clips where they've taken the foot off the accelerator and the car has then come to a complete stop, unlike some other EVs apparently.

I’ve spent a fair bit of time in the iX and it does not come to a complete stop when taking your foot off the brake pedal.

[Paladin1]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

I’ve spent a fair bit of time in the iX and it does not come to a complete stop when taking your foot off the brake pedal.

Heavy beast, not surprising. But at least they kept Autohold....

[asrgt]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

I’ve spent a fair bit of time in the iX and it does not come to a complete stop when taking your foot off the brake pedal.

The IX I had for a day was able to come to complete stop provided it was in B mode. Was even able to hold the car on a slight downhill without any auto hold engaged.

Id assume there is no difference in this mode per region ?

[PhilD]

Originally Posted by asrgt

The IX I had for a day was able to come to complete stop provided it was in B mode. Was even able to hold the car on a slight downhill without any auto hold engaged.

Id assume there is no difference in this mode per region ?

B mode is one pedal driving mode, right?

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by PhilD

B mode is one pedal driving mode, right?

You are correct. To be honest I did not drive un B-mode since I am not a fan of one pedal driving in general.

[rothen3]

Hi, did you get a chance to check if the glovebox is refrigerated?

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by rothen3

Hi, did you get a chance to check if the glovebox is refrigerated?

100% is not. And besides it’s so small I’m not sure what you’d put in there to keep cold.

[Paladin1]

Even in the Q7 the "refrigerated" glovebox was just an A/C passthrough, not very cold, and again only large enough for a smallish sandwich if that, and certainly with nothing else in the glovebox. If you want refrigerated storage you likely need to move up to a Range Rover hybrid at least, and their center console true refrigerated storage option comes in a $2,200 package.

[Seaford]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

My dealer is letting me take their dealer demo for 24 hours. I have a few things that I’ll be checking and trying out myself but also want to throw out an AMA (about the iX) for the rest of the community. Dealer spec is:

X40
Sophisto Grey Metallic
Titanium Bronze exterior trim
Pano roof
Leather interior
Multifunction seats with massage
Panel heating
Laserlight
Soft close doors

A few initial observations:
* real world economy is fantastic compared to the e-tron (and others in this class)
* the crystal appliqué throw plenty of reflection (see photo below with the yellow circles showing the reflections)
* The trunk opening height is not very high. Fully open it's only a couple of inches above my head (I am 1.82m tall)
* When the grey charge port covers are open you cannot close the main charge port flap
* Lower right corner of the iDrive screen is pretty much always obstructed by the steering wheel
* Walk away lock, approach unlock is great but could be an annoyance if you have the keys in your pocket or use your phone as a key. The car would lock and unlock repeatedly if you just walk close enough by it.
* HUD settings are a bit annoying. You either have assisted view, nav view but cannot have a combination. EG, in assisted view the map instructions down show up when approaching a turn off
* The HUD is brilliant though...best I have ever personally seen
* Doors are surprisingly heavy, and take a little bit of heft to open, owing to the grab handle being far forward
* If you store a phone in the little pocket in front of the iDrive controller it will constantly rock back and forth while driving...which is annoying
* The key feels cheap and does not match the pricetag or overall quality of the car
* Reversing assistant is excellent. We live down a narrow drive and the iX is as wide, and the reversing assistant did exactly what it promises
* The space in the driver footwell is less than expected in height. I wear a size 12US shoe and there’s only about 2-3cm beween my toes and the dashboard underside
* The glovebox is very small given the overall size of the dashboard
* The dashboard speaker grille reflects in the windscreen from either front seats and given its size it’s difficult to miss said reflection
* My iphone flat out refused to connect to iDrive once requiring me to remove the pairing completely
* There truly is nowhere to store the parcel shelf pieces in the trunk area
* There are no usb-a ports in the interior, only type-c (discovered this when I was trying to charge my DJI Pocket 2)
* iDrive 8 cannot be rebooted by holding down the volume button like previous versions of iDrive
* It’s a little discussed feature but the windscreen washers are integrated into the wiper blades and as such you can’t just pop into a hrdware store to pick up replacements
* The warning beeps from the parking system sounds like an electronic church organ. It’s strange but not unpleasant
* Unlike the shifter in the e-tron the stubby shifter in the iX does exactly what you expect it to every time

If it’s the same as the G20 the Comfort Access has options on how it operates; entry only, exit only, entry and exit and full off. The ‘beep’ (which I find irritating as no doubt the neighbours do!) can also be switched off. The only time Comfort Access does my head in is when I’m washing the car…soon learn to leave the keys out of range rather than in the pocket! Other than that I like it.

[Paladin1]

Hmmm. Supposedly you can reboot iDrive 8 with the volume button (maybe a longer press?):

[cruzer666]

Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

I was perusing the online manual and I didn't see anything about autohold. I did see this:

"To prevent the vehicle from creeping after you
select a gear position or reverse, maintain pres‐
sure on the brake pedal until you are ready to
drive off."

That is the way my BMW 530e works but with the addition of autohold, I can take my foot off the brake. I have come to love the autohold feature. Did BMW decide not to include it on the IX?

If you put the switch lever in "B" (highest regenerative mode) where the "almost one pedal driving" is engaged and the car will come to a standstill and will not move unless you press the acceleration; so you get the same effect as "Auto H".

I'm curious how many BMW drivers will eventually switch to one pedal driving. The regenerative breaking at on the iX is pretty strong so if you completely take your foot off acceleration the car will stop fairly quick; theoretically, unless there's some unexpected event, in "B" you really do not need the brakes. In reality, it will take a bit for people to get accustomed to this type of driving.

[cfm56d7b]

One of the best and practical threads. Big thanks to OP.

[ppagiga]

Ty for everything Hugo.

Is there a spare or an option for one ?