[Call Me Bronco]

Great post/report. Thanks for sharing.

[claudioagmfilho]

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[noushy]

Waiting to be prepped

[admranger]

Originally Posted by Space gray

I also don't like the choice they made with the rigid parcel shelf vs the roll out cargo cover. It makes loading harder and if you need to stack things higher the rigid shelf has no logical storage space.

Just asking as I don't know, but will the rigid cargo cover fit in the under floor storage? That's how it worked on my 330i GT. They had clever cutouts so it fit perfectly under the floor.

[hugo_nz]

Originally Posted by admranger

Just asking as I don't know, but will the rigid cargo cover fit in the under floor storage? That's how it worked on my 330i GT. They had clever cutouts so it fit perfectly under the floor.

Nope, sadly not. And its a two part cover too so nowhere to store it other than in the trunk or on the rear seats. Not entirely sure why BMW decided on a rigid cover. Guess we'll never know.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by hugo_nz

Nope, sadly not. And its a two part cover too so nowhere to store it other than in the trunk or on the rear seats. Not entirely sure why BMW decided on a rigid cover. Guess we'll never know.

Wow. Unfortunate. Perhaps they'll fix in the LCI or next version of the iX. Need all these teething pains to be worked out.

[Space gray]

Originally Posted by admranger

Wow. Unfortunate. Perhaps they'll fix in the LCI or next version of the iX. Need all these teething pains to be worked out.

The rigid parcel shelf was a very conscious choice that BMW made. One of the reviewers in YouTube (maybe Doug DeMuro) explained that the rigid shelf made it a "trunk" (that's my technical term) and therefore they needed to add an emergency release in case you have mafia friends that make you ride in the trunk.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by Space gray

The rigid parcel shelf was a very conscious choice that BMW made. One of the reviewers in YouTube (maybe Doug DeMuro) explained that the rigid shelf made it a "trunk" (that's my technical term) and therefore they needed to add an emergency release in case you have mafia friends that make you ride in the trunk.

I have no issue with the rigid shelf. My issue is the lack of planning for a seamless in car storage of the shelf like they've done on other models (e.g., my old 330iGT).

[Paladin1]

Originally Posted by admranger

I have no issue with the rigid shelf. My issue is the lack of planning for a seamless in car storage of the shelf like they've done on other models (e.g., my old 330iGT).

Ditto. There seems to be plenty of space under the cargo floor (or there could be), it's just ill-designed to do it. Unlike other parts of the car, it appears to be an engineering afterthought (Whoops! We forgot a cargo cover! Quick somebody, gimme a plastic shelf or something!)