I don't own one, but I've driven it. I thought it was nice but wasn't convinced it was worth the difference in cost from a similar sized non luxury vehicle like a VW.

I think the cargo space is approx. 36 inches between the wheel wells, 31 inches high, and 62 inches long with the back seats folded down.

Make sure you get a daily driver for when the BMW is in the shop.

My wife daily drives a '11 328i Sport Wagon, with the I6 engine. Has around 90K miles on it. It hasn't ever been in the shop, and has had normal routine care. The problems that exist on this car still are still the same as when I had a '94 530i V8 (125K miles before I sold it a few years ago). Leaking oil at the oil filter housing gasket, valve cover gasket, idler pulley going bad, creaking suspension. Haven't had any issues with the car spending an inordinate amount of time in the shop. There's a reason why people either lease BMWs or don't own them outside of warranty. It drives unbelievably well, and hasn't had a major malfunction *knock on wood,* but I will probably never own another BMW again.

Conversely, I drive an '11 Infiniti M37X. About 95k miles, and the only things I've done to it are routine fluids, and normal wear/tear items. I have absolute confidence that my car won't be saddled up on a shop.

BMWs are nice looking cars, and are excellent drivers when new, but as they age, you either need to be a car person yourself, or knows someone that can do it for you as a favor or cheap, because they can be a bear to maintain. For me, I'm getting too lazy to work on cars anymore.

I can’t imagine a modern stern fitting in one. It is small (for an suv).

Agreed- we had one for a about 2 years. It always seemed like there was something going wrong with it. After going back and forth with BMW, we said forget it and traded it for a Honda. I will never buy a BMW again.

If you’re looking for a reasonably priced a euro pinhauler then maybe check out the VW Atlas.

BMW sure makes a solid car. I'm not sure why it gets all the hate about being broken down all the time. I had a 1st Gen Z4 that was getting up there in miles but for my 4 years or so of having it I only had to put oil into it. Sure was nice I wish my other cars had that reliability.

As I always say.....no matter what car you buy it can be a lemon or a peach! I recently looked at the BMW X5 but I didn't like the ride. It seemed to drive more like a truck than a "Luxury SUV" so I went with an Audi Q.

OP, looking at pictures of the X1 it has a flat deck which will allow a pin to slide in BUT, to your point, the seats need to lie flat or you may find that once you start sliding a pin in, if the seats dont lay flat, the pin will rise and hit the roof not allowing you slide it in far enough. You get time maybe run into a BMW dealership and look at one if you have yet to take delivery of the raffle one (congrats on that)!

Lastly, I don't think the BMW will be enough for a trade in on a CE.....might have to add cash in that deal!

Cant speak for overall quality of the X1, but in terms of size for a pin, its not the internal size but the size of the back opening that counts. My Audi Q5 has heaps of space inside with the seats down, but the opening is about 4 cm too small to slide a game in. Pain in the ass.

I agree with the comment above. It’s not going to fit a stern through the hatch.

Raffles usually have a cash option. So if you don’t really need the car you might be better off with that. Especially if you are considering selling at one year. You’ll take a bath. You are taxed on msrp then you’ll sell a depreciated car. That’s an expensive new car experience.

Santo Mezcal is 10 min from where I am. Yeah the weather has been unusual here as of late. Been cool with bit of rain