BMW 520i G30 Singapore Review

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We review arguably the best car in it's class - the BMW 5 Series G30 (520i Luxury Line)

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so this is the interior of the BMW

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5-series let's start off with the side

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of the door here here you have all your

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normal window controls over here memory

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seats no lock and unlock your Hill like

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controls fog lights and all that stuff

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now the steering wheel is uh it's very

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futuristic I would say reminds me of the

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steering wheel in the BMW I something

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like that it's very futuristic yeah over

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here you have your cruise controls for

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this side here you have controls for

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your radio your audio stuff like that

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you know pretty standard and you have

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this beautiful digital display which is

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very very clear and you know unlike a

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lot of other cars just like this layer

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of plastic that covers this speedo for

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this like no you this is actually this

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is metal and I'm actually touching the

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metal right here so this is digital but

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this the ones surrounding it this this

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like circle thing surrounding it is

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actually yeah it's metal and you carry

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touch it so it's pretty cool

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and over here you have the infotainment

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screen which is very big actually and I

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think being obvious our drivers always

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be pretty easy to use

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and I think we improved on that is this

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new generation so it's a touchscreen

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okay it's touchscreen or you can control

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it using this style below okay

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and it's very smooth so let's go to it

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one by one

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ConnectedDrive so this is where you can

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connect to the NW consider this is

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actually something very cool you

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basically if like you need example

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directions to the nearest I don't know

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restaurant or something like that you

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can actually call the end of the

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concierge services and someone it's not

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a robot it's not automated someone from

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the BMW call center which will actually

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like pick up the phone and assist you so

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that's quite cool okay no I'm not gonna

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do that

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BMW assistance okay let's see what we

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have here roadside assistance summer

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support

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EMW messages

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you know this has to connect to

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Wikipedia yell - Flickr honestly I have

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no idea what you even need to click on

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in a car but it's there if you need it

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so

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I'm currently browsing Flickr in a car

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which is health technology yeah

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a navigation so all the pretty standard

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stuff here is put a map and zoom in zoom

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out and you pinch to zoom here you can

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it's pretty easy to use I would say

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definitely not as smooth as your your

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mobile phone but it's near it's not bad

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and I have to say that this this dial

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here is very very he has a very very

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solid feel to it it's just so like it's

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so nice to use less so it's the

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ergonomics the ergonomics of this thing

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is very good so let me try to let me try

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try to write let me try to type example

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I'll try it I wouldn't say for example

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yep it predicts that I'm gonna type with

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lens yep

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Street okay no I'm not gonna do it

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okay gonna try

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so you don't actually have to type in

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the entire address all you have to do is

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just type in the first few letters and a

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will sort of auto predict where you

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wanna go which is yeah it's it's a very

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nice feature to have okay all right so

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that's your Maps communication okay all

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these things here

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nothing interesting I think this is just

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for you to you know call people using

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your phone or something my vehicle they

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can change the settings of your car

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because teachers tire pressure monitor

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and you know they'd be shook up man

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the knowledge in action efficient

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dynamics let's see what this is because

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you can change the settings of your car

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speed morning attentiveness assistant

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what's this recommends break and

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displays choice of possible places to

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stop the drug driving experience control

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and configure spots and eco mode so

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change the steering setup engine cell

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transmission setup okay so if it's

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what's more definitely you want

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everything to be inspired and if it's in

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EcoPro mode you definitely want

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everything to be eco

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so you have your light settings here

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interior lighting you can change your

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ambient lighting okay

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quite a lot of colors okay just let's

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leave it at purple exterior lighting one

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touch turn signal okay right hand left

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hand traffic only just headlights and

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stationary

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fragrance

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you even have fragrance settings in the

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car air quality is just do anything

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ventilation

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Iko tracking okay yeah there's just too

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many there's just too many things here

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okay next media radio give your FM and

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you connect your phone and all that

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stuff okay let's see you can also

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control it using your using this gesture

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here so when you say nothing at all

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thanks for hanging out with me today

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alright be hit phone users sorry about

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that

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greatest hits on one FM 91.3

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so the system works I think it's just

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easier if you use this knob yep okay let

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me turn that off and notifications so

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yeah that's the infotainment screen or a

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BMW 5 Series GT now here you have all

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your radio radio presets or change your

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radio station as well and aircon

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controls here this is your cup holder

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okay you have two of them with a USB

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port here and I think this is wireless

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charging for your phone just push it

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okay

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the gear lever is very I think it's

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ergonomically designed it's you know

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very nice in the hand

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okay feels very nice it's the perfect

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size as well so to change gear just

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press press the brake and press this

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button here on the side and you can

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change here like the previous generation

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BMW as well so yeah nothing new there

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your infotainment controls here so okay

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just realize that there's a 360 okay

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let's try this out

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so you have this bird's-eye view here oh

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okay

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you can still control

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okay so you have the bit side view over

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there and you have your rear view camera

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over here which I just according to your

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steering steering inputs and I'm gonna

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change it back up okay yeah all right so

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yeah you have your infotainment controls

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here which are material quality is very

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very very very good parking parking

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brake auto whole your different driving

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modes we leave this instruction control

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and you are parking fucking buttons over

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here okay here you have your glove box

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which is not super big or anything but

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yeah it's alright you can keep some

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stuff here like your mentors or chewing

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gum or something and overall I would say

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the interior of this car is the quality

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is very very good yeah there's no doubt

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about that the quality is just excellent

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you know it's a BMW so you expect the

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best right

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yeah and they definitely didn't

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disappoint this interior is beautiful

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rear seat space on this guy is pretty

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good there's a lot of knee room and

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Headroom

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there's a center embrace here where you

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can open in there two cupholders

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and you can also open it up to give you

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access to the and you can see how the

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messy the booties

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so as I'm moving along just as I started

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moving the seat belt so tight thumbs up

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and you can feel it like pull you into

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place so you feel more secure first

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impressions of driving this car steering

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wheel is very very light it's almost

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effortless like it's super light so

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driving at low speeds it's very the car

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is also pretty quiet and it's smooth

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definitely also the sitting position is

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quite sporty so I really raised my seat

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up a little bit and I'm still is he how

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high the door pillars are yeah so the

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car is definitely is a very it's a

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pretty sporty car so the car is very

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quiet so this is the some of the car for

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all the windows up

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it is windows down I don't know if you

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guys can yeah it prints on

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making this u-turn is so is easy you can

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yeah it's so easy

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also the GPS updates in real time so

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we can even zoom in from there

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engine is pretty responsive we have put

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down the cowl

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yeah it's various what's it

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and definitely fast enough for

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Singaporeans no no questions there so

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how does this car compared to the

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previous generation f10 previous

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generation f10

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definitely the interior is is an

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improvement the previous generation f10

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Cynthia was already very good but this

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is just probably one one level of I

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would say in terms of design build

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quality is still excellent previous

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generation in this generation

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the quality sector in terms of the drive

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I would say it's you know you quite it's

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quite similar if you've driven a

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previous generation be about you after

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yeah you you get the sense of

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familiarity with this car because a lot

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of things are very similar like the way

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it drives

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I Drive is different obviously but you

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know like gear leaver and all these

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things here yeah pretty pretty similar

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see making this u-turn is it's a breeze

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it's so easy because the steering is so

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light you can drive it with like okay I

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was gonna say try with one finger but

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you shouldn't drag this one with one

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thing that you should you know ten m2

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but if for some reason one of your hand

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is if for some reason you have one hand

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yeah you can definitely still try this

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car because

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it's very very compared to the previous

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generation estate ok the previous

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generation f10 I can't really feel the

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road it's like I'm gliding over the room

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so you don't you don't feel connected to

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the road you feel like you're just

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gliding over it but with this car with

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this g35 series you know you can you can

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feel the road is still very smooth and

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comfortable and all that but you can you

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have more Road feeling you know if that

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makes that makes any sense

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[Music]

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listen for demons Greenbury

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very clear crisp is like a Apple Retina

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display it's like you know those

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MacBooks with Retina display

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yeah that's why your mind's video it's

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very it's clear you can't even see the

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yeah you can't even you can't even see

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the pixels on this thing

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and same goes for the digital display

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you can't you can't see the pixels the

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individual pixels on this thing so it's

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very very clear

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I love making u-turns in this car

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because it is just so easy you don't

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feel any cost-cutting

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at this car like BMW you can feel that

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they didn't yeah they didn't

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penny pinched so everything like the

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material quality the will the features

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on this car everything you just feel

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like the NW they relief thought about

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what went into making this car and I

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feel like I'm driving a five-star hotel

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honestly

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it's just when you step into this car

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you get the same feeling you get when

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you step into a five-star hotel when you

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just checking into your hotel room and

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you get a feeling like wow everything so

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premium everything so you know me

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everything is so yeah like they put a

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lot of thought into it and that's the

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kind of feeling I get this Cup changing

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to sports mode and I can feel yeah that

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response you can feel the difference

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between a total response in comedy

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spots me

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is this cost 40 from the outside it

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doesn't look very spotty it looks like a

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very business professional kind of car

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like a like a typical executive car and

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that's what it is it is an executive car

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but inside its I would say it's a spot

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here there

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it's almost as sporty as the Joker

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except definitely I think for Singapore

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roads I think with a five to zero in

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this model the one I'm driving right now

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Phi 2 0 I luxury is it's perfect for

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Singapore thing you don't really need

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much more than than what this car

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already offers unless you you know you

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drive at ridiculous speeds all the time

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then maybe you need to get like a five

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three zero five four zero but for normal

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every driver sigh think this is more

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than enough honestly

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so that's about it for this review I

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want to thank the owner of this car for

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lending it to us lending his precious

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brand-new BMW to us thank you so much

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for making this video possible and thank

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you for watching I hope you enjoyed this

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review and I'll see you guys in the next

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video

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