I've been driving an X1 25i for five days now and I don't think it's all that bad. It has the optional 18s with 225/45 rubber instead of the standard 225/50R17s and the ride, even on the crap roads around here, is okay. Remember this thing is built to a price. You can pay X1 money for an up-spec Kia Sorento or Hyundai Santa Fe, so what do you expect? Okay, I now those Korean SUVs are bigger but they would even get a decent look at an X1s exhaust pipe before it disappeared down a winding road.