Observations
 

Took my car to the car wash a couple of weeks back, I had the sunroof open when I got there. I must have hit the close button twice because the car went in with the sunroof in the tilt position. A lot of water went in, but mostly tothe carperted area between the front seat rear seats. They dried it and I drove home with everything working. The following day, the idrive was dead. I could not input anything from there but the screen and voice commands were working. Took the car in to the dealer and this was repaired under warranty. (Would have cost $2k:wow:) They had to reprogram the car so it could work with the new controller.

I have observed that the car feels much better now and was wondering if they may have been a TSB out there to reprogram the X35i's. Maybe they ran this and did not let me know.

Another observation, I am on the market for a 335i or S4 once my lease on my G37 runs out later this year. I have test driven both. The exhaust note on our X5s sounds much much better than the 335i. Has anyone observed this?

I am leaning towards the 335i.

With the newly installed software, your car is in learning mode. That is why it feels "better".

Noted, thanks.