Drove the XES today ..
Drives as good as you can imagine, so responsive, I thought it was quick in sport mode, switched it into sport / dynamic mode and it was even better, 1 thing i did notice was ... in the owners manual it states when in sport dynamic mode the car will not gear up and instead hold its gears until driver intervention, this can let you drive down the road at 30 mph in first gear right on the rev limiter, which is great if you love driving manuals .. however it didn't do this.. it did in fact "gear up" ??? a little disappointing but not a major problem?
The engine sound is great and it gives a little rev when you turn it on, I averaged 19mpg on my little 30 min drive, not very eco friendly but that was never the plan when getting an "S"
Everything was just as fun and good as expected... - One thing I did feel was that is was going so much quicker than it actually was, I do drive a little on the "stupid" side and probably do reach 3 digit numbers on my trip to my local shop & spend most of my time going sideways, however the "S" made you feel you were doing 110 when I was only doing around 90ish .. not sure if thats a good or bad thing? I currently drive a 3 series E90 and feel at "faster speeds" its a lot more "composed" where as the "S" is a bit frisky ??