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Originally Posted by RockCrusher
Didn't drive them back to back but I owned a 2022 230i and put nearly 8K miles on it then traded it in in April 2023 when I bought my M2. Then some months later in December 2023 I bought a 2024 230ix.
I didn't track the 230i/230ix cars but I did drive them both on interesting roads in the area. I didn't feel any real difference between the two cars. Maybe at 9/10ths or 10/10ths there would have been a difference.
I do know the WSJ auto writer/reviewer Dan Neil raved about the 230i and cover your eyes recommended it over the 240 model.
One reason I bought a 230i instead of a 240i. And the 230i was a great car. Probably should have kept it but I had a desire to own an M2 and the month before I bought the M2 I had just bought a 2023 MINI JCW. So I traded in the 230i. This in April 2023.
By December 2023 as much as I liked the JCW I decided to replace it with a 230ix (AWD). I used the fact this area (Benton County AR) received some snow to justify the x-Drive feature.
The 230ix was a great car. Didn't really get a chance to use the AWD feature. That is I drove some in snow but not much of it. I have the luxury of if the weather is bad if the roads are bad I don't have to be out and about.
It was with some reluctance a few months ago I decided to get rid of 230ix and just make do with my M2. Poor poor pitiful me...
Love my M2 to be sure. But I miss the 230i/ix. They were great cars and complimented the M2. Both were automatics -- the M2 has the 6-speed manual gearbox -- and great for running around town. I took the 230i on a 1500 mile drive to CO and back and it was a great road car. Drove the 230ix to KC MO and back -- just over 500 miles round trip -- and it was a great road car.
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You trade cars often my friend! Thanks for your thoughts.
Sorry for posting in incorrect subforum.
Car and driver and TST were both screaming about how the 230 was more agile and more fun than the 240i Xdrive because of the lower weight and simpler powertrain.