Just ordered my first non-M BMW for nine years.
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X5 50i in Pearl Silver.
Damn, the options are expensive and I always find a way to convince myself I need so many of them. There were very few to choose when I ordered the M5, so this came as a shock.
The reason for moving from M5 to X5 is arrival due in January of child number three, which will leave me with three children under five and their car seats to carry. They won't fit in the M5, current or new.
Almost fortunately, the X5 M is not available with a third row of seats, otherwise I'd have been in danger of buying a car I have described many times on PH as an abomination. Havign driven the X6 M though, I might not have been tempted ot the M version. It is very fast, but doesn't feel remotely like an M car. The 50i is fast enough for an SUV.
Damn, the options are expensive and I always find a way to convince myself I need so many of them. There were very few to choose when I ordered the M5, so this came as a shock.
The reason for moving from M5 to X5 is arrival due in January of child number three, which will leave me with three children under five and their car seats to carry. They won't fit in the M5, current or new.
Almost fortunately, the X5 M is not available with a third row of seats, otherwise I'd have been in danger of buying a car I have described many times on PH as an abomination. Havign driven the X6 M though, I might not have been tempted ot the M version. It is very fast, but doesn't feel remotely like an M car. The 50i is fast enough for an SUV.
After the V10 M5 just about anything makes sense mpg wise!!
BMW need to get their finger out and come up with a decent hybrid version instead of an M-version - they will sell loads more of those than the M-version judging by the number of Lexus RX400's I see (I mean in Europe, not UK).
I read about the X6 hybrid they have launched in the States that is quite good but that is allot more expensive than the normal 5.0, I think 18k more but can't remember in which currency it is though.
So will you let the M5 go or mothball it until the kids grow out of the car seats...
BMW need to get their finger out and come up with a decent hybrid version instead of an M-version - they will sell loads more of those than the M-version judging by the number of Lexus RX400's I see (I mean in Europe, not UK).
I read about the X6 hybrid they have launched in the States that is quite good but that is allot more expensive than the normal 5.0, I think 18k more but can't remember in which currency it is though.
So will you let the M5 go or mothball it until the kids grow out of the car seats...
Zod said:
Damn, the options are expensive and I always find a way to convince myself I need so many of them. There were very few to choose when I ordered the M5, so this came as a shock.
I found the same when I ordered mine....I got to well over £10k on options without trying too hard. I decided when I ordered mine that it was a keeper as the family car for five years so I got a bit carried away. Reversing camera, panoramic roof, powered boot, third row seats, upgraded sound, Satnav, privacy glass, blinds, soft close doors (you don't want to wake the kids up do you?!?!) etc etc.... Have you ordered the Comfort Seats ? They're brilliant. I tried very hard to get my wife to buy the X5 about a year ago.
She's not very car oriented and I tried unsubtely to point her in the direction of an X5 over an XC90 and a nissian Quashqai+2.
I made her have a testdrive in all three and promised I wouldn't chime in during the testdrives with my opinion as long as she gave all three a decent chance. My theory was that the drive would immediately sell the X5 to her.
At the end she chose the Nissan due to its better feel while driving.
I had to walk away after that. Although a year later she still seems quite taken with the nissan so....
She's not very car oriented and I tried unsubtely to point her in the direction of an X5 over an XC90 and a nissian Quashqai+2.
I made her have a testdrive in all three and promised I wouldn't chime in during the testdrives with my opinion as long as she gave all three a decent chance. My theory was that the drive would immediately sell the X5 to her.
At the end she chose the Nissan due to its better feel while driving.
I had to walk away after that. Although a year later she still seems quite taken with the nissan so....
julian64 said:
I tried very hard to get my wife to buy the X5 about a year ago.
She's not very car oriented and I tried unsubtely to point her in the direction of an X5 over an XC90 and a nissian Quashqai+2.
I made her have a testdrive in all three and promised I wouldn't chime in during the testdrives with my opinion as long as she gave all three a decent chance. My theory was that the drive would immediately sell the X5 to her.
At the end she chose the Nissan due to its better feel while driving.
I had to walk away after that. Although a year later she still seems quite taken with the nissan so....
.. you left her because she bought a Nissan? She's not very car oriented and I tried unsubtely to point her in the direction of an X5 over an XC90 and a nissian Quashqai+2.
I made her have a testdrive in all three and promised I wouldn't chime in during the testdrives with my opinion as long as she gave all three a decent chance. My theory was that the drive would immediately sell the X5 to her.
At the end she chose the Nissan due to its better feel while driving.
I had to walk away after that. Although a year later she still seems quite taken with the nissan so....
a little rash perhaps?
Mermaid said:
I suppose Alpina don't offer anything that would have worked for you.
Will an ordinary BMW disappoint after a long string of M cars?
Nothing from Alpina. Will an ordinary BMW disappoint after a long string of M cars?
An ordinary BMW will not match up to the M cars, but I have something fun in the garage anyway. What would have disappointed would have been an X5 M (if they made it wiht three rows of seats, which they don't), because that would have been a disappointing pretend M car.
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