The X5 was our first BMW. When we had the major historic snowstorm here in 2011 and like many around us, were stranded in our homes for 3 days, my wife decided her next vehicle was going to be a SUV since she's a nurse and missing work is not an option. She actually sought out the BMW X5 and the Volvo XC90. I personally never was drawn to BMW cars as they were, to me, generally compact and drove too low to the road for my taste. We test drove a super clean and nice white X5 4.4 but it had an oil leak that burned horribly after the engine warmed up. We test drove an Lexus RX 300 but I told her I really liked how that X5 both drove and handled. About a month later we were at an import car dealer that happen to have both a XC90 and an X5. Again I was impressed with the overall handling and ride of the X5 over the Volvo. The X5 was more solid, had better performance, and seemed more of a true "SAV/SUV" than the Volvo. She preferred the X5 as well and we drove it home and long story short, I gladly took it over when I needed a new ride a year later and let her get something new.

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2001 3.0i * SOLD *
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2010 E83 Alpine White