Hi guy and girls
Great forum that you have here and such a vast amount of information too :thumbsup:
Having had my fair share of pratical and impratical 4x4's im getting to the point in life where I need something with a bit more comfort, looks and oomph !
Having had a CR-V, Shogun, Discovery 1, Discovery 2, Hilux Surf (amongst plenty of retro Japanses cars) im currently residing in a 1997 Landcruiser.
Whilst being bulletproof its certainly not the most exciting to drive or look at and its a bit of a bone shaker !
I did plan on looking towards Range Rovers (L322) and Landcruiser Amazons. Having a few friends with the former ive been put right off by the yearly expenditure and the lack of reliability and having test driven a Amazon it seems just the large to be pratical as a daily driver.
Hence why im now at the door of the X5 (E53). The seem to have the looks, the power, the comfort and the ability to two half sensible weight (needed when you own a early 90's Jap track car).
From reading all the info here im quite sure what im after although I may have made some errors in what im after so wondered if someone could glance the list and a few questions the help / redirect me
Im pretty sure im after a 4.6 or 4.8 auto in silver, gray or black with LPG. From what I understand a 4.6 will be prefacelift and the 4.8 facelift. Im not really sure what the differences between pre and post facelift are visually although ive read the list
Id like satnav and a rear parking camera in the future so am I correct in thinking that id need a model with the communications pack so I can upgrade it all at some point ?
Id also ideally like air con, heated electric seats and xenons but not sure if that was standard equipment on the 4.6 and 4.8 ?
Anyway ill stop there as noone likes a long newbie post and too many silly questions :-[
Paul