Kind of a weird story until the dots are connected between the lady and the sale 5 years ago of my 3.0 E53 to my neighbor. They're friends. The lady's teen daughter will turn 16 in July and she's been asking me about the E53 for about a year, now.

On the one hand, I have to agree. Had I the means, I would happily put my own child in an E53 for all the reasons we'd agree on here. In fact, that's sort of been the path we're expecting with my mother-in-law's '01 3.0. At just over 100k, it's been free of most major trouble. We're in countdown mode with my daughter who in 4 years will be 16 in the blink of a father's eye.

But there's my 4.8is. We're supposed to go West again this year. It will be another 5k miles to include Seattle, Oregon, and California's majestic Yosemite National Park. Do I want one last hurrah in my 80k mile 4.8is? Or.. Do I want to bite the bullet and start making new memories in an F15 X5M?Or is all of this crazy talk? Should I just buckle down and start planning next year's E53 National Park tour with longer stays in Glacier and Yellowstone?

I thought of a number. SO SILLY. But if this woman is so inclined and persistent, maybe she'll agree. But what then? It wouldn't be the first time a woman's persistence drove me to a decision I was sorry to make.

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