As a Kalifornian, I resemble that comment. But....20.9 mpg is better than the computer has ever said I got. Typically it says 17.9 on my '01 and 18.5 on the '05. And yes, our gas prices and registration fees suck - but our weather, mountains and beaches sure are fine. (In a different century I would have also saluted our women).

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2001 X5 3.0i Old Gold -built and bought 08/2000, now at 220K miles
2005 X5 3.0i Silver Bullet -built 05/2005, bought 03/2021 at 95K miles