thanks guys....

well, we kind of swapped out the privacy glass and went with servotronic....I'd seen enough raves on here, and at $250 it was easy (the privacy glass is $350)

def an audiofile, so that's good to know....can't wait to hear the speakers (our test drive model had the basic stereo)

Looking forward to delivery.....should be June, they tell us

Not sure about BMW dealers in any other part of the country, but our dealer can't keep the x3 in stock....they even sold the test drive model.

B/c of this, the salesmen are really not "selling".....nor is there any negotiation that goes on

And, b/c of all the research i did, i ended up knowing more than he did....and the sales guys basically used "Build Your BMW" on BWM.com

With forums like this, and such knowledgable customers, can it be long before the middleman is cut out, and/or only left for SERVICE?

I mean, i think most of us here could have ordered directed from BMW and saved the $$$