Thanks guys,

The petrol in UK where i am is about 88p a ltr works out at just short of £80 to fill it to the top!! But my 340 bhp Impreza takes £40 to fill it and can use it all in about 160 miles with some hard and sensible driving so wont bother me (but might after a while!) I only use the car on a sat afternoon and sunday i take bikes out and at moment we use mates van so mpg is not a big deal, one thing that concerns me is if fuel keeps going up like it does will i be able to sell it? I know there is always a demand for X5's but the demand for the V8 might drop off.

Ive heard that the 3.0i petrol gets the same mpg as the v8 thats why i decided to go for the v8 but now maybe the diesal might be worth thinking about but the performance is not as good then when the 22's go on it will be worse.

Any question i am gunna put 22's on when i get one, so which spec would be better to go for the sport with hard suspension or the SE? With the smaller tire wall the ride will get harder and a hard ride and and cruiser dont go!! Also might end up lowering it so what you think??

How hard is it to lower an X5? Do they just have normal springs and shocks??