Update. Purchased the car, and hopefully have it here by Xmas. How fitting. I'm pretty jazzed up; this is my first SUV (my wife has had a few) and the only one I'm excited about. Thought the Chili Pepper was disengaging and ponderious. I think these cars are quite a bit more nimble an engaging.
I was searching for reviews on the X5 4.8is, and I found this from the British press:
"With such a huge, flat tread footprint off-road traction is poor, but that would be getting sensible and this is fundamentally a magnificently absurd car"
"8iS customers will probably have a 911 or a Ferrari in the garage as well. The target demographic for this vehicle could loosely be described as the pornographically affluent. Its showy, its excessive, its quite unnecessary. I want one."
LOL. Sounds like my kind of ride. 
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Jeff
X5 4.8is Lemans Blue
E36 M3 LTW, S54 conversion by Bimmerworld
96 3.6 Turbo (Bad Boy)
Lexus GX 470 kid hauler
Past: 997 GT3, Ferrari Modena 360, 997S, 996 GT3, 996 C2 aero, 996 C4S, E36 M3 sedan, S2000
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