I can totally relate, Kevin.. I felt awful when I had to give up the X5... I still think about it every day! It wasn't easy.. My mom thinks that I'm crazy for being so emotional about a car, but I guess she doesn't understand that to many people a car is more than just transportation. Cars and driving are a passion of mine, and the X5 was one of my dream cars. I never in a million years thought my parents would actually buy me one, but they did. It was my first car, and so it had sentimental value. I love my 330, but it isn't the same. Lately, though, I've been kind of glad that I don't have to fill the X5! It's expensive enough to fill the tank in the 330, which is pretty small. Gas around here is between $3.02-$3.20 a gallon for 87 octane!

Today was a good day because my friend drove his mom's X5 to school. She drives an '03 3.0i... She beats the crap out of it, too.. She runs it on 87 octane and it's way overdue for an oil change.. But he let me drive it a little which was cool... I love driving X5s!

Anyway.. Don't feel too bad, you'll have another car you love that much down the line.

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