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Originally Posted by deutsch100
Congrats, and welcome to the Board. A 1996 M3 is a great classic M3...love the body style, and pure driving performance!
12-14 mpg for a LX470 isn't that bad, considering the weight and height of that car. Without sounding flip, do you think you're going to get much more with the X5? He he
You had a 318ti? For some reason I always loved that little hatchback, even though most Americans kind of shunned it. I still think it's cool in it's own way... I wanted one SO bad in 1995/96!! Freude an Fahren!
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I _hope_ to average 19 mpg with the X5. If I do, that would represent just under 50% savings. At 18,000 miles per year and $4.55/gal. the annual savings are greater than $2100 per year. But to be clear the move wasn't primarily for fuel economy.
In the end it was the combination of poor fuel economy, high-mileage, outdated feature set, and high expected maintenance costs over the next 15000 miles that made me go the route I did. Oh, and did I mention I really enjoy driving BMWs?
Thanks for the compliments on the M3 and 318ti. I love my M3 and plan to drive it for many, many more miles. The 318ti was the ///M version (not motor, but body and interior styling) and it belonged to my wife. We got rid of that when we picked up the '01 X5. It was a very nice car and I too enjoyed the styling and performance.
Thanks for the kind welcome to the board!