Maybe she'll change. My wife insisted on ordering them with the X5. She'd had the on her Jeep GC and already liked them. She's 5' 2" and feels better with them.

I personally didn't care for them on the Jeep and not on the X5 as I have to step over them.

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2007 X5 3.0 si Black 'n Tan
2004 Boxster S Black 'n Tan
1970 914-6 Black 'n Tan