Typical California cynic IMO.
I definately won't be running off buying one anytime soon, but seeing myself in a few years, I could see myself in one of these rather than an X5, I've sat in one at the showroom, and quite like the feeling from the drivers seat, whereas in the E70, I feel like I'm up "too high"
Its almost the RRSport to the X5. I like it. Its rear end still looks 1000x better than the garbage in the LCI E90.