Craig, You made the right choice! Believe me.. Ok. Your friends are not wrong about the engine sound.. and a little about how deisel smells but wait to see how the cars accelerates and then we will talk! Also the consumption is pretty good...Its all about torque with this car and especially if make a little engine tuning you will be surprise how easy you can beat a Cayenne S, a Range Rover supercharged... an ML 250... and all the rest.. except Cayenne Turbo..of course...