1- 90+% of our driving is 55mph or better so I really want a clean diesel for the highway mileage. On a typical 40+ mile run into town our old 4.4i got about 18-20mpg. The 35d got 27mpg on the same run.

2- We keep our vehicles 10-20 years (barring an accident) so we order them custom built to our non-standard specs. For example, we will not get the "Technology package" because in 10-20 yrs the NAV etc. will look antique. Besides we're old fashioned and use paper maps that we can read while not in the car (and write on).

Funf Dreisig