Fantastic ride. We've had ours for about 4k miles and it's been great. Better fuel economy than the 3.0 with acceleration closer to the 4.8. A win-win IMO.

The diesel clatter doesn't annoy me because we previously had a VW Golf TDI and Jetta TDI. The X5 is the replacement for the Golf... can't wait to replace the Jetta in a few years.