Thank you, brocks. Mineral Silver is only available (so far) on 6 series and X6. I am not sure if it would work well on 3,5,7 X3 or even X5. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the X6 is that it is built by Americans. Goes to show that we can still do it as well or better than anyone else. BTW, I am going to be up in your neck of the woods tomorrow, driving to Long Pond, PA to have my bassoon repaired. Used to be a very boring 4 hour trip. I think that this time it will be a bit faster and not at all boring.