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Originally Posted by ard
Hardly. The right tool for the job.... I have an X5 for 'SUV work'. I have an M5 daily driver, and a modded 996Turbo for fun. And a 4x4 truck (Ford turbodiesel) when you need a real truck.
"Which X5 to buy" depends entirely on "what other cars do you have" and "how do you plan on using the X5"
OP- 'trouble finding diesel'??? Not sure where that comes from.... I live in CA too, from the bay area to stockton to oregon to Tahoe- never an issue finding diesel
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Hey Ard, thanks for your input.
My other car is an Aston Martin Vantage. My X5 is my daily driver - seems the older I get the more and more I appreciate the BMW comfort seats!
As far as the Diesel goes, my issues with it are pulling into any old gas station and knowing I can get gas - not saying it is a major issue, but a point against the diesel.
I have also read of folks complaining about lag with the diesel. Again I haven't driven it so I cannot objectively say if this is an issue for me personally.
Of course the MPG the Diesel gets is very nice. Even if dollars aren't an issue not having to fill up so often is nice.
I do know that I like the performance of my 4.8. It has a nice "get up and go" and I don't think I want to sacrifice that. The 5.0 is the one that is calling to me - though the 35 seems like it might be a compromise.
I'm going to (try to) stay objective and drive each of them for sure, but part of the fun of this thread was to speculate and get people thoughts based on their experiences and their thoughts
Interesting that so far in the poll, the Diesel is in the lead followed by the 5.0