Many thanks all. I have never driven an X5 for an extended period without the Sport package and what really sold me on my 03 was just how planted it felt. I have owned some nice Sports cars in my day and sold a very nice Audi S4 to get my X. WHile the X5 with Sport package was no S4, it offered a lot more of what I wanted day to day and with the only compromise being the rare times I could truly let the S4 loose.

I think I answered my own question. However clean and well priced the 05 4.4 I am looking at is, it will be a compromise without the Sport package and I will grow tired of it.

David