good write up! I also enjoy going to my dealer and mentally dominating the salesmen into letting me do as I please. (as any consumer should who is in the market to spend 60-90k on anything) Cant say I have driven the x5m, which is probably a good thing as I would surely be out 1700 a month or so if I had
Also drove a stripped 35i with a salesman just to see the progress of the v6 and thought it was cool but did not put a grin on me the way my 4.8 did back in 07. (the day I picked it up I will never forget, along with the day my ma picked up her 330ci in 2003...our first bimmer! funny side note I took off of school that day like it was some kind of holiday lol My mom even told the CA it was better than christmas in my eyes lol I was 16) Anyways I am leaning towards a 50i. Thought I wanted change but....if I could swing the 85k for a new cayenne s...I would..well prolly buy the x5m lol So looks like I am destined to get another v8 white x5 with brown interior lol