JCL, forgot to tell you, I managed to take a 2004 3.0 X3 manual for a rip, an dwow is that EVER more enjoyable over the automatic!!!!!
I bet your model is even MORE fun.
Good call on your purchase,

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I swear, my cars are like a girlfriend.
Sometimes its a rough ride, sometimes its smooth motorin'.
Sometimes she doesnt like how i treat her and sometimes i dont like how she behaves.
BUT at the end of the day, she loves it when I am inside her.

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'91 850i
'05 X5 4.4i
'09 Clubman S