My 9 months with my '04 4.4i sport was love/hate all the way. Love the ride, the handling, the power, the looks. Hate the ZF transmission. Even before it started slipping and doing the 2-1 slam, its goofy shift points were annoying. Whatever engineer thought plastic lower grilles, plastic mounts for the taillight circuit boards, plastic tabs on the lumbar support switch (and on and on) should have his butt kicked. Traded it yesterday on a Grand Cherokee and I'll never ever think about owning a BMW product again.