Originally Posted by Bayerische E53

As I said, I don't care too much about power. Unless you're going off-road (whether in the woods or racing), it is my opinion that big power is really unnecessary. Look at the big AMG MLs and the X5/6 M/// - who needs that kind of power to cart the kids/wife/groceries around? Plus, you need special equipment and a degree in nuclear engineering to do anything more complex than a god damned oil change. It's not my thing. As I said before, TO ME, simplicity is more important than power. Not hating on anyone with the "big" cars (except the people who buy them for the simple fact of saying "look how much power I have." Lame and unimpressive.) ... it's just not my cup of tea.



Very good post. This is all true.




I agree with everything you just posted. It's the consumer rather than the car companies that is sending traditional things to the way side. I mean, let's get real here - the new BMWs have the ability to "tweet" from the iDrive. Get fuckin' real, will ya? Look at BMW's current customer-base majority - it's comprised mainly of the new generation of kids and soccer moms with nothing to do but gossip on facebook and twitter. What do you think BMW is going to do? They gotta out-sell Audi!

Seriously, I'm still trying to find the importance and need of a 500hp, 5,000lbs luxury SUV. Even more difficult to find is the importance of a transmission that allows that very SUV to shift in 150 miliseconds. The consumer loves saying "I laugh at your car...my SUV does 0-60 in 4.2 seconds - with a standard manual it would only do it in 4.5 seconds!" Again, I respectfully state the following rhetorical statement/question: "Get fuckin' real, will ya?"

People love showing off how tech-savvy they are, how cutting-edge they are, how cool their "stuff" is, how powerful their engines are, and how fast their transmissions are. In my opinion, these types of people are on the cutting-edge of showing off and fucking about ... that's all.

Yeah, I'm an old fart - so?

Again, not hating on the "big" cars. The X5M, for instance, is a stellar truck. It's just too much bling-bling and complexity for me.



Depends. Manual 3.0s were rated at 6,000lbs. I also believe that the Facelift autos got bumped up to 6,000lbs as well. You are correct, however, that the pre-facelift 3.0s were rated at 5,000lbs. Never the less, I towed my 5,000+lbs trailer with my pre-facelift 3.0 without incident over the course of 15,000 miles or so. The weight limitation on these cars is underrated.