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Originally Posted by 4.8isX5
I like how people like to talk shit here, especially younger people with these cars like me... Is it jelousy?
I agree with you if they arent paying for it and say they drive it and other stuff.
In my case i do everything from maintainance/insurance/$ to buy it/etc, on both my cars...
You guys say the X isnt a sports/weekend car well it can be especially if its the 4.6 or 4.8is, 3.0/4.4 i would agree.
And why did i buy a x5 4.8is? For the reason of it had loads of power and fast, fit and finish, and the options i wanted, like factory airbags, mean look of it, etc.
Yeah in 19 in a 4.8is, i would have got an m3 or m5, but i wanted something more "under" the radar cause ive had trouble with the cops too much where i am, not a car you associate with hs/college people, yet it can dish out a can of whoop ass on most.
And lastly i care very much about my car and what kind i drive, feel of it, power, etc, if i cared about gas mileage i would have got a 3 cylinder geo metro and been done.
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you can have any car at any age - i've seen older men with salt and pepper in their hair driving the proverbial civics, and young kids driving ferrari (was it a valet kid behind a wheel???)...
the mankind has been around for a few millenia, and it is rather an accepted common stereotype that a younger person has not had a chance to establish himself/herself stable enough to afford an item that commands a higher entrance fee, and with age, it is assumed that a wisdom has been purchased in exchange for years gone...
the only jealousy that i will admit to is not the fact that somebody is driving a german car, or a BMW, or a 4.8iS - I would be jealous about your age, you are 19, and everything is ahead of you... but, i traded my age for the knowledge of things - at 19 i was young and stupid... now i am not as young and... well, not that smart after all...
the OP has had his V8 X5 since this past september and has realized that the vehicle is draining his financial means in exchange for the benefits that he finds not so valuable for the price he is paying... the fact that he is 19 only means that his maximum purchasing power is probably (!) ahead of him and now this car is dragging him back...
it has been suggested that he steps away from the vehicle in favor of a more affordable vehicle, and at the same time not to sacrifice the most basic safety features that we are all accustomed in these cars...
or, he can stay in the car, and keep it in the garage/driveway/parking lot because he got no money to put gas in it...
I would suggest to either park the car for long term storage (not a good thing, the car will age twice as fast), and get a decent daily driver, or bleed the money through the teeth and feed the beast until the car will eat you alive... figuratively speaking... lol...
well, better yet, let it go - the beast is too hungry to feed...