X5 E53 vs X3 E83

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Look CLOSELY at the interior pics. Your missing the Frankenstein part I noticed.

The gear shift? They were all black on the '04s. And while those door panels look WAY beige.... that has GOT to be sunlight, yes?

[Crowz]

Grey seats, grey console, beige dash, beige door panels.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by upallnight

Only PORSCHE can sell a stripped down car at a Higher Price than one with more options. RS America comes to mind.

Or in the current millennium the 991 based 911R. Be ready to fork over close to $500K with zero options.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Grey seats, grey console, beige dash, beige door panels.

I think you're seeing evening sun there. Here, for instance, the dash looks more like its true color. But the light grey doors are reflecting that warm sunlight just behind the car.



The same thing is happening to this cloud which is almost certainly not actually yellow:

[amancuso]

I prefer the facelift e83 interior. :-P

[PropellerHead]

There's a solid chance it was hit- or at least resprayed. The bar code is no longer present behind the plate and the tow hitch cover is missing. Solid clues not only to work, but *cheap* work at that:

[Crowz]

This guy seems to be rolling them thru his home based car biz. Only had one review on google and it was 1 star and the poster had this in the comment about it "Only one star because you cant do negative stars. Buyer beware! "

Were skipping this one

Plenty more to go look at so far. Wasn't much available so far this year but this month there are a ton showing up.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by amancuso

I prefer the facelift e83 interior. :-P

So do I.

But I much prefer the M54 to the N52 (maintenance/reliability wise) so we went with a pre-LCI car. Besides, with the M package vehicles, VERY little changed on the exterior.

[amancuso]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

So do I.

But I much prefer the M54 to the N52 (maintenance/reliability wise) so we went with a pre-LCI car. Besides, with the M package vehicles, VERY little changed on the exterior.

I hear you. The N52 engines are pretty good, no oil consumption issues, but difference with the water pump etc.. I had 2 128i's and they were great.