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[Houston Imola 4.6is]

Howdy Y'all... just bought our my first BMW for the Wife to drive... Imola 4.6is... should get it in a week or so. Looking forward to it... It was our compromise. I wanted a '02-'03 M5, she didn't want a sedan. We have a new baby (our second) coming in 1 month so the M3 wouldn't be so practical, although we now have a 2 year old that has spent some time in the back of her RX-8. Needed something a smidge bigger and spotted the 4.6 in the lot while we were re-examining M3s. Didn’t really think she would have gone for a 4-door, but apparently SUVs (SAVs) didn’t count. She immediately was drawn to the color and the look. I have always loved the look, but we already had one SUV so we didn’t consider another… until we drove it.

I have always had a BMW on my next buy list, just took a little longer to get one than I thought it would. Have been around them most of my driving career. My best friend had multiple classic 2002s in highschool, inluding one tii with IMSA flares. His Dad collected cars and had M5s, M technique 3s, 5s & 7 series and a mint M1 (I think it had a Group 4 motor in it). We would take out his cars on the weekends instead of going to the same old parties. Not too many people can say they have gone 160 in a M1 on Woodward Ave outside Detroit... Since then I knew I would eventually get a BMW.
Anyways...



This site looks great. I have a ’95 Toyota Land Cruiser and frequent ih8mud.com for all needs, mods to fixes. Haven’t come across a site as helpful until I started looking for X5 sites. This one is great as well and look forward to a long relationship.

[UCrewX5]

Congrats on a getting great X5, and :xoutpost:

Let the mods begin

[Houston Imola 4.6is]

Grose Ile huh... I had a college roomate at Albion from there. Forgot his name... graduated HS in 1988 or 1989. I just moved from Royal Oak to Houston 3 years ago. How are things in the Motor city? As bad as I have heard?

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by Houston Imola 4.6is

Grose Ile huh... I had a college roomate at Albion from there. Forgot his name... graduated HS in 1988 or 1989. I just moved from Royal Oak to Houston 3 years ago. How are things in the Motor city? As bad as I have heard?

The MI economy as a whole could be better, but overall I still love this area of the country. I lived here from 93 until 2000, and moved to the Chicago area from 2000 to the end of 2003. Moved back to Grosse Ile because this was "home" and where I wanted my kids to finish their middle school and high school years.

[ravenheart]

Originally Posted by Houston Imola 4.6is

Grose Ile huh... I had a college roomate at Albion from there. Forgot his name... graduated HS in 1988 or 1989. I just moved from Royal Oak to Houston 3 years ago. How are things in the Motor city? As bad as I have heard?

We live in Huntington Woods (small sleepertown adjacent to Royal Oak, for general reference). I love the area, and Royal Oak has just about anything.

I only lived here for a year - I moved here from Denmark - but as mentioned the MI economy is not doing too well. (Luckily?) my wife got transfered to Chicago - so we are about to leave. House prices in Huntington Woods is starting to drop now, and twice as many houses are on the market this year, than last - so things could definatly be better. We are not going to get caught with two house-payments, as we get a buyout, but friends of ours cant sell their house so they are probably moving back soon. Its a shame, but Detroit is definatly not doing well.

On a more cheerful note - this year will be the first time I get to see the Dream Cruise on Woodward

[YankeeBimmer]

Congrats and Welcome!

[benathon]

Imola Red and Estroil Blue are my two favorite colors...

[4.6is Ryder]

You obviously have X-cellent taste.:xoutpost: Glad to see another person from H-Town on the board.............Phil

[Cesar.Imola4.6I]

yes, welcome, that makes about 5 from Houston.