Hi everyone - My first post and an exhaust mod questions

[Junbug]

Hi everyone,
have been reading this forum while I was deciding on a used x5 (e53).

I finally pulled the trigger on a 2005 X5 3.0i last week (premium, sport, xenons, park). Liking the way it looks and absoutely loving the way it drives!

When I originally test drove it, I absolutely fell in love with it and started to research a bit and got to this site. What a great site with wealth of information. After I got the car, this site already helped me to reprogramme my spare key!

Unfortunately, after 24 hours of ownership, I was rear ended by a drunk driver. The drunk driver pushed another car into my back end. The damage was not too bad (did not get to my frame or anything), but took away a bit from my new to me car experience.

Now that I have my car at the body shop, I need to get my exhaust replaced. I was thinking about paying the difference and getting the BMW sport exhaust (from the 2005 accessory catalog). Has anyone had any experience with this exhaust system? I don't want anything radical like a Eisenmann race set-up, but I thought it would be a nice touch to my X5 with a sport package. Are these exhaust a waste of money? I understand that the performance gain is minimal with any exhaust, so I am not looking for that, but I figured it might make the X5 sound a little bit better. I did a search and read a lot on the various aftermarket exhaust systems, but nothing came up on the sport silencer set up from the BMW catalog.

Thanks in advance