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Old 01-01-2009, 07:05 PM
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I need to clean out the garage...

I can't leave the crappy car outside anymore.
My E90 has a twin. Fraternal twin, that is.

Black Sapphire/Truffle. Premium,Cold,Rear Climate,Xenon Lights,Heated Wheel and Navigation.
I'll take some decent pics tomorrow, its -8º before the wind chill, and we're at the mountain. I took it to a car wash to wash off the "de-icer" and the water froze on the car instantly. oops.

For a non-sport car, I'm pretty impressed with the handling! Taking backroads at 70 and after Shrek, the thing flies. I LOVE the heated steering wheel, and the Panoramic Roof is great. It is replacing our timebomb on wheels VW Touareg with 100K on it.

We bought it from a dealer on the North Shore, and although they bent over pretty readily (8k off ask price on a car they had for 3 days... they wouldn't give me $500 off a leftover E90 last summer) they delivered the car without most of the tools in the back for the spare, no books and one key. CPO anyone? They drove it to our door though, saved 4 hours of driving I'll post more after we log some more miles, so far we've done about 200 miles, and I've already flattened the battery once messing with everything inside. oops.

pics are huge, I reduced them on photobucket and its just gonna take a while...

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Old 01-01-2009, 07:35 PM
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M/D,
congrats on the new X5!
I like the snow tars installed for those fun ME winters, too.

Maybe bigger pics next time...
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PS: what does "CPO" really mean?
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Old 01-01-2009, 07:50 PM
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Congrats!!

Wait until you get the summer tires on it and wind up some of those corners!! Schport mode really sports!
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Old 01-01-2009, 08:01 PM
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M/D,
congrats on the new X5!
I like the snow tars installed for those fun ME winters, too.

Maybe bigger pics next time...
GL,mD

PS: what does "CPO" really mean?
Haha nope, they're the Mich.Energy OEM tires. No Snows, the canadians bought us out of snows, you can't buy 'em if you want 'em! I'll snap a couple good ones (and resize them) tomorrow when its 10º out, but this quick phone pic was rolling upto the mtn.

I'm already working on getting some new rims (bigger...), Its the CFO's daily for a while, but there are some mods in the works

CPO means free money and not worrying about the transmission dying until 12/2011!

PS, anyone have an extra hitch?


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Old 01-01-2009, 08:18 PM
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CPO means free money and not worrying about the transmission dying until 12/2011!
So you think Wait until your claim(s) are denied.
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Old 01-01-2009, 08:37 PM
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Not just because you got denied means everybody else does. I guess I lucked out, mine has superb management and will always try the no out of pocket route first.
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Old 01-01-2009, 09:16 PM
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I've dealt with Audi, and with that I would agree, but BMW has been very good to me so far (the only problems have been with people whose parents were first cousins at the dealer damaging my car) It will probably be traded or retired to camp duty before we get to the point of the transmission dying anyway.
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Old 01-01-2009, 09:38 PM
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