Hi! New member... =)

[xchichard]

Hello, xoutpost!

I've been lurking here for a VERY long time. (Probably since January?) I got my 2005 E53 X5 3.0i on the last day of February. You know, your plain-Jane variety; nothing special. I bought it with 41K mi on the clock, $24K CPO. (AMAZING, I know!) I've put 10K miles since then, mostly because I commute 80 miles a day to and from my co-op job. I have to say, it's so much fun to drive; even much more so than my dad's '07 Q7 3.6!

Speaking of co-op, I was initially going to use the money I made from co-op to get the aero kit and some OEM wheels. But two powerful typhoons hit my parents' homeland (the Philippines), and so now my money's going to rebuild my grandmother's home, as well as my aunt's home, so the mods are going to have to wait. As you'll see, my car has some bruises... I don't think they detract any from its beauty.

Still, in the future I'd like to get a nice exhaust kit, some nice 20" OEM wheels, and the aero kit. Maybe I'll lower it a bit too; I don't like the body lean when I'm on on-ramps. I'd also like to convert the headlamps to HID, and maybe change the steering wheel to an M-sport. This is all wishful thinking, of course; I won't be out of school for another 3-4 years.

Without further ado...