New E53 Owner

[GABRIEL]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Congrats on finding a manual, and welcome to the Board!
There are only a handful of us here with the 5 spd.

You will find the highway cruising rpms to be considerable,
but the trans is fun, imo.
GL, mD

PS: nice sled, too!

I have a 2006 with a 6SPD, I special order my when I was stationed in Germany, I have sport, primium, dvd, nav, xenon, and towing pakage, I was going to trade it for an M3, but I think i will keep it and get the M3 next year

[LudjakR1]

Originally Posted by GABRIEL

I have a 2006 with a 6SPD, I special order my when I was stationed in Germany, I have sport, primium, dvd, nav, xenon, and towing pakage, I was going to trade it for an M3, but I think i will keep it and get the M3 next year

It wouldnt hurt the 3.0 to have 6 speed, but it would be much slower and crusing at 80mph i do about 21mpg and if i have to pass someone pulls hard enough.

I really like your set up, but then again thats big money i only paid 9k for mine. But down the road Ill upgrade to a newer one.

I owned e36 M3 and e46 m3 almost went back to it but then this x5 popped up i couldnt say no to manual and price.

[cdowd]

I was in the same boat as you last fall. I found an '03 Black on Tan 5 speed in very good condition for about the same money. I wound up putting a clutch in it, but I love the truck. Mine has the tow package and it really does pull a trailer very well. I was coming out of a '08 4 door wrangler, and this is a much nicer truck.

congrats.
Chris