After 7 years, the X5 is gone!

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Well after 7 years with my X5, I said goodbye over the weekend! It had been relatively good to me without anything TOO crazy that went wrong with it, but with 110,000 miles on it and little occassional signs of pending parts failures I decided it was time. I backed up my driveway a few weeks ago and smelled burnt transmission fluid and then all I could think about is replacing it. I also had a little laundry list of things I needed to do soon like suspension stuff, window regulators, tail lights, cooling system, etc. and after adding it all up it didn't make sense for me to invest that kind of money into an 11 year old vehicle. It was still sad though, and my friends were totally shocked when I told them how old it was because it was so clean. Not exaggerating when I say people literally thought it was 2-3 years old!

So I moved onto a little less exciting ride, but infinitely more practical for me and has tons more technology and efficiency. I looked into the new 328, the A4, the S60, and the IS, but I ended up going with an Acura TSX with technology package. I got an incredibly good deal on it, and they gave me far more than I anticipated on my trade in for the X5.

Anyways, here's a final parting shot from the day I drove the different cars along with some fun pictures from adventures in the X, and two of the new ride too.