New gig and an update on my X5

[Ghost-Flame]

I haven't been here in a while and a lot has happened. I spent the first part of the year looking for a corporate type Sales position. Well for some reason no one wants to hire a person with a solid 32 of professional sales experience. I was told in one interview that I was too formal. What's that mean you are too FU$(!nG old?

So in April I gave up and decided to get a job in the luxury car business. Mercedes dealers don't answer or return emails or phone calls, Bmw dealers are nuts, Volvo dealers give you the impression that any moment they are going to disappear, Audi acts like they are doing you a favor. The most impressive operations, bar none, were Infiniti and Lexus. Sharp Sharp Sharp people and product.
I am working for Infiniti. I knew nothing about them... nothing. What an impressive line of luxury cars. For what segments they are in they are among the best when compared to BMW, Lexus, Mercedes and Audi. Aggressive sports and performance handling and overall amazing performance across the entire line.

We just traded a infiniti sedan (I'm still learning the models, this one was retired) that is 10 years old with 200,000 mile. Compare that to what we put up with in the BMWs. The car never never had a repair except brakes, belts, tires, and consumable items.

DEAD SOLID reliability with all the aggressive performance of any luxury sport line of cars. They are gradually getting away from the Nissan platforms and soon in the next 5 years or so the company will be identified as a distinct brand. We are about to get into the higher end and exotic market. So Far I am sold.

I just dumped another $1500 into my beloved X5: 152,100 Oil and Filter Change 5w-40, Replaced crankcase breather system and valve cover because of cracks. 1 ignition coil pack replaced (don’t know which cylinder), New fuel filter. $1600 total.

Original engine and transmission with regular fluid changes at 50,000 intervals. I love this car but too "breaky". every 3 or 4 months its another $1000 to $1500. Altough that is still cheaper than $800 or $900/mo for a new one. lol