No autotailgate for early 2008's

[evo_s4]

Originally Posted by chonko

How much did you pay for the ML550?

MSRP for the car was right at $60K, and i got around $57K with these option PII pkg, trailer hitch and CD changer. PII pkg included the following-
DVD Navigation,
Rear View Camera,
Hands-Free Communication System,
Rear audio controls,
SIRIUS Satellite Radio,
Harman/kardon LOGIC7® system,
Power liftgate,
Auto-dimming mirrors,
Power Steering Column and Memory Seat Function,
Power-folding mirror,
Headlamp washing system,
Bi-Xenon Active Curve-illuminating Headlamps,
Corner-illuminating foglamps
and with the AMG pkg standard I think its a better value

[chonko]

Originally Posted by evo_s4

MSRP for the car was right at $60K, and i got around $57K with these option PII pkg, trailer hitch and CD changer. PII pkg included the following-
DVD Navigation,
Rear View Camera,
Hands-Free Communication System,
Rear audio controls,
SIRIUS Satellite Radio,
Harman/kardon LOGIC7® system,
Power liftgate,
Auto-dimming mirrors,
Power Steering Column and Memory Seat Function,
Power-folding mirror,
Headlamp washing system,
Bi-Xenon Active Curve-illuminating Headlamps,
Corner-illuminating foglamps
and with the AMG pkg standard I think its a better value

That is a good deal, and the ride looks stunning.
Hope are you enjoying it?

[scoobydoo]

Guys you have it pretty good over there! Where I live this car would touch $140k

[evo_s4]

Originally Posted by chonko

That is a good deal, and the ride looks stunning.
Hope are you enjoying it?

So far everything is great, I really wanted the X5 but price wise the 4.8 is not worth too me and with it not having no autotailgate was a killed for me as i needed a SUV by end of this year(third child on the way)

[jkish]

Originally Posted by evo_s4

So far everything is great, I really wanted the X5 but price wise the 4.8 is not worth too me and with it not having no autotailgate was a killed for me as i needed a SUV by end of this year(third child on the way)

Can you contrast the ride, handling, performance of the 550 vs. the 4.8?

I'm in the market for a replacment for our 02 4.4 X5 and have somewhat turned off by the problem reports and high prices for the latest model. We really like the way the X drives and previous MLs always seemed too soft for our taste.

[jamesboags]

Is this an X5 forum ?

[jamesboags]

Originally Posted by marcx5

even though the 2008 x5 will be a great car.... seems like BMW really screwed up this time and is lacking on the features that people want. i agree with the post above about adjustable ride height being a pet peeve... makes no sense.... it's an SUV... freaking put it in there!!

Get over it already ! Move on... see your therapist.

[golfer4life]

Originally Posted by jamesboags

Is this an X5 forum ?

+1 I was just going to say that.

It's one thing to go into the E70 forum and complaint and bash the car that you actually own.

But to do it without having actually owning one, I think is a little bit out of line.

[motordavid]

I'm going back to Therapy:
no automatic tailgate is offered...
the sun may not come up tomorrow.

[mcgrady]

What's with the fixation on automatic tailgate?...

If it was something like touchscreen navi, BUILT IN 6 CD CHANGER. Even Mercury and Hyundai have magically figured out how to put 6 CD's in the dash...

That's my pet peeve