ORDERED: FULLY LOADED 2011 X5 3.5 Diesel...

[Epacy]

Originally Posted by anzer

and that thing will have 0-60 in around 6.4sec ... just a fraction of a sec slower than current 4.8i ..but it will have 600nM of torque and 225kw on tap ... therefore real world in-motion performance will be somewhere between the current 4.8 and new 50i I suspect .. then again we will pay something like $135k AUD (which is about $120k USD in todays exchange rate) to get one on the road

you guys are SOO lucky with pricing !!! If I was in the US I'd have the X5M in a flash, with change left for secondhand Boxster I suspect ...

You don't understand exchange rates. It's not a direct swap on car prices.

[Thunder22]

@inlacal - you spent $1500 on gas in a year and you're buying an $80k vehicle? By my math that's not even 30 tanks of gas in a year... kind of a waste of money isn't it?

[LeMansX5]

80k diesel. You can pick a gently used X5 ///M for that price.

Good color choice. Post pics when you get it.

[Epacy]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

80k diesel. You can pick a gently used X5 ///M for that price.

Good color choice. Post pics when you get it.

That's not a bad idea at all!

[inlacal]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

80k diesel. You can pick a gently used X5 ///M for that price.

Good color choice. Post pics when you get it.

NOT a bad price with 4k miles...Too bad it is Silverstone Metallic...I've attached a screenshot of its options.

[inlacal]

A case can be made that anything that you do not 'need' is a waste. So, in that vein, this is a waste. Especially since I will only be keeping it for two to three years...This is a 'want'.

Originally Posted by Thunder22

@inlacal - you spent $1500 on gas in a year and you're buying an $80k vehicle? By my math that's not even 30 tanks of gas in a year... kind of a waste of money isn't it?

[anzer]

We'll do less than 5000 miles per year in our X5 35d .. its more about a 'like' than a utility way of getting from A to B different for everyone I suppose ..