Does the x5 get looks or attract attention??

[barbja]

We turned the head of a guy in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo about a month ago. More than a 90 pan as he drove by. Get out!

His was about the same color as my PG. Perhaps he was wishing he had such a stylin' car as mine .

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by jeep

Nice to see another Big Red fan on the board It's the right car for the weather up there

ahh are you a fellow cornellian? if you come up to cornell, i have two friends each with black 4.8is, we can do a mini xoutpost meet

[MPowerFarmer]

Now that is murdered out on 214s it does, now I have to decide if I want to paint the calipers bright green...

[rh71]

- today a couple guys in their 20s were staring at me at the train station as they were stopped in traffic
- last year another guy at the gas station asked me what year mine was as he checked it out
- other male SUV drivers do look once in a while, the women couldn't care less - and other E70 owners - sometimes I wonder if they even know if they're driving the same car, they just go on about their day.
- and I definitely still stare at it

Depends how much you do it up from stock as there are a ton out there already. I still don't even see that many with 214 wheels - definitely not even 1 in 10.

[BGM]

Originally Posted by JCL

It did in 2001, and 2002, when it was a new concept. When I bought my E53 in 2003, that had pretty much ended, unless I was driving up-country in an area with no BMW dealers.

Same here---bought mine in '01 and people couldn't believe BMW had an SUV. Now, all X5's are dime a dozen. Let's be honest, unless you are rollin' in a Bugatti this topic is over.

[4.6is Ryder]

The biggest question I would get would be regarding the tires....people wanted to know why I put race tires on it. Those 87's wrapped in 315's were hella sweet......Phil

[jeep]

Originally Posted by Naz24

ahh are you a fellow cornellian? if you come up to cornell, i have two friends each with black 4.8is, we can do a mini xoutpost meet

Yeah, did grad school there. The mini xoutpost meet sounds cool though I will probably not be driving from Cali

BTW, on the topic itself, I do get occasional stares but no-one has approached me. As someone said, unless you are rolling in a Bugatti, Lambo, Ferrari etc., even Porsche's don't count out here in California, the topic is pretty much over.

[BMWREXPENSIVE]

Gonna irritate a lot of people with this, but I think the V8 and the sport activity with the fender flares and staggered 20" wheels look awesome. Otherwise X5s with stock 19" wheels and no flares look very very plain.

[GAM3OVR]

For looks I'd get a Range Rover Sport, or Porsche Cayenne.

[nom3rcy]

I get compliments on it, usually about how much better it looks than other X5s, and they ask if I have any exhaust mods (I don't).

Removal of the roof rack and lowering it, as well as keeping it extremely clean, makes it stand out in a crowd.

Just leaving the grocery store tonight, I started it up in the parking lot and a Grand Cherokee owner did a double, triple, then quadruple take as I drove away, then was looking at it driving down the street when he caught up to me. Must like em