A re-introduction of sorts...and a new to me E70

[Alan Smithee]

Yikes...giving up an E30 M3 and E39 M5, two of the best BMWs ever built (and by the looks of things ever TO BE built)...for an X5?! Are you sure you know what you are doing?

[Eric Giles]

Originally Posted by Alan Smithee

Yikes...giving up an E30 M3 and E39 M5, two of the best BMWs ever built (and by the looks of things ever TO BE built)...for an X5?! Are you sure you know what you are doing?

Yes, I am quite sure of what I am doing. This isn't my first 'rodeo' in the BMW world and although I do understand where you are coming from when you say that, to me it's time to move on right now. This is my second E30 M3 that I have owned, and I already know that at some point I will probably own another one-then again maybe not. Fact is, the M3 just sits and hardly ever gets driven. It needs to go to someone that will use it more than I have been the last couple of years.

As far as the M5 goes, well its a superb car-but in the end its just an E39 with a powerful motor. I am 6'8" and really need something easier to get in and out of-plus I need more interior room. I don't have room for three BMW's, much less four, so some of them have to go. I'm keeping my '87 325is because me and a friend pretty much did a semi-full restoration of it 3 years ago and I just cannot part with it. I will always have at least one E30 around-it's the model that got me into BMW's in the first place.

The E70 X5 is a perfect fit for me all around and I won't be regretting my decision.

[Richard in NC]

The good news is the 4.8 is a good motor too. I had a 650i and a 550i with it. It just doesn't have the high RPM (above 6K) pull that the E39 M5 has. Of course the X5 has a lot more weight too.