X6 Sighting on the 101

[jaba]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3AXBZ6N0
part 1

[palbay]

I live in the Upstate area of SC.I ended up last week behind a red X6 on I-85.The car left the BMW Plant exit and headed north on I-85.The car seemed almost to be a final production model.The only camo tape was on the BMW logo's and there was no badging on the car.The driver seemed to be fiddling w/ something on the steering wheel.I pulled up alongside the car on the interstate.The driver seemed not to feel like he needed to shake me from looking.The car is absolutely 1,000% better looking in person than any of the just released BMW beauty shots.The car exited into the City of Spartanburg and I dropped off behind him to see where he was going.I got beside the X6 at a traffic light and held up an "X" with my hands and then 6 fingers.The driver had a huge smile on his face and gave me a big thumbs up!Since I drive an X3 maybe he felt I was extended family.A lot of these test drivers around town are not nearly as friendly.The driver ended up pulling into a shopping center and going to a Marble Slab Creamery.He parked the X6 in kinda of a secluded space somewhat behind the shopping center.I should have gotten out and stuck my nose in the window.I guess I did not want to push my luck.The X6 is a beautiful machine in person.It appears smaller than dimensions would make you believe.I should have snapped a few pics but did not.The X6 was the 3.0 TT(round exhaust-black front kidney grill).The car did have huge staggered tires and the V-8 X5 style wheels-looked very sharp! My neighbor works at the plant and told me BMW has been producing production X6's for about the last two weeks.Up until the Xmas break for the plant,approx 12 production X6's were being produced each day,after the Xmas break production will go to 20 X6's per day in Jan.The first 1,500 or so production X6's will be stored and shipped to dealers at once around the official launch date.My neighbor confirmed "M" versions of both the X5 and X6.No timetable was given for the "M" versions.I'll keep my eyes open and ears to the ground.Thanks.

[jaba]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QM5YZY3W

Part 2

[LeMansX5]

Nice! That looks like a TT 3.5 in Tasman. Sounds like you guys had fun.

[jimi]

it looks very well

good job BMW

my dealer here in Bulgaria told me that they will start to make orders for x6 from the midle of january and it will be here in may.

I cant wait

[janisX5]

Originally Posted by jaba

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QM5YZY3W

Part 2

Is any way to see it without subscribing?

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by janisX5

Is any way to see it without subscribing?

You don't need to subscribe to anything to view it. Just need to wait the obligatory 45 seconds until the download starts.

[Bimmer360]

Originally Posted by jaba

Pardon the language in the videos when they get posted. We were speaking in our native tongue.

hahaha...filipinos.

[jaba]

Originally Posted by Bimmer360

hahaha...filipinos.

Hahaha, noticed our stiff tongues when we speak ey (besides the language)? Yup LeMans we did have a lot of fun. I mean seeing that car was an adrenaline rush and kept me awake for the 1.5 hours of our 13 hour trip from SF to OC (shopping and meal times included) considering I had only 4 hours of sleep prior to the trip back.

Going back to the car. The lines of this car really flowed beautifully. My impressions about the b pillar portion of the car changed when I saw it as I was running side by side to it. Makes the E53 look dated. There were two persons in the car, the driver and some blonde fox on the passenger seat. I couldn't get my sister to get a better video because lighting was really poor but these 2 videos were the best among those that she was able to take before she ran out of memory.

If you guys want to me to post the rest of the videos, let me know. Most of of them are from behind the X so I didn't bother. I did wish though that I caught X6 earlier in the day when there was more light. Overall, I'm looking forward to start seeing X6's running or being road tested.

[Bimmer360]

Originally Posted by jaba

Hahaha, noticed our stiff tongues when we speak ey (besides the language)?

you speak pretty good english actually. Im a pinoy myself from Mandaluyong, where u from originally? BTW, i noticed when you are next to the X6, the guy applied the brakes, did he ever notice you guys filming it?