Mineral Silver X6 50i

[Low Note]

Picked up my X6 5.0 today at SunMotorCars BMW in Mechanicsburg, PA, and drove it straight home to Virginia. Had trouble keeping speed under 75. Very smooth ride inspite of having sport suspension, 19" Michelins and 41/42 PSI nitrogen. Really glad I got the active steering and heads up display. I didn't have to take my eyes off the road anytime even when using navigation. Active steering is amazing inasmuch as it eliminates the differences of steering resistance between slow and fastest speeds. It does not, as some people have mentioned, take steering feel away. Just the opposite, in fact. The new I-drive is terrific, and so much more intuitive than the 2009 model. I also think that the premium HK Logic 7 audio system has been upgraded in the 2010 model year. Vastly improved from the system I auditioned in a 2009 5.0 just two weeks ago..with the same settings.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by Low Note

Picked up my X6 5.0 today at SunMotorCars BMW in Mechanicsburg, PA, and drove it straight home to Virginia. Had trouble keeping speed under 75. Very smooth ride inspite of having sport suspension, 19" Michelins and 41/42 PSI nitrogen. Really glad I got the active steering and heads up display. I didn't have to take my eyes off the road anytime even when using navigation. Active steering is amazing inasmuch as it eliminates the differences of steering resistance between slow and fastest speeds. It does not, as some people have mentioned, take steering feel away. Just the opposite, in fact. The new I-drive is terrific, and so much more intuitive than the 2009 model. I also think that the premium HK Logic 7 audio system has been upgraded in the 2010 model year. Vastly improved from the system I auditioned in a 2009 5.0 just two weeks ago..with the same settings.

Congrats! Post pics when you can.

[Low Note]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Congrats! Post pics when you can.

Thanks for the encouraging words. Will post pics asap, but got to play several concerts over the next few weeks, and want go get one of my National Symphony colleagues to get a photo of my X6 with me wearing my full dress. Such an elegant looking work or art in Mineral Silver.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by Low Note

Thanks for the encouraging words. Will post pics asap, but got to play several concerts over the next few weeks, and want go get one of my National Symphony colleagues to get a photo of my X6 with me wearing my full dress. Such an elegant looking work or art in Mineral Silver.

Mineral silver is great. I like the color.

[cmyX6go]

Congrats!

[Low Note]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Mineral silver is great. I like the color.

I originally ordered my X6 5.0 in Vermillion Red, per suggestion of my dealer. It was indeed very sporty looking. But by chance, I was driving by VOB BMW in Rockville, Maryland two days after I had ordered my vehicle, and thought that I had seen something really beautiful through the windows of their showroom. But didn't know what it was. So I parked, went inside, and saw a 2009 X6 3.5 in Mineral Silver. It was amazing. Truly a work of art. So I immediately called my dealer and changed the color on my order. He was not too excited, but did what I requested. The day that my X6 arrived at my dealer, I got a call from the sales manager telling me that everyone there was going crazy over the Mineral Silver X6, including all walk in customers. This is a color that will not work on a lot of vehicles. Only offered on the 6 series coupes and X6. I have never considered myself to be visually well oriented, but in this case, it was just dumb luck that it worked out.

[Low Note]

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Congrats!

Thank you. Now I have to learn how to drive this thing without getting in trouble with the law. BTW, for what it's worth, the new i-drive is much more intuitive and direct than previous versions, and the 2010 premium Harman Kardon Logic 7 sound system has been improved with the new digital algorithms devised by HK's Lexicon division.

I will post some photos as soon as the weather here and my totally crazy symphony schedule allows.

[Tasker]

Congratulations, hope you enjoy

[KYZRSOSE]

[Low Note]

Originally Posted by Tasker

Congratulations, hope you enjoy

Thank you. I will. They say that when a guy gets to be my age (63), they go out and get a red sports car. I had a red sports car at 40 and hated it. So now I have a huge 4 wheel drive vehicle that drinks fuel and roars when on full throttle. Probably should have bought a Prius. But at a certain time, it makes sense to not make sense. How's that for a justification?