Opinions on Grayson in Knoxville, TN?
 

After looking at the VW Touareg, Volvo XC90, and X5, I'm leaning toward the X5 - especially after experiencing the AARP-esque ride of the Volvo. So, I'm looking for any experiences or information related to Grayson in Knoxville - specifically, the service department.

Are they fair and easy to deal with? Quick? Do they do good work? Will they talk to me like I'm stupid because I have the XX chromosome? If I order a part, will they call me when it comes in rather than me having to call them after three weeks of no communication only to find out that it's been there for two weeks? (Pet peeve.)

Thanks for any and all info - praises, gripes, or musings. :)

Welcome Linz-

Anything you need to know about an X5 can be found here...

Crib notes:

E53 = The X5 up through the 2006 model year
E70 = The X5 from 2007 forward
E83 = The X3

Watch out for the crazies...;)

If I were you I would not buy the X5, nor any of the other SUV's in your list. With the price of gas, I would just stick with the micro-cycle you have in your avatar :nanana: !

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Do lots of searches and ask lots of questions. We're here to help.

Don't listen to CGSTL, we don't. :rofl: Just kidding Chris :hug: It's one of those shot out of a cannon mornings. :dunno:

Go for the X5. I LOVE my E70. You won't regret it.

Can't help with the dealer info but Welcome to the World :wavey:

Hey mD - another one of them wimmen folk..

Can't help you on your dealership... but wise choice on the car.

Welcome to the board, by the way.

Juan

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After nearly five years on ADVRider, I should be primed to handle just about anything. :)

Thanks for the welcome, all.

You will find this site to be an amazing resource. When you start to narrow down the model you are looking for, post your questions in the model specific forums. Oh, and make sure to post funny/off topic stuff in the Lounge ;) You are going to love it here, and we have several regular female posters to make you feel right at home.

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:goodluck: with the search!

Welcome, ML!

Hey, you like all the stuff I do!

As noted above, this Board is an amazing source of info/help/ideas/answers to about an question one has, car or
any topic. However, I'm no help on that specific Stlr.

Are you looking there in KVille at new or used? Different
categories and different ideas will pour at you, depending on
your category.

We are 90 miles east and 4,000 feet higher in lil'Waynesville,NC.

Riding, huh?! Great part of the country, imo.
Welcome to The Board.
Best Regards, motordavid

I'm looking used, '04-'06, and I've found a couple in town that look decent, so I'll give them a squint sometime this week when I have time. Mostly, my intention is to haul myself (5'3"), the man-friend (6'), and our gigantic one-year old in his gigantic carseat. Spending a lot of time in the mountains, good twisties handling is a plus, and I'd like a wee bit of offroad capability for forest roads and geocaching excursions. However, the bulk of my driving will be around-town mommy-mobiling and a few interstate treks. Dirt-bike towing will also come into play.

MD - Do you know Rick ("Yellow Wolf") who used to ride the yellow Goldwing all over Hell's half acre? He's in Waynesville. Nice area.

Love those motos...

ML,
Good year(s) to be looking, as most will still be under oem warranty &
maintenance program, and/or under a Stlr slapped on CPO warranty.

I would avoid private sales, unless the oem warranty is still ticking, you
"can run the key" for history, and it's really a good buy.

When you come upon sorted down possibilites, if you are curious for
opins, toss the details of the suspects up here and you'll get some
2Cts.

We love our old '01 3.0, 5 spd manual Sport, for western NC driving
and haulazz trips back to NJ/NY to see the Kidz. Sport may be worth
a look for you, espc. in driving eastern TN/western NC, etc. A tad
stiffer ride, but handling is heads above the std suspension.

As for towing, you will get a lot of opins: some tow with the 3.0 and
some cheer on the 4.4 V8. If you aren't pulling a big boat, the 3.0
seems to be adequate for towing...some simply prefer the V8 and the
highway mpg is not hugely diff. In town, the 3.0 does better, mpg-wise.

I've seen a guy a few times up at The Gap, who can ride a yellow wing
better than 95% of the sling shot riders can ride, but I've never met the
guy. I even tossed up a YouTube vid of his on this board. Waynesville isn't
NYC, so I'm surprised I haven't actually met him...hmmm.

We are at 5,000 just above Laurel Ridge CC and overlooking the town. We love it,
though we do "winter" here in SW, FL.

Nice corner shot! My seldom done knee touching days are over; I've become quite
mortal at 60+ yrs. old, lol!

Good luck on your hunt and keep it under a hundred twenty and between the ditches!
GL,mD

That'd be him. Really good guy. :)

I used to be in the faster 5%, but post-child and out of practice, I doubt I could hold him for three corners. He sold the Goldwing and now has a first-gen SV, if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks for all the info - I'll get the particulars and seek further opinion when I get some things narrowed down.

Late, but welcome!