Great that the community can continue!

Just curious if BMW offered you to continue as is for a nominal " licensing" fee. Wouldn't surprise me if the real reason is to score more dough. Circumvented that issue very nicely. :thumbup:

We did attempt to negotiate a "licensing" arrangement, but as long as the site is considered to be "commercial" then BMW would have nothing to do with it. No worries, we'll march onward and succeed with providing BMW SAV owners and enthusiasts the best possible site for information, resources and friendships.

Jeff

I'm looking forward to the upgrades and the next chapter in our history. There is a such a strong support base here... things will turn out great. :thumbup:

Jeff and Drex,

Sorry to hear but WTF are we still hanging around here for then?

Let's go Xoutpost!!
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i'm looking forward to the upgrades too.. can i respond to PMs via emails and it automatically send the PM to the person that sent me the PM? lol... j/k (although that would be nice.. for posts too..)

Xoutpost.com!!! (what was the decision on name based on?)..

To be honest - this site kept me in a BMW X5 after the first one went.. if it wasn't for the mod bug i might be in an escalade or infiniti QX56..

Regardless - happy this isn't a "we're shutting down.." msg

I'm excited for the change but I have a heavy heart because of all the wonderful memories I have on this site. I have formed many lifelong friends and grown so much as a person as a result of this site. I look forward to the next chapter of this one in a million forum. I must say that (and I hope BMW reads this) I'm glad I don't own any BMW's because their actions seriously make me question why I would spend money on their product. Most car markers (I know VW for instance) almost seem to encourage their Pro-Brand forums because they understand just how important brand identity and passion are.

From a branding standpoint I actually like Xoutpost more. X5/6/3world sort of divided the segments (even though its all the same site). Now all X users can come together with one central site. People should be happy with the change and I thinks its a positive movement. Especially considering "X5world" can still continue!

Congrats and thanks to all the admins for keeping this going!


P.S. Whats going to happen to e90post and the such?

BMW is concerned about image and money. And not in that order. Sure, their stuff is proprietary; if so, then why do their techs come here to monitor the site to figure things out??!?!?!???????

Its been a very painful bunch of crap from BMW and a law firm in Washington DC. Obviously, some one needed to make some billable hours. And, to think, that they have an issue with BMW marks and roundels on everyone's avatars (they thought that people's avatars were being used for commercial purposes).... hmmm.....

very nicely put 1 agree 100%, I'm really surprised BMW didn't take this and use it to there advantage seems like a next logical step, that eventually some auto companies should consider, not to mention its already thriving and popular

Thanks admins for your work.