VAN??
 

Soooo anywho...
Recently took a trip. Met up with my sisters and family.
Sister # 2 has sensitive alleriges. Says the hotel room is bothering her. Asks to sleep.....
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in my VAN!!
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You should have driven your X5 then. :nanana: :bustingup

A van like this?

i think he meant that his sister thought his X5 was a van?

Down by the river?

Don't feel too bad, at least it was called a full sized van... A friend of mine called my 4.6is "the minivan from hell" or the "soccer mom mobile".




But then shut up when it was faster than his camaro!

Ugh. :tsk:

Us :slap: Her

She must have seen his rear wiper, right M :rofl:

:spit: Hot tea all over my keyboard!

:thumbup:

the X 5 does feel like driving a van . not like driving a car .
no flaming please , just stating a fact .

That's because in your neck of the woods, a big car is considered a 5 series. A van in the US is significantly bigger than an X5.

well , my neck of the woods is the only country that knows how to make a machine that drives properly .
we don`t traditionally drive large vehicles because the older roads are blacktop cart tracks.
I realise y`all think the X5 is an awsome machine but that`s because y`all used to driving big wobbly yank tanks .
no matter , the X5 does feel like driving a van , albeit a medium sized van but like a van nonetheless . a Land Rover feels like a Land rover , a Landcruiser like a truck , X5 like a van , nuff said .

No argument from me, when we say van over here, it's more like a Surburban or one of these:

http://image.hotrod.com/f/9023189/20...+side_view.jpg


I've been to the UK enough times to realize that most of the secondary roads are just paved over cow paths lol. I couldn't imagine driving a Chevy Suburban over there, and it would be suicide to try it around Paris or Amsterdam with the narrow streets. I drove a 3 series from London to the Cotswalds a couple of times, and I've been to Swindon more times than I care to admit. (Yes, I know you're in Scotland, but most of my UK driving is in England and Ireland).

You will have to point out the Scottish Auto manufacturers to me though ;)

Fascinating question. I found the Hillman Imp (later the Avenger), and Leyland buses and trucks. Others tended to be pre-war.

You guys/ladies are too funny. :thumbup:

I will say, it was most likely the cleanest place for miles. :bustingup Almost slept in it myself. :wow: Those reports on hotel rooms just FREAK me out. Slept on the edge of the bed, fully clothed.

As far as actaully driving like a van; doesn't an X5 hold the 3rd fastestest time on the Nurburing? Well, with a v12 and 20mm drop. Sabine herself, couldn't break 10 minutes in a real van (Econoline) on Top Gear.

I like dat big red van , looks cool .
I meant UK built cars generally speaking , yes some decent cars were built in Scotland , and the Leyland trucks and buses were good machines , still make excellent buses and built Volvo FL trucks until recently.
not sure if Argyle cars still building .
still build the best ships in the world .
I still say and have heard other X5 drivers say it drives like a van
try a Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter and feel the similarity . probably due to the weight and centre of gravity .
yep , the X5 can go fast and handles well though .
Thunder , hire yourself a Jaguar XF and drive around Scotland , you will love it , some amazing roads and XF is an excellent car .

Added to my bucket list :thumbup:

Sorry ladies.

Thunder, don't they call that a rape van in Philly?

No clue, I'm from Long Island :)

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I had to drive a Sprinter a couple times at work and the thing felt like it would tip on a slight curve... What the hell are you talking about?

OT...
 

On our last trip to Scotland, we had a Ford Focus 5 spd manual, wideazz wheels
and tires, and fun to drive. Not at all like the version here in the Colonies.
We did ~1400 miles all over the ol'homeland, from Edinburgh to Oban to Orkney, etc.,
and all points and many islands, in between...

It is a very different and beautiful drive/road trip, when it wasn't raining for about 20 mins out of the 9 days. ;)

http://www.autozine.org/Graveyard/Ca...ord/Focus1.jpg

as MD says , our versions are made to drive properly , they need to with same crazy corners on our roads .
you will find variations in car setup throughout Europe , British is best .
BMW is the only car maker to come close to knowing what they are doing because they learned to build cars from a British manufacturer .

place 1200 pounds load evenly distributed between axles and the small size Sprinter will weigh the same and drive similar to the X5 .
the UK version Ford Transit handles much better than a Sprinter.

The X5 is a big, big car. One of the more annoying ones to maneuver around the car park when I worked at the dealership. I ended up turning on PDC most of the time because there's just so.......much.......car. Although it's not my definition of a "van" (that's a Merc Sprinter or Ford Transit), it is quite large.

The Brits have been putting out some good cars lately. I'd likely buy a Jag XF over any other executive sedan.

Did it look like this?
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFi...112/958966.jpg

That's just soooo wrong...

Not a fact. It's your opinion. :confused:

The X5 may be as tall as van, but it certainly does not drive like one. If anything, it drives better than most cars. Then again, that's MY opinion... not a "fact."

:iagree: 100%.......:thumbup: