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.

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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?

That's just soooo wrong...

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Not a fact. It's your opinion.

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."

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