Was the X5 your first BMW

Ricky Bobby · #1 09-30-2014, 09:37 AM

My first BMW.

I drove VW's for years since I got my license in 2003.

'99.5 MKIV Jetta VR6 was my first, got it with 45k miles on it and sold with 147k in 2008. Loved that car, I did everything and anything in it.

Bought a 2008 GLI 2.0T new from the dealership as my college graduation present to myself in May 2008, loved that car as well, but with all my VW's, they were lowered on coils (bcuz stance), had low profile tires in summer, and loud exhausts.

Fast forwarded to late 2011, I needed something more practical for wintertime as I never raised my coilovers on my vehicles, and even though I had snow tires being 3" off the ground in winter was never too bright of an idea. My GLI had a ton of power (Stage 2+ tuned with 265 hp and 315 lb ft!), but I already was on my second motorcycle by 2011 so if I wanted power I just hopped on that.

I would go off shootin into the night before I gave up my manual transmission, I wanted to keep in the German car family, and enjoyed the luxuries of such vehicles.

The only choices to me then were an E53 with a manual transmission, or a 6MT Cayenne. At the time and still to this day, the E53 is the better choice for my wallet. Coming up on 3 years of ownership in December and this friggin vehicle still makes me smile every time I drive it.

I plan on staying in the Bimmer family if I can for many years, I just hope that the lack of manual transmissions doesn't affect the whole brand down the road.