I love the "X3 is larger then the X5" stuff. On paper it may, but in reality..no way IMO. I had a X3 while my X5 was getting worked on and the driver and passenger were basically side by side in the X3 where there is more room in the X5. And I don't believe I could fit 8 wheels and 4 rims in the X3 as I did with my X5. Juan, love to hear your opinion since you have both.

No self respecting man would drive an X3. j/p :) IMO the color bumpers actually make the car looks more girly. But seriously, if you are asking this question, you should return the X and get yourself a hot rod or something. I'm a 24 yr old male and none of my friends ever gave me shit for driving an X3. They all compliment me on how nice my ride is. Maybe the 6sp MT makes me more of a man. HAHAHAHAHA

hey man....once its a bimmer....its all the same in the rear view mirror.

Some people say the 3 series is a chick car too. Its all what you like. If the X3 is what you like then drive it. Any small car can be cosidered a chick car.

Well... trunk space-wise that IS true. The X3 is AT LEAST as big - if not slightly bigger than the X5. Seating is a different story. The passenger DOES seem to be a little closer to the driver in the X3 than the X5. No scientific proof here, just what I've noticed.

They are both great cars. I just happen to like my X5 more than the wife's X3. She loves her X3 -- it's perfect for her.

Juan

Juan said: "I just happen to like my X5 more than the wife's X3. She loves her X3 -- it's perfect for her."

Ouch!

Thanks for the feedback everybody - I actually do like the car a lot.
I've even convinced myself that some X5's look smaller!

Driving in LA, you never know what's in, out, up down or sideways.
A bimmer's a bimmer but then there are the better bimmers and the bummer bimmers.

As Dinan M3 said, the 3 series can be a chick car too.

Which brings me to a second question/observation -
Is chick car/not chick car defined more by "size" or "price?"

The 3 series and X3 are the least expensive of the BMW line - the Z speaks for itself. All are considered possible "chick cars."

Is it that these cars cost less or that they are smaller?

If either of the X3, 3251, Z4 was priced at 70,000 would it still be a chick car?- or does size really matter?

Thoughts?

chick car is DEF not related to price.

the new Maserati sports cars, case in point. Couldn't be more of a chick car.

anyway... i think it's defined simply as: if it's cutesy looking, it's probably a chick car. Like the New Beetle lol.

Conversely, the Lotus Elise, while small, is definitley not CUTE -- it is MEAN. (aside, i saw a drop-dead gorgeous victoria's secret type girl driving one today in SD by chance lol)

The X3 i simply see as cute. And when it's all buffed up with body kits, it reminds me of one those of little snowball dogs trying to bark and be all tough lol.

The X5 on the other hand is very masculine looking, very muscular. Nothing feminine looking about it at all.

That siad, why are you trippin so much about this now? You have your new car, enjoy it! It's a fine little car, SUPERB at being both utilitarian AND sporty -- seriously trying carving up some roads with it, you will see -- and it's amazingly comfy.

It's just not for me, but clearly it is for you. So enjoy it! :)

And again, congrats :)

As I said, LA's brutal... so CROSVS, you consider the X3 to be a Chick Car?
Ouch.
Oh well, you're a Bruin and I'm a Trojan so at least I had that going for me - until Texas.
Now I have a pansy car and a losing football team.
I guess I have to ride out my lease and buy a Range Rover with 72" wheels to regain myself?

-d

HAHA..I would like to say who cares, as long as you like it, but hell over here it seems like ALL the X5 drivers are trophy wives who cant drive for sh*t...

That being said, who really DOES give a crap as long as YOU like the car...

Reminds me of a funny situation where I picked up a friend of mine at the airport in London a few weeks after I got my e46...The FIRST thing he says, (being a hardcore UAW, American made, blah blah blah, Dodge, Chevy head) was that BMW's were total girly cars and everyone who drove them had identity crises and were scared to drive REAL cars...

18 minutes later, @ approx 119mph on open British motorway, his hands were cemented around the "oh shiiit" handle...A few minutes later, he (very softly, under his breath) says "Dude, these things are pretty quick..."

Of course, I had never driven that fast in my life and was crapping myself as well, but at least I showed HIM...lol...:tsk: :rofl:

i never said i disliked the X3 ... i think it's a fine little car for what it is. it's kinda like "FRIENDS" -- it's a chickflick kinda show but guys like it too :)