I must admit..
 

The exterior of the E70 is growing on me. While sitting in traffic yesterday on the good 'ol Long Island Distressway along side me was a small caravan of the Susan G Komen cars, an E70, 650i and a 335 vert. So, there's an E70 to my left and an E53 to my right. I can see the evolution......

Too bad cars aren't like shoes. When I can't decide I just buy both.
Glad I still have 7 months.

L,
It should become more clear, decison-wise,
the closer you get.

Hey, you lucky 3 yr owners get a new ride regularly!
BR,mD

PS: Gee, I miss the Big LIE, ;>)

:slap: :rofl:

The Cayenne is growing on me too.... the base Cayenne is now 290hp and the list of standard features is pretty good. Jury still out on reliability.

Laura, I know what you mean. I was at my friend's house yesterday admiring her brand new E70 4.4i, kind of make mine feel a little old :(

:iagree:

I've always liked the looks of the Cayenne. Did you ever sit in one. The seats are very hard and uncomfortable.

I originally had a line in my post about the E53 looking dated against the E70 but couldn't bring myself to acutally post it.
MD, Verbalkint...That's very funny. Laura, clear and decision in the same sentence.

The facelifted Cayenne doesn't look any better. The E70 (no offense) still looks too big. I still prefer the looks of the E53.

It's wierd, I thought I would "get used" to the Bangle-era BMW styling. Whenever a new model came out, I would say "well it's fugly now but maybe it'll grow on me". Fast forward to today: the 3 sedan is still bad, the 5 still looks mediocre (facelift helped). The only ones that I have accepted are the facelifted 7-series, 6-series, and the Z4. No doubt in my mind that 2001 was the best year for BMW in terms of styling.

L...this one did it for me!!
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e70-forum/...8-21-rims.html