Sweet baby Jesus. Minus 50?

Hell with the parking brake. Pray the heated seats don't fail.:scared:

haha, or the heated steering wheel

It went to -33 on Jan 28th and 29th in Calgary. Windchill doesn't count ;)

(OK, it counts for people just not parking brakes and other mechanical devices)

Um.. Which B&W speakers do you have because the "Premium sound" is crap. I have B&W 802d btw.

Lakai, I have the B&W 803S speakers driven by Parasound amps and processor. Not as beefy as the 802Ds, so your standards may be higher. Yet I'm surprised that we're so far apart on the perceived quality of the Premium Sound. I know that sound quality is subjective, but I'm wondering if there is something different in the installations in our respective X5s.

fyi, the source I've been listening to is an iPod, with all content stored in lossless format. The tone settings are all flat (both tone and equalizer) with Surround Sound turned on. What seems to really help my aging ears is the high mounting position of tweeters in the corner pillars. The bass is reasonably sharp. The weakest part of the range seems to be in the midrange where it's hard to compete with B&W's kevlar drivers. But I'm satisfied with it nonetheless.

Good luck with yours. I hope you find a way to make this expensive option pay off for you.

well, just got back from the dealer. They "claim" thy dont have any loaners so the gave me a freakin ford fusion rental - not happy

Secondly, the nearest date they take a look at my X is March 11th.
Im more pissed. Im phoning BMW Canada. I doubt they can do anything about it though.:mad: :mad: :mad:

More than a month wait - that is beyond ridiculous. Did you try other dealers?

we have only two dealers in our city. It freakin sucks. thry can do whatever they want and get away with it.
Maybe i should compalin to BMW Canada, but what can they do?

BMWCA can do practically nothing. Better to form a relationship with your dealer, IMO. It occasionally happens that they don't have enough loaners; my dealer has 60 or so but it still happens, and the last time I was in I got a Toyota minivan. They offered to switch it with me as soon as they got a loaner in, later that day. I declined, as it only took a day for the repair (vacuum line). I would try the same, tell them that you would like a BMW loaner and you will swap them over as soon as one is available. In the current cold snap that you have in Calgary, they likely have broken down vehicles lined up off the lot. No, it isn't a good situation, but it is possible to make the most of it.

Good luck.

So, you're basically making an expensive car payment, but only get to drive around in a fusion? That is absolutely unacceptable. I would demand some type of compensation for it at the very least. I hope you find out if there's a lemon law in Canada. In California (if I remembered correctly), if the vehicle is ever out of service for more than 30 days within a year's period, or if it takes the dealer more than 3 tries and still cannot fix the same safety related issue, then you'll get to make a lemon claim on it.