My Alpine Weiss 3.0d
 

Hello, my name is Magnus and aim from sweden (in the far north of Europe ) and aim a happy owner of my second X5 (the first one was a Lemans Blue 4,8is) and, well, I thought I should introduce my 2008 E70 3.0d in my first post here in the forum. I bought my car slightly used (4 months ago) and didnt have the opportunity to choose the specs myself. Though I have really enjoyed the car so far and with the current gaz prices in Europe the 3,0d engine is ideal.

Though, I now have a 2009 X5 4,8i on order speced exactly as I wish (should be here in March)

#Alpine White
#Saddle Brown Leather
#Light Poplar wood trim
#20" Y215 model Wheels
#shadowline
#Xenon
#comfort seats
#increased towing capacity
#model designation deletion
#Navigation System
#sport steering wheel
#rear camera

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Congratulation!!
You are gonna have tons of fun just by roaming around in your X.

Welcome :wavey:

welcome - looks just like mine (and a couple others) minus aero, right down to the light poplar interior trim and what looks like 35% tint (not pictured in mine). Whoever it was had good taste. ;)

What're your new specs going to be? Or is what you listed going to be it? (I notice you said 215 wheels and not the 214 wheels in the pic).

Thanks, yes I think this car is a big improvment from my previous X5 (apart from the engine). We had snow here a few weeks ago and as I live on the countryside (6km of gravel road) the car has shown to be quite useful.

:welcome:

Hello,

Yes, it does certinely looks quite the same to yours, though I really would like to have the aero package on mine, looks so much better. Aim not a big fan of the wood but when it was time to buy a new car I couldent find one without it, though I love the saddle brown leather.

As for my new X5, 2009 4,8i Monaco Blue Metallic with Aero Dynamic Package, will post a full spec list later on, its in swedish (and quite long:rolleyes: )

At first I was very tempted to go with Mineral Green, a collegue of mine recently got his 4,8i delivered in this colour, I didnt like it in person. I didnt want any of the more common colours (Black, grey, silver), so I ended up putting down an order on a Monaco Blue 4,8i.

Welcome !!! & great looking cars :)

Welcome to X5world! Very nice colour combination :) Although not my personal taste, Alpinweiß should definitely be paired with Sattlebraun for a classic, warm feel.

But I think the Alfa Romeo looks better. :D

Thanks for the warm welcome and the compliments.

The Alfa Romeo Spider has a very classy look, though unfortunely not as sporty as I thought it would be, its a OK car to drive but not much more.

Since I got my M6 Coupe delivered the Alfa Spider has been sitting in the garage most of the time.

the saddle brown leather ROCKS! :thumbup:
I've got the same in my upcoming X5 but combined with brushed aluminium... don't really like wood finish in a car :dunno:

Nice cars and welcome. Interesting to hear about the Alfa, I really like the looks and wanted to drive one when I was in Munich, didn't get a chance. You don't get too many good color choices here in US, folks tend to stick with the standard conservative color set, so BMW dosn't even bother giving the options. Mine was a dealer ordered but had the main options (sports and 3rd row) that I wanted, would have loved to get the "Saddle Brown" interior, I think it goes great with any color, specially Black.

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It sure does. Have you gone for the 3,0d or the 4,8i? you gonna love the alpine white/saddle brown combo.

I did acctually look for one with aluminium instead of wood, even searched for one down in Germany but never found any. Not a big fan of the wood either. I have choosen aluminium for my 09 4,8i.

Thanks for the welcome.

Alfa Romeo build very beutiful cars, I really like their current modell range, especially the Brera S. They are getting really cheap as well, I got a 14.000€ discount on my 08 Spider, and it was really cheap already:D

btw has Alfa Romeo been re-introduced on the North American market yet?

Its also quite hard to find a well equipped X5 here in Sweden, especially if you are consider buying a 3,0d as most are pretty poorly equipped. I guess thats the reason why many people buying a X5 here in sweden import their cars from Germany. I also think that Saddle Brown would look good with black, I have choosen dark brown leather (not Saddle) for my Monaco Blue

I went for a spacegrau 3.0d, the 4.8i costs about 5000€ in taxes :wow: just to get a license plate, add to that an enourmous amount of annual taxes :( + gas prices that are through the roof :( , plus diesel is cheaper than gas here in Belgium :thumbup: , so the diesel is the right choice for me. The 3.0sd on the other hand would have sent my insurance skyhigh as I'm only 32... But I don't consider the 3.0d as a punishment, this is a great engine and I like bottom torque over high end power:cool: (note that I have not driven a 4.8i so I can't really compare... I presume that there is no comparison...)
I hesitated to get a white X5, but this color needs 20inch rims, kinda looks stupid on 19inches (which I got...) so I 'settled' for spacegrau...

'07 / '08s in the US weren't given an aluminum option, just graphite which is plastic-ky. No thanks. ;)

I usually don't go for wood trim either but the light poplar color match with saddle brown works great imo.

If I didn't already have a gray vehicle and had alum. as an option, I would've went space gray / saddle brown / brushed aluminum... all around very sporty in appearance.

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