I love the running boards. I don't find them usefull, but my wife and daughter do. I just think they make the vehicle look better, specially with the 20's

Hi all...latest update....stopped by the dealer as i was driving by it today and they looked up the status...car is at VPC...and should be delivered to dealer on Wed. I should be able to take delivery this Saturday. I am doing my inspection of my end of 2 yr lease X3 Saturday morning and will go and pick up the X5 right after that.

Any suggestions on the lease return? No major dings...just some small stuff. I also expect to have some $ towards those since I am about 4-5 K miles under the lease.

To my knowledge the 4-5K below lease terms won't come into play at all. I don't believe they will overlook non normal wear and tear because you are under miles...good luck with the new X5 though! I pick mine up PCD on Thursday!!

when I spoke to BMW FS, they did state as long as you are under by 3k of more, then it has some value. up to $300.

Good to know, thanks for clarifying!

I like my running boards for standing on while washing the top my X.

We have turned in cars with 15,000 to 20,000, that were alloted 48,000 miles...and they still try to charge you for every little f---ing thing. Sadly, there are NO rewards for less miles used, or if the car is in spectacular condition...they are like vampires! For this reason, on the advice of a BMW dealership owner, we ALWAYS trade the car in BEFORE the lease is up. Has worked better this way for over 10 years of our many and frequent car changes!

My dealers have always run the numbers several ways. For example, if the car is of value to the dealer, you buy out the lease at the residual value, and get the trade in value. If higher than the residual, you profit. They then profit from the used car sale.

For example, if a residual is $40k, the trade-in $42k, and a CPO dealer price of $49k, you buy it out, profit $2k from the trade, and they profit $7k from the used car.

The same thing can work if over mileage. If the over-mileage penalty is $3k but the trade-in is $39k you are better off to buy it out and loose the $1k in trade than to pay a $3k penalty.

I miss my running boards that were on my e53. However, I'll take my e70 4.8 over my old e53 3.0.

I am 6'4" and I never used them. I just think the e70's look damn good with them.

Took delivery today
 

Hi all,

Took delivery today of the X5 and dropped off the X3.

Crappy day to pick up a car in NY area, but hey...the snow is not going away anytime soon.

So far I have put on about 30 miles.

Some quick observations:
1. Side doors need some strength to close compared to X3...could be due to new rubber surrounds vs. beaten up ones :)
2. Roads in NY stink, but I did sense the ride was a little harsher than outgoing 2008 X3.
3. Streaming iphone music including pandora and tunein radio works perfectly
(I do have the BMW Connected App installed and was crossing my fingers that somehow magically I could control Pandora, etc...from nav screen...I guess people will have to wait until March and likely for us it won't be backwards compatible. still hoping though.
4. my CS rep at LifeQuality BMW is very good and actually asked for him specifically. he is a genuine nice guy and no bs.
5. programmed a couple of the quick keys...what a fantastic feature. I remember it from my old (lemon law'd X5 from 2 yrs ago)
6. NAV didn't see some traffic on the Belt Pkwy...although I probably need to set it up somehow...don't remember if it is enabled.

Here are some quick pics and I know it was slightly dirty (salt from the road when they drove it from drop off point 2 miles away)

It is already much dirtier and just need to look past that with a new car :(Attachment 47184

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