[Dr Stig 2]

We bought the X3 30D.

I felt it handled better and accelerated far better than the X5.
(It has more power and torque in the X3 tune, and 400kg less to carry around)

To be comparable in performance I had to look at the X5 40D and witht he gadgets it was $140K, compared to $105K with the X3 30D.

Even with the run out pricing on the X5, I was not going to get it that close. Maybe $120K for the X5.

I haggled the X3 down to $95K, and like Steve, I had to wait for 3-4 months last year.

While I would have gained a larger car and more metal for the money if I went for a X5 30D, I would have always been regretting not stumping up the extra for the 40D.

Being wider though, my wife would have knocked all the paint off the sides of the X5 by now.

Part of me still regrets it as the X3 is not as big a car as we are used to, but in the end we dont need to play football in the thing.

In a year or so if I come into some more money I might upgrade to the new X5, but not now as I know the current X5 will take a big depreciation hit as soon as the new ones hit the streets.