for those interested, i priced out an e61 touring (530 xit) vs a comparably equipped x5 3.0. the price difference is 6500 dollars. the touring comes out to 60,650. the x5 comes out to 54,115. since one cannot do ED on an x5, the price differential is even smaller assuming we can do better with ED than not... rather than compare the x5 to the 5 series touring, how about comporing the x5 to its true competition. the x5 is outdone by the volvo xc90 in my opinion. the volvo is a better designed, safer, more practical suv and its cheaper. the x5 looks better and is bimmer. for me, the extra 6500 is well worth the exclusivity ( there will be far fewer 530 xit's than x5s) and the functionality. i completelt understand that i am in the minority though...  |
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That and it would be silly to have "wagonman" as your username and drive an X5.
I think the e61 looks great. In fact, way better than the sedan.
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Quote: for those interested, i priced out an e61 touring (530 xit) vs a comparably equipped x5 3.0. the price difference is 6500 dollars. the touring comes out to 60,650. the x5 comes out to 54,115. since one cannot do ED on an x5, the price differential is even smaller assuming we can do better with ED than not...
rather than compare the x5 to the 5 series touring, how about comporing the x5 to its true competition. the x5 is outdone by the volvo xc90 in my opinion. the volvo is a better designed, safer, more practical suv and its cheaper. the x5 looks better and is bimmer.
for me, the extra 6500 is well worth the exclusivity ( there will be far fewer 530 xit's than x5s) and the functionality.
i completelt understand that i am in the minority though... | How did you get these prices?
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off the bmwusa website. it is easy...i did not include sport package on either model but included just about everything else. no HUD, no active cruise control. no park distance control. those things are goofy!!! 
as i say i came up with a price differential msrp of 6500. if you assume ed offers a better deal than regular purchase the gap is even smaller. i could be wrong about this since i know people come up come outragoes deals from time to time.
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Quote: That and it would be silly to have "wagonman" as your username and drive an X5.
I think the e61 looks great. In fact, way better than the sedan. |
apparently, i am not the only one who thinks the wagon looks better than the sedan!
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Quote: off the bmwusa website. it is easy...i did not include sport package on either model but included just about everything else. no HUD, no active cruise control. no park distance control. those things are goofy!!!
as i say i came up with a price differential msrp of 6500. if you assume ed offers a better deal than regular purchase the gap is even smaller. i could be wrong about this since i know people come up come outragoes deals from time to time. | I'm sorry...I'm obviously stupid. Can you please specifically list the options that you are including into the cars. You listed the options that you're excluding from the car and made it inherintly difficult to build the same car as you did. Also, for the sake of consistency, can you select the same color for both cars.
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