Except for the Suburban and Excursion which can tow a small house, SUVs and SAVs are merely cash cows. As a whole, they're too small to be decent trucks and too large to be decent cars. The X5 is the most "car-like" of the bunch but it's still not a car. I wonder if the same will be said of the VW/Porsche SUV that's due in the next few years - talk about a fast path to bankruptcy. The SUV craze is dying BUT VW/Porsche seem intent on getting themselves recognized as the biggest idiots in the fray by introducing the most expensive SUV at the end of the boom. I wonder if one of those POS SUVs could be purchased for 1/2 retail after VW/Porsche goes belly-up?
The irony of the X5, the Sports Activity Vehicle is that it's useless in snowy weather. New owners found the X5 to be undriveable in snow b/c the 19" tires FLOATED on snow. The good news is that BMW gave the same characteristics to the X5 that it gave to every other BMW ever made (except the iX) - they're the safest car in the snow b/c it won't move - period. --- Patrick Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > I dunno. I read a review of the X5 somewhere (roundel or CAR, > perhaps?) > saying that it would lap nurburgring about as fast as the automatic > transmissioned 540i. True, if I were buying a BMW it'd be the 540i > with > the six-speed, but lets not go slamming the X5 TOO badly. It's > compentent > as a car and amazing for an SUV. Hats off to BMW for examining the > market > and putting out a product that is everything that 95% of the SUV > owners > want. Car buying ISN'T about making rational decisions. If it > were, we'd > all be driving around in diesel rabbits. Wanting a feeling of > security and > a comanding view of the road is no less valid a reason for buying a > car > than buying it because the engine sounds good at 7000 RPM. > Besides, try > towing a boat with your 5-series sedan. :) My big complaint about > SUVs is > their (dangerous) weight. If they were making SUVs under 3500lbs, > I'd have > absolutely nothing against them. > > > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)493-6636 > ************** > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > ===== Matthew Yip [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ '87 GTi 16v - x2 '88 M5 '99 F350 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
