peter's Touring project

[slater]

X5 eh?

Nope, manual Montero.

good guesses. not good enough, though...

I thought he was getting rid of it?

yep. will be up for sale soon.

No one should get an X5 unless their wallet is very deep or have a third party warranty....

agreed. my wife and i really wanted an E70 X5... they are gorgeous. on paper, they are awesome. but in reality... too expensive.

Suzuki Samurai

close.... like, it's got 4 wheels.

[az3579]

It's an E91, duh.

[san]

It's an E91, duh.

But he said higher up seat position though


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[az3579]

But he said higher up seat position though


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Raise the seat.

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[BMWCurves]

close.... like, it's got 4 wheels.

Huh, that's a weird way to spell "Yes, I bought a Suzuki Samurai"

[slater]

Raise the seat.

LOL, that was a good one.

i considered an E91, especially since canada didn't get RWD ones - but i just don't like the interior, or the quality. my dad bought an E90 335xi last year and it felt like a pile of garbage when i drove it.

was very happy to get back into my E46.

Huh, that's a weird way to spell "Yes, I bought a Suzuki Samurai"

dude, never underestimate the power of the samurai.

[BMWCurves]

dude, never underestimate the power of the samurai.

I'll be honest, the Suzuki Samurai is my guilty pleasure mini-SUV.

[slater]

brought home the wife's new rig last night: 2007 X3 3.0si (260hp), M Sport, 6-speed. black on black. 1 of 6! (details quoted below.) it's pretty cool. nicely optioned - being an M Sport, it's got the anthracite headliner, nice M steering wheel, gloss black shadowline trim, MTech bumpers, adaptive bi-xenons, etc. 3.0si not only means 260hp, but bigger brakes, too.

it has higher KM (284K KMs... ~175K miles for you imperialists), but was well-maintained for the last 60K KM - all of the stuff i don't like dealing with was done (fluid changes), brakes are fairly recent, came with two keys, a full set of weathertech mats, sprint booster (installed), and two sets of wheels - 18" square (style 113, winter), 19" staggered (style 147, summer). planning to ditch the 19's and get some lower-offset 18's with some larger rubber - likely 1" larger in diameter. it needs it.

the mirrors don't work (heat or power functions - gotta figure that one out), but everything else is good.

overall, really impressed with the vehicle, and the handling. will do bushings (OE replacements) and dampers (either koni FSDs or bilstein B6), and that's it. this is the newest car i've ever owned.


production data:

532 - 2007-2010 BMW X3 3.0si / X3 xDrive30i (PC93) - NA painted in Black Sapphire Metallic (475) with Black Nevada Leather (LUSW) interior were built for the Canadian market. 11 manual (6 M Sport), 521 automatic (89 M Sport).

2,282 were built for the US market. 72 manual (38 M Sport), 2,210 automatic (717 M Sport).

The most rare option in this car is the option S775A - Headlining anthracite. It was installed on 493 out of 71,749 cars.

[fredo]

Well done, peter. In for pics. LOL @ imperialists.

[704sw]

Congrats Peter! I know people hate on the E83 but I love it. It drives very well, and the LCI models I think have aged nicely. I always wanted the 6MT, but the only one I could find when I bought mine was red and about 1500 miles away.
The N52B30 is definitely a fun little powerplant, even if the car is 4000 lbs.

Check the front sunroof drains (they are right behind the front wheels on either side). They will be clogged, and (edit: removed extra word) you'll need to do it at least once a year. Otherwise you get the lovely experience of wet floorboards from dripping down the A-pillars

At least you don't have to worry about that garbage GM automatic tranny. Has the transfer case already been addressed?