The original TopGear X5 Review

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:46 pm

Hi All,

Just came across this on YouTube, never seen it before! Well...I probably did ten years ago it was an interesting watch none the less

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhUKN7bdLTQ

Powercat · Post by **Powercat** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:03 am

Thanks for posting.....video looks like it was made in the 60's or something like that......... doesn't time fly

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:22 am

No mention of swirl flaps.... Wish I had the sunglasses holder

UrbanFlow · Post by **UrbanFlow** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:43 pm

Interesting quality of film. I think it was recorded on a potato.
Thanks for posting though.

[quote=""dirtymonkey29""]No mention of swirl flaps.... Wish I had the sunglasses holder[/quote]

The sunglasses holder is useless if you wear anything with a sports frame like Oakley's!

jaynana · Post by **jaynana** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:42 pm

[quote=""UrbanFlow""]
The sunglasses holder is useless if you wear anything with a sports frame like Oakley's![/quote]

yeah was gonna say that!

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:46 pm

Hence my cup-holder being modified to accommodate them!

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:58 pm

I use the ashtray... Just can't close it, standby sunnys (mirrored lenses...hehe) in door pocket

brewer · Post by **brewer** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:02 am

Thanks for sharing....Nostalgia! Puts into perspective how old these cars are now - the E39 (on which it is based) came out in 1995 - that's a 17 year old design!

Hugely disappointing that when the E39 was replaced by the E60 in 2003, the E53 (X5) only got a relatively mild facelift and overall retained the mechanicals, electronics and interior of the (by then) 8 year old design.

So, mine is 6 years old....the E53 itself is now 12 years old, but the platform is 17 years old....Scary. But the "old girl" ages well, and it's still the best car I have ever owned! Work that one out.

Brewer
PS: I am still not convinced that the E53 doesn't do quite a few things better than the E70!

Goonerdad · Post by **Goonerdad** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:59 am

"The 4.4i V8 need a jolly good spanking"....ooooo errrrr Mrs!

535dboy · Post by **535dboy** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:42 pm

She reminds me in many ways of my ex wife which is probably a bad thing to say given about to marry the new Mrs D!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:19 pm

So when is the big day then?

535dboy · Post by **535dboy** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:49 pm

[quote=""pvr""]So when is the big day then?

[/quote]

Next Wednesday

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:00 pm

Where is "the meet" on tuesday then?

535dboy · Post by **535dboy** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:05 pm

[quote=""pvr""]Where is "the meet" on tuesday then?

[/quote]

Wherever you like - I'm out of the country!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:07 pm

You can run, but you can not hide ...

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