New to the forum and loving the X5

[X5_twin]

How do I post pictures ?

[pvr]

Sanj did a how-to here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=400

[535dboy]

[quote=""pvr""]Welcome aboard. I see you have met the resident moaner, 535dboy. Don't take too much notice - he is getting married any day now [/quote]

Piss off ! Anyway I'm still waiting in the gutter that you promised to rescue me from !

[quote=""pvr""]

Would be interesting to see what you got, pics etc.


[/quote]

For Godsake read his post man. He picked up a 2008 MSport SD !

How they made you a mod, I will never know

[X5_twin]

Do i really have to set up an account with Photo bucket then copy and paste links to add pictures. That's a bit of a hassle isn't it !

Is there no simpler way ?!

[pvr]

www.imageshack.us

You can load from your PC straight in there, then click on the forum link and paste in here.

[X5Sport]

Welcome aboard..

When I was looking to replace the Skoda Octavia L&K - no laughing, it's an Audi without the price-tag - and had just received a payout for being made redundant after 24 years, we decided we wanted a 4x4 too. As tother half suffers from that miserable affliction of car sickness it meant the ride had to be good. I had run a fleet of Land Rovers and had little faith in them, even less in their dealers! We tried the Land Cruiser Colorado and Amazon, ML, XC90, Kia Sorento, Shogun, CR-V, the VW Touareg and a couple of others. There were no Audi 'Qs' in 2004. Nearly bought the VW, but went away to think about it and passed the BMW Dealer on the way home. Hadn't even thought about the X5, but one test drive in a 3.0D and I was sold. You made a good choice.

Had the E53 from new in 2005 until last December and bought an X6 in 2010. As we're looking to start a family, my guess is our 'vert' will have to go too. Not an M3, but it will still be missed.

[X5_twin]

Here goes. Photos below?

[X5Sport]

Very nice car..

[X5_twin]

[quote=""X5Sport""]Very nice car.. [/quote]

Thanks. It took a while on the net to look around to find the right spec. In order of priority it had to have:
2 turbos!
Black shadow line trim, and not the chrome, so that narrowed the choice down as most have the chrome finish.
Panoramic roof. After having the convertible I thought this might ease me away from the M3 !!
Ideally I also wanted the reverse camera as my wife was a bit nervous about the size of the car and didn't want to be one of those people driving round in a big car and not being able to park properly !
Bamboo trim as all the ones with Aluminium trim I saw were so scratched and dented it annoyed me. BMW said its around £1200 to replace the aluminium trim!,
Heated seats

I was chuffed to find this one that ticked all the boxes just as I sold my old car. A bit of luck I think.

The only thing it doesn't have that I wanted is the USB interface but I gather I can add that by installing the Gateway 500 by Dension.

I think its pretty much the spec I would order from new. Really happy with it

Thanks again.

[pvr]

Great (except for that hole in the bonnet ).

What Black is that? The spec looks very similar to what I ordered (including the cameras).

[535dboy]

[quote=""X5_twin""][quote=""X5Sport""]Very nice car.. [/quote]

Thanks. It took a while on the net to look around to find the right spec. In order of priority it had to have:
2 turbos!
Black shadow line trim, and not the chrome, so that narrowed the choice down as most have the chrome finish.
Panoramic roof. After having the convertible I thought this might ease me away from the M3 !!
Ideally I also wanted the reverse camera as my wife was a bit nervous about the size of the car and didn't want to be one of those people driving round in a big car and not being able to park properly !
Bamboo trim as all the ones with Aluminium trim I saw were so scratched and dented it annoyed me. BMW said its around £1200 to replace the aluminium trim!,
Heated seats

I was chuffed to find this one that ticked all the boxes just as I sold my old car. A bit of luck I think.

The only thing it doesn't have that I wanted is the USB interface but I gather I can add that by installing the Gateway 500 by Dension.

I think its pretty much the spec I would order from new. Really happy with it

Thanks again.[/quote]

Had you waited 6 more months you could have had mine as it would have been the spec you wanted !

[535dboy]

[quote=""pvr""]Great (except for that hole in the bonnet ).

What Black is that? The spec looks very similar to what I ordered (including the cameras).[/quote]


FFS Man - can you read his first post before you ask any more stupid questions

[pvr]

Ok, ok ... so it is Sapphire (come on, give me a break, I am reading whilst attending a meeting ).

[535dboy]

[quote=""pvr""]Ok, ok ... so it is Sapphire (come on, give me a break, I am reading whilst attending a meeting ).[/quote]

Well I am supposed to be on holiday today and yet I'm wasting time answering your dumb questions!

[X5Sport]

Ah, one of 'those' meetings then.......