Nick

I don't know if that is good or bad...and where does Frylock come in? BTW, nice choice in comparison shots at the top...

? Seriously though...if they made it like that, it would be sick.

Heh...I try not too (besides...open diff one sided burnouts are silly..gotta fix that). Combined with the stock negative camber on these cars which eats through rear tires (kind of toned it down during the 4 wheel alignment after the suspension install) I have had the car a little over a year now and have gone through about 50% on my second set of tires...I had Bridgestone Potenza S03's previously...now I have Michelin Pilot Sport PS2's which I like better and they seem to be wearing a little better as well.

wide 19" rims = low profile hi performance tires with low treadwear (220) which yield 20k if I'm lucky = $1400. Granted, they are worth every penny (well, kinda)...It's just not easy to justify all the time..

No, that's not it...It's not you and your choice in tires, it's me and my tires...

Oh jeez....*fap fap fap* Giggity giggity... SPLOOGE!

Same here (for real this time).

Awaiting tracking number for shipment...

I guess I could enter a pic of my dad's 48 chevy pickup which is sitting in the garage...granted, the only part sitting in the garage is the rolling chassis...all the body panels and everything else is in storage at the moment.

You're forgetting one very important person...Does the name Adam ring any bells?

:sign0200: Good ol' Snitz...

I guess you also have to factor in that in Hawaii, pretty much all the cars you see are rental cars. I mean, I was surprised at how the car was acting with such little miles as well, especially because Maui's main roads for the most part don't put that much stress on a car. But who knows how previous drivers treated the car. It was possibly the worst rental car I have driven mostly associated with how previous drivers treated it I would assume. I'm not necessarily blaming the car for being so $h!ty. One of the best cars I have driven as a rental (other than a dealer supplied 325i which wasn't bad) was a Lincoln LS. That was actually pretty nice. It had a fair amount of miles on it and it still felt good.

Dude, what's your deal? Why is it so hard to believe that the rental cars I have driven are junk? The only reason you're getting all defensive is because I struck a nerve when I mentioned they were GM vehicles. If they were anything else you wouldn't pass judgment (and don't even bother trying to justify yourself out of that one). While in Hawaii, my family had a Chevy Uplander, and it met pretty much all of the "qualities" I described including the weird front end issues. I don't even know why I am arguing this with you.BTW, my family has owned GM vehicles in the past...We had a Suburban up until a year ago, and I even drove a silverado up until about a year ago when I got my car. Both vehicles had well over 150k. They were great vehicles too and we never experienced any issues with them. I'm not comparing the rental cars to my car in any way. Call me a liar all you want. It just makes you look stupid and shows how ignorant you are. When you get right down to it, the fact of the matter is you weren't there...unless...were you there?! Then please, give me a breakdown of how our rental car process went during our stay in Maui, and please...tell me what really happened. I'd be most interested to hear the "truth".

We must have different definitions of what "tight and impressive" and "excellent drive and rides" are then... Sorry, but when I'm in a car with under 10k on the odo and all the cheap flimsy plastic is creaking everywhere around me, the fuel gauge goes up and down randomly, the front end feels like it is going to fall out, and it shakes when doing low speed turning and parking maneuvers, nothing closes solidly with the sound of excess rattles, parts inside the car not working properly, (I could go on)...that just doesn't do it for me. Granted, a recent CTS I was in wasn't all that horrible, but it wasn't that great either. I wasn't directly saying GM vehicles are crap...I'm saying all rental cars for the most part are crap. They often get the $h! beat out of them and are heavily abused during their life as a rental car. On occasion you may find something decent (almost like the cts). Though, after going through rental processes I can understand where GM gets their quality issue criticism from (regarding the materials used in the car...but that's another story)...

I don't think it is fair to use a rental car as an example...especially after all the GM rental cars I have driven that were utter pieces of crap with less than 10k on them.

I don't like the design of the X3 interior (or exterior for that matter). I know the quality, fit, and finish of everything is great, but if they would change just a few things with the hvac/cd player then it would be much better. Instead of having that popup nav system, if they just integrated it then it would make the interior worlds better in my opinion. Granted, I haven't spent much time in an X3, and from what I have found, interior shots of BMW's don't do them much justice.

Why is the X3 being compared to cars that are better suited to comparisons of the X5?

Freakin' sweet car. I love it! So bad ass.

The built in spell check feature is pretty cool...I'll have to research further what new stuff is up with 2.0. EDIT: BTW Loki, I found that you can change the location of the "close button" on the tabs back to normal if you wish. It is under tools>options>Tabbed Browsing>Display Options>Show Tab Closure Buttons (drop box with options).

meh...

I like it. I'm sure the granite would look a lot better in person.

Well...granted...I have heard of many guys experiencing issues with their auto trannys in their 540's...I'm pretty sure they are GM trannys too...

Mmm...My grandma came by for dinner...She brought her freshly baked apple pie...so tasty!

Yea, from what I was reading, there can be versions with or without meat...