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Back to the BMW family!
Well after 2 years of being gone from the BMW family I am back. Well soon enough I'll be back. Just placed an order for a 2014 X5 M sport.
I've got a bit of reading to do on all the little things it has to offer. I remember a thread for the E90/2 M3s "What didn't you realize your car could do?" and I'm hoping I'll eventually come across that here. Got the car for $69420. Believe thats a decent price for a $73,900 MSRP car. Second week of May production...or so says the CA.
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06-27-2014, 09:01 PM | #3 |
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Well the swap a lease fell through twice since I posted and I'm still not back in a BMW after 2 years! Reason being, it is hard to find people who are willing to pay tax on top of the tax you've rolled into the lease payment, at that point its cheaper for people to just buy a new GL themselves.
However, a stroke of good(or bad) luck came upon us last Friday when a drunk driver crashed into our parked truck. We were all sleeping when this occurred and the 2 babies are safe so thats all that matters. The driver was doing ~75 mph when he hit our car with his MDX and caused him to roll his vehicle. In any event, my GL has $54K+ in repairs and only worth $64.7k so they are totaling it! You know what that means? You guessed it, an F15 X5! Tomorrow I pick up a Black Sapphire on black dakota X5 50i M Sport, Executive package, Driver assistant plus and 4 zone AC. Pics will follow tomorrow of the X5, here are the photos of the GL.
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06-27-2014, 09:24 PM | #4 |
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Wow, glad you and your family are ok. How about the drunk driver? Is he alright? Granted, he messed up big time, but a human being is a human being. Hopefully, no one else was hurt!
On a lighter note, sorry about your GL, but congrats on your new X5! Welcome to the BMW family!
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Ouch, he got really lucky...well bad decisions lead to bad circumstances. Hopefully, this teaches him a lesson or two. I'm glad no one else was hurt and that at least your insurance covered you for a new car. I know it's not as big as your GL, but I'm sure you will definitely enjoy the new X5. All of us are .
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06-28-2014, 09:05 AM | #7 |
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GL looks pretty good for taking a 75 MPH impact. How was the passenger area (does it look like you would have been injured from the vehicle if you were in the car)?
It never works out this way for me. My wife's ML350 was in the body shop 3 times (never our fault, vandalism and theft) within 6 months of buying it. If someone was going to hit my parked car, it would have 100 miles on it! This, BTW, is the big reason that you NEVER put money down on a car, especially not a lease. If this car was brand new and totaled, anything you put down on the lease would be GONE. If you put nothing down, you walk back to the dealer (since someone just totaled your car) and order another one; like nothing happened at all. You're paying for gap insurance, make sure you take maximum advantage of it. This goes double for people who live in areas with high car theft rates! |
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Good luck with that one MB, I have no idea how they can get the leasing companies to make deals like that; I can only assume that they pay the difference if the car sells for less. Most people say you lose 10-20% just driving it off the lot! |
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Damn, as I read I was thinking why not try to trade it in instead of swap lease (we did that with our ML to get an X3 and got out of the lease clean a year early, then did the same with the X3 a year early to get our X5), then I read on and saw it no longer matters. Glad no one was in the car!
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Finally had time to correct the holograms the dealer put in while 'Detailing' the car for delivery. I even let them wash my car when it went in for the microswitch replacement on the hood. I've been using exclusively Chemical Guys Products for a long while now(3 years I think) and the products last for the most part. My M3 and Cayenne S were always MINT and always detailed perfectly. The GL, meh. It was silver and way to big to care. The X5 took me 9 hours and I still rushed to complete it. Kinda hard to find that much time with a 2 year old and an 11 month old at home.
Wash>Clay> Polish(V38) using the lightest polishing pad> Black Light(glaze)>Second Skin 6 (polymer protection)> Black wax> Cleaned any residual with Hybrid V7 Wheels were washed, waxed(chemical guys wheel protection) and tired dressed with VRP. Second Skin & and Black were both 2 new products for me. Can't say I'm impressed with either. I got much better beading on my M3 using Butter Wet Wax.
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