chiplee Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Ordered Friday the 22nd, and it went into production today. She should have it in two weeks. I, on the other hand, ordered my damn M3 on April 29th and it isn't even in production yet. This is ridiculous. Anyway, this one isn't her's, just a few pics to show what it'll look like. Mineral White, M-Sport, Premium Pkg, Driver Assistance Pkg, HUD, Surround View, Leather dash, Ceramic Controls, etc, etc. It's nice having her back at work, lol. http://www.southernsoot.com/2014_BMW_X5/NewX5_13.JPGhttp://www.southernsoot.com/2014_BMW_X5/NewX5_15.JPGhttp://www.southernsoot.com/2014_BMW_X5/NewX5_22.JPG Edited August 26, 2014 by chiplee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fancy as all get out! Nice man : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fancy as all get out! Nice man : ) We buy them for the safety features, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Safety while doing burnouts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Safety while doing burnouts! Lol, well this one is rear wheel drive with factory launch control, so perhaps. They'll actually both have HUD's and launch control, but I will embarrass my wife if she ever tries to hang with me at an intersection in the M3 or the Conquest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slydogg Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 daughter in law and princess first son, like you don't already know that. amy may smoke you off the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GINASQ Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Can i be your kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 daughter in law and princess first son, like you don't already know that. amy may smoke you off the line. Haha, she might if I'm not paying attention. My M3 will be over 2 seconds faster 0-60 than her X5, lol. Now, in the Conquest, you may be right. I might need to go from a roll to take her in that thing. It lacks low end grunt with the current cam. It really does come down to safety features at this point, at least for her car. I know of a Hornet pilot who ran over and killed his own daughter in their driveway. I mean can you even imagine? I'd be done. Surround View gives you a full 360 degree top down view around the vehicle in both of our cars now. The safety feature list goes on. Amelia's seat is a full 18 inches from the side of the vehicle in the X5 and her car seat has its own side impact protection on top of the side airbags. We've personally witnessed accidents the last two times we went to the nearest "city" and in both cases there was nothing the person being hit could have done differently. The only thing I can "do differently" is spend a little extra to put my family in a car that consistently ranks as "quite possibly the safest car ever made". I feel like it was one of the main reasons I worked for a pension at age 39, to be in a position to do just that. Doesn't hurt that it scoots and looks cool. Can i be your kid? Ha! We're not quite ready to adopt to get number 2 yet, but I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Bringing it home from TX. Spending the night in New Mexico. This thing is just amazing. http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/CC497503-434E-4C5B-AD2B-09B949433713_zpsc8m3sqes.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/3421183B-AECE-4722-B58D-89B528258D95_zpsv570tosj.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/AD0359D7-EDD6-4029-9C15-D31D38AF209A_zps9fht0g4s.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/EB1E4E9E-71BE-4127-9F2E-F4B1EE44A0D8_zpsmbkejw8g.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/4E7BBF3A-1DFC-4897-BF62-0FCB3C4A4C1B_zpssvdpkkdi.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/0580144A-A120-48A9-9D02-56FB693ED26D_zps0ji6qulg.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/car/D9E6B919-7F64-4FDD-8187-108580F56FF1_zpsai3ycfv0.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsi_tom Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I was in an older X5 and the doors were very solid. There appears to be a much heavier gauge of steel used in that X5 I was in. There was a tv show that showed a diplomat's BMW getting hit in the hood by a RPG and it kept running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I was in an older X5 and the doors were very solid. There appears to be a much heavier gauge of steel used in that X5 I was in. There was a tv show that showed a diplomat's BMW getting hit in the hood by a RPG and it kept running. Neat. The 2015 X5 hood is aluminum. I guess you don't squeak 27mpg out of a vehicle this size without trimming the fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Nice ride man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Nice ride man. Thank you. We've fallen in love all over again. Such a huge leap from the previous generation at basically the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Beautiful SUV.is the HUD only one color or can you change it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted September 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Beautiful SUV.is the HUD only one color or can you change it? Thanks. It's full color for nav info but text is white in the daytime and orange at night. You can change the brightness, the height, and the rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 As usual I can't leave anything alone, so the solid plastic grill inserts had to go. They're not open and therefore not functional and they looked kind of dumb. I replaced them with the M50d Euro style inserts. Feels crazy ripping into the bumper cover and fender liner on a brand new car but these things are very easy to work on, at least for body stuff. Knocked this out the weekend we got the car home. A few before and after shotshttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/IMG_8648_zpse652a3fc.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/IMG_8651_zps9a714430.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/IMG_8652_zps495aec45.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/IMG_8660_zpsac4ad174.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/FullSizeRender_zps54629858.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/FullSizeRender_1_zps8530d51d.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/FullSizeRender_2_zps98c076ea.jpghttp://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc82/chipleeiii/C30B6CF6-608C-4D1D-B27D-17100D094EE1_zpsue5ew9zf.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Wow looks a lot nicer Chip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Wow looks a lot nicer Chip! Thanks, man. Wish I could bring myself to pull the trigger on the M performance front splitter, too, but it's spendy. Looks like this. Pretty http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFgxMDI0/z/7moAAOSwQItTyoJA/$_57.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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