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Car Forum / BMW Cars / December 2005525xi AWD or X5?!
Hi, I have a tough decision to make right now. Should I go buy/lease 525xi AWD or X5? For the similar options, X5 is around $5k cheaper. Questions: 1. Does 525xi provide the same driving experience as X5 on slippery road/HWY? 2. I don't drive much on business days. Top $8-10k miles a year. 3. Should I buy or lease? 4. What's your take? Thanks a lot! <ibm_97@yahoo.com> wrote > I have a tough decision to make right now. Should I go buy/lease 525xi > AWD or X5? For the similar options, X5 is around $5k cheaper. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 1. Does 525xi provide the same driving experience as X5 on slippery > road/HWY? Yes. It now has the same xDrive that the X5/X3 does. > 2. I don't drive much on business days. Top $8-10k miles a year. > > 3. Should I buy or lease? > > 4. What's your take? For much better mileage and handling in the 3600 lb 525xi, you're trading worse performance and mileage and the older motor in the 4600 lb X5. I'd go 525xi in a heartbeat, even with the additional cost. FloydR > > I have a tough decision to make right now. Should I go buy/lease 525xi > > AWD or X5? For the similar options, X5 is around $5k cheaper. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > FloydR Thanks a lot! Ye, probably I will go with 525xi also. Start to look around.... The last description of the X5 I read called it an "embarassingly ugly pile of junk". I don't think they are "junk". >> > I have a tough decision to make right now. Should I go buy/lease 525xi >> > AWD or X5? For the similar options, X5 is around $5k cheaper. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Ye, probably I will go with 525xi also. Start to look around.... > > I have a tough decision to make right now. Should I go buy/lease 525xi > > AWD or X5? For the similar options, X5 is around $5k cheaper. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > FloydR Basically all 5 series have xDrive. What's the difference between 525 xi FWD and AWD? Thanks, > Floyd Rogers wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Basically all 5 series have xDrive. What's the difference between 525 > xi FWD and AWD? No BMW is FWD. If you mean RWD, then the difference is a center electronically controlled differential, a front diff and half-shafts. Total weight is around 225-250 lbs IIRC. BTW, I have a '01 330xi and, with snow tires, it's unstoppable in the snow. FloydR > BTW, I have a '01 330xi and, with snow tires, it's unstoppable in the snow. This doesn't sound like a recommendation the way I read it ;)  Signaturejeremy > In article <11peq6i8kme53bb@corp.supernews.com>, Floyd Rogers says... >> BTW, I have a '01 330xi and, with snow tires, it's unstoppable in the >> snow. > > This doesn't sound like a recommendation the way I read it ;) ouch. |
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