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BentN
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This was a sporty posting

BMW make nice cars...although my mind is very open to many other brands too.
But firstly, allow me to quote/copy your text almost in100% detail

"It's amazing what BMWs can do.
hey drive so incredibly well on twisty and windy mountain roads that I sometimes think
(here come the letters from my readers) I wouldn't need a Porsche, the BMW 3-series handles so well
and so subliminally that it's simply not necessary to have a Porsche. 
Plus, BMWs are usually significantly larger than Porsches, so they're more practical and safer
in every day usage and shopping runs.  Yes, a BMW fulfills my wants and my needs. 
But why do I still want a Porsche?  I guess that's a deep conversation that I
should probably have with a psychiatrist or other professional help."

Now, I have no experience from the 3-series, M (or any lower-styled) BMW's really, but apart from that - I agree 100% with you.

So...
we like to sit a bit high, and all the cars we have had in the recent years, quite a few,  have been of some kind of SUV -type.
(But a short-lived BMW X1 a few years ago, was simply too small and uncomfortable for me - it almost killed my back).

Now, I really like BMW -  there is "something" about them and we have decided to give the brand one more chance.
We recently settled on and picked up this - the new F15 - but it had really a hard competition by the new Porsche Macan in our case.


The BMW draw the longest straw - as it was hard to beat out of practical reasons, like space, easy for serviceability (many dealers carries the brand) - superb fuel usage (in our case Diesel) - and simply - every day usage.
The Macan - also a great car and much more sporty in it's behavior - would be quite much smaller. The Cayenne was also a contender - but as of the 2014 model - it can't really catch up with many of BMW's fancy and "nice to have" techies. Now - I do think this will change - or at least the gap narrows down soon. As as you mentioned initially...my mind keeps on thinking about a Porsche too.

Love the X5 interior lighting too. All kind of color-combinations from orange- blue and white possible to set up.


This is really a "poor mans X5" as I tell everyone who asks - because it got the smallest engine BMW adapts to it as of now (211PS).
That said - it pulls amazingly good. Surprisingly well really to be honest. I believe this must partly be honored to the extremely capable 8-speed transmission too.

Ooh, but you asked about a favorite BMW

My answer should therefore be, in our case, "X5", right?
Well, yes - for now I must say X5, but wow, the X4 is just out, and the new X6 is on it's way. The X6 surely could be interesting too.
Now, I do not believe that any of these two - will have the practicality of the X5 finally - so I try to keep my mind cool a bit more.
I really do have the "feel good" feeling inside - each time I step (up) into our  X5 cockpit

Thanks for your interesting post,

Best
Bent

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