*turbo V6

I'm not sure I believe / understand the bit about locking the transmission in overdrive. What about parking lot plowing?

There was not. All the E83s have a transfer case. They're basically E46 "xi" cars with tall greenhouses.

I just want to take this opportunity to tell everyone that the X3 is secretly Jalop as fuck. I have a 6 speed manual first-gen X3, and while yes, I look like a hairdresser / retiree driving the thing, it kicks ass to drive and has an Inline 6, 3 pedals, a huge factory strut-tower brace, battery in the back, and AWD…

Not to be like a black fly in your chardonnay, but why are we talking about crowdfunding the replacement of this car?

I bet the cam in that car is so retarded that it's really difficult to keep it running at an idle. Notice he stays bouncing on the throttle when they're sitting still - likely to keep it running.

I have an X3. The only way to open the liftgate / hatch is through the electric latch rubber button pad thing just above the license plate. You push the button, and a robot unlatches the latch.

Dear god yes. I knew five people in college with Cherokees powered by these beasts. The rest of the trucks usually fell apart, but these things never. Fucking. Quit. One even went 23,000 miles, driven hard, with a leaking seal somewhere, without an oil change. Sold it and the new owner rebuilt it, after driving it…

I have a 2005 BMW that has CRAZY orange peel, from the factory. Carfax shows no accidents, but the real way I know it's from the factory is it's the same on every surface of the car.

Kinda makes me want to drink a Milwaukee's Best Light

Ford EUCD platform. Holy cocknballs, does this underpin a lot of cars. I discovered it when I got my wife a Volvo wagon. Then I looked at a Range Rover Evoque (as a joke, guys, I mean come on, who would actually drive a Range Rover?) and found it it has the very same platform. So I looked into it, and sure, it's not…

I saw a 2 DOOR Acura SLX once.

It's more of a G37 fighter - for those who want to cultivate the manly "axe body spray and polo shirt" vibe, but aren't quite well paid enough to make the down payment on the gentleman's Nissan.

FWIW, xDrive was designed to aid in handling / correct understeer and oversteer, not get Jezza up the grassy hill. I have an X3 and in adverse traction conditions (like, say, getting around the wet grassy field at a polo match loaded down with wine or the parking lot at Vail loaded down with fine cheeses) I drive it…

What's this?

What part of THESE ARE FOR GRAY-HAIRS IN FORT LAUDERDALE are you not getting?!

BMW X3 delegation checking in - you've been able to get a 260 hp, 6 speed manual, AWD German cute-ute for 10 years now.

From what I've read, my car ought to have all the hardware for cruise control under the hood / hooked to the pedals, all it needs is a different steering wheel that has the buttons on it.

While you drive like an asshaul

special order car, regrettably I'm not the person who ordered it. I bought it used, because the idea of a 6 speed manual in an AWD wagon with an inline 6 and stiff suspension was pretty much a slam dunk for me.