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Always wanted to ask, why did you buy this monstrosity of a "car", what were your motivations ?
I didn’t. It was a gift. It has been an amazing car though.
I had nothing but bad luck all if my life, buying beaters that barely moved, weren’t safe, and left me stranded constantly. I walked to work and begged for rides constantly. I had to walk 4 hours down a mountain on the way, 4 hours up a mountain on the way back. Most of the time I’d get lucky and someone would pick me up once I got around the 2 hour mark and walked into civilization.
I’m dirt poor. I’ve spent a lot of years in that struggle.
Would you believe that I haven’t paid a penny for any of the vehicles I own right now? I just had a pile of good luck. Some of it was good luck that came from bad things, like a friend of mine passing away and leaving me his car.
I will say though. I absolutely love the X5. It has been the most reliable and most comfortable car I’ve ever owned.
Aight, seems like you've been through a lot, I was going to say how unecological and pathetic it is to buy big 4x4 to drive in cities, but you're probably one of the few people that has a real use for it, plus you didn't buy it. Glad it served you well. I still hate most bmw drivers... Toxic pieces of trash that believe their time is more valuable than everyone else
Yeah that ain’t me. I live deep in the Appalachian mountains and driving anything but a 4x4 here would 100% result in being trapped in the winter.
Well, not so bad these days I guess with the lack of snow compared to the years before.
Still though, I can’t imagine crossing these mountains in the winter with anything but a 4x4. As a matter of fact, I was stuck multiple times back before I got one. I slept crashed against a guardrail in a 2001 Grand AM one night in 2008. Fortunately I had filled the car up at the bottom of the mountain and I was able to keep warm.
My stepdad came looking for me around 5 AM when my ex woke up and realized I wasn’t home. He pulled me out and I slowly took the car back down the mountain and parked it at that store.
I didn’t have a cell phone back the man. Wouldn’t matter today though. There’s still no cell service from the top of that mountain to 40 miles out from it.