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Originally Posted by Nick M3
Fil is of the opinion that first was mostly useless with that gearing. I don’t really agree, but I can see his perspective. The lack of a 6th gear is the real problem on that thing.
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Originally Posted by nate
I'm not sure no sport package is a problem on an X5, which is a pretty comfort oriented vehicle.
No heated seats definitely odd in Penn.
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Originally Posted by Nick M3
Yeah, I agree that Sport isn’t actually that important on the E53.
BMW used a really soggy torque converter to make the 3.0 feel punchy with the auto. (And an on/off throttle pedal.) I assume that they went super short on the gearing so that the manual would also feel OK.
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Yea - 5 (4) was getting at my opinion that only 4 of the 5 speeds are really usable. I think the extra gear on 6spd is much needed. Not sure how many of you have actually driven one of these, but it’s just a really weird car to drive.
Re: sport - not saying it’s a must on an X5 generally speaking, I know that majority of them are non-sport. But from my experience, the buyer who wants a manual on one of these probably wants sport package too.