[Josh (PA)]

Not wanting to hijack Alan's oil change thread, I figured I'd put our recent thoughts in here.

Since my last post, I've been watching the 2015 - 2020 E63 wagon market closely and it's not a pretty sight. 2015 -2016 (w212s)are in the $55 - $75k range based on miles, 2018+ are $80k+. Its hard to justify that kind of money for an out of warranty car that we'll be putting 20k+ miles year on.

So we've changed our focus to x3s and x5s again. The x5 4.5e seems like a great fit to our use case, but so far has been ridiculously buggy and seems pretty archaic in EV technology (slow charging rate primarily).

The x3 with the b58 seems like our sweetspot. Looks like a new one optioned as we want is in the $58k range out the door (about $10k cheaper than the x5 option). There will be an LCI in July that will add a few more minor improvements to the interior tech.

Our plan, assuming our 2013 x5 w/ 150k miles survives this long, is to custom order an x3 to our specs around this time next year and do a delivery at the Spartansburg Performance Center. If the stars align, my wife and I will drive down the Blue Ridge into the smokys, spend a weekend in Nashville then go to Spartansburg and pick it up. Timing would be earlier, but I really want to see the smoky's in the spring time with all the wildflower blooms, etc.

We'll see, obviously lots can change in that timeline, but that's our plan for now. The x series gives the side benefit of adding a hitch and being able to move my boat around on occasion.