[V8] Oh, and another thing: vile NAC!

[Roger Woodbury]

I saw an interesting looking car down town on Sunday.  Town was very quiet
and when this car approached down Main Street and turned right onto State
Street, since I was sitting at the stop light, I got a pretty good look.
Not looked closely at one before.

It was a BMW station wagon, and I think the car was perhaps a 02 or 03 BMW
Three something.  

All of which got me to thinking.  I have been absolutely DEATH on BMW's ever
since my last new one, which was a 1984 318i, which was the worst automobile
I have ever owned.  

Anyway, this station wagon was actually good looking, I thought.  IT didn't
look like something designed by a California teenager hyped on Red Bull and
speed, and didn't have that "too long in the Toyota Camry drawing room" of
the newest models.

So I thought I would ask the brain trust here, if anyone has any experience
with the '02-03 BMW station wagons?  I am especially curious about any
comments about the IX versions which might be an alternative to an Audi
Quattro.

You see, The Old Gray Mare is gathering miles at a furious rate, and
eventually, I will retire her.  She has 137,000+ and is climbing rapidly at
the rate of more than 20K per year, and she may be near 150k by the time I
have had her one year.  At 175,000, or 50,000 ACME, I start to shop pretty
seriously, and anytime approaching 200,000 I will be ready, assuming
something major doesn't fall off before then...major as in a transmission,
which I probably won't do on this car.

Comments, please?

Roger

Oh, yes:  ACME = Accumulated Miles Under Me.  It's an automotive testing and
journalists term, doncha know?

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