idale

So yeah, $750 for sport seats and $12000 for stitching (or "only" $11150 if she would've gone for B&O anyway) since she didn't want anything else in the jump to Prestige. That's more like optioning a Porsche.

Sucks to have just missed the cutoff to have ordered a 2014 as she would've wanted it (and that S-Line just got dropped for 2015 for whatever reason and the one thing that she especially wanted wasn't moved to Sport Interior or as an individual option), but hopefully the X3 works out well for her. I see enough of them driving around, certainly, can't be too bad.

togatown

I agree, seems to be lots of X3's around. Hopefully the M-sport look will keep her happy and if not, there's always the new Q5 coming in 2016.....

RobC

A number of new 2014 TDI S-lines turned up in autotrader when I did a search. If the vehicle is still available then your dealer should be able to get it.

- B -

That'll be that first year of production in Mexico..... I wouldn't consider that to be ideal, personally.....

spijun

Good luck with BMW

togatown

It will be her first. I came from one to my last Audi and haven't looked back. tell you one thing, if it sucks, she will be out of it like **** through a goose.

Hockeymonkey

We looked at the BMWs both the X3 and X5. X5 shoots price way up. X3 felt a little smaller than the Q5 for us but I am sure it is minimal if any difference.
There were a few things that really drew us to BMW initially - like the interior and my wife also loved the contrast stitching in the X-line. But after driving both the Q5 TDI and the X3d the TDI torque is just incredible.
Finally - not that Audi is the most reliable but with BMW it is just a matter of luck in getting a good one and I personally have experienced the frustration of a new BMW that spent more time and trips in the shop than on the road with major issues (not little nagging stuff that could be ignored).

acadianbob

That's our BMW experience too. In the BMW service bay every other month to fix some nagging problem. Our Audi's have been rock solid.

Q5 Bob

In Consumer Reports '14 auto issue, both the X3 and Q5 were rated "Average" for Reliability from their Owner Surveys.

'Ski

We chose 2015 Audi A6 over BMW 5 series mostly because we will not live without a spare tire.
Buy one, a jack and a lug wrench and put rhem in the trunk? Just takes up too much trunk space and would bounce around.

Is this any way to sell a $58,000 car?