my X6 comes next week anything to beware of?

[M2withACC]

3.0 Space Grey 2008/December
Is there anything I should look out or be more caution?

[dmlgc]

Congratulations and Welcome to the forum.
You have to watch that your face muscles don't cramp from smiling so much when you drive it...

Seriously I think the 35 models have had the least problems.
Enjoy

[Deda]

congrats! just enjoy!

[motex]

Originally Posted by europeankar

3.0 Space Grey 2008/December
Is there anything I should look out or be more caution?

Yes, bewareof other motorists taking pictures of your car from the cel phones in a traffic jam.....

[M2withACC]

thanks guys, I am thinking to get rims for my baby. I live in Taiwan with the most ****ed up roads I ever been. I had 19" on my porsches with aftermarket suspension and I could live with it. But I really don't want to sacrifice the ride since I got a SUV. 22" I am afraid it will loose acceleration and hurt the fuel mileage. Any opinions?

[motex]

Be carefull about the ride feel, the X6 has a stiff suspension already, and if your streets are not good enough, the ride will be hard.....in Costa Rica streets are also full of potholes, Im not changing my 19's for that reason

[M2withACC]

anybody paint their 19" to black? or should I just get aftermarket 19"?

[shenard]

Originally Posted by europeankar

anybody paint their 19" to black? or should I just get aftermarket 19"?

I am going to be having my wheels powder-coated gloss black soon and will post pictures when they are done.

[motex]

depending on the color of the car you must be very carefull because not all wheels looks good on black, I have seen factory wheels painted in black that look very ugly, I think is better to go for aftermarkets such is BBS, ACS, ForgedLine, HRE's, etc etc
For me the best style for black are all the "mesh type" and the black not shiny , kind of semi-gloss finish or semi-mate
Good luck

[M2withACC]

hmm I wonder what's a good wheel size for my 3.0?

[archwerks]

the bigger the wheel the less rubber tire to protect the rim on rough roads, & curbs but the sportier the handling & ride, also front & rear are different size tires on 20" + rims..

[M2withACC]

thanks, I guess i will ride stock wheels first and get to know how it feels with everything stock.

[motex]

good choice, ride is good enough in 19" 's

[motex]

Originally Posted by Bryan0102

costa rica? quick question, how the hell do you get mail if there's no addresses?

or is that puerto rico....

LOL, well...... we do have P.O.Boxes.......and is Costa Rica
We do have street numbers and names, but no one knows how to give directions using street numbers, just in downtonw San Jose streets and avenues are well marked.
There is a good reason for this, the idea is to make our tourists to get lost, that way they will get to know better the country until they find the place they were looking for.
When was your last time you were here ?
PURA VIDA !!