The update that nobody wants but was promised so here it is

"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
12/16/2019 at 12:00 • Filed to: None

As was trumpeted from on high on Saturday, Lucifer is ice skating and Wilbur has taken flight. I have a new car. It’s a 2017 BWM X5 XDrive35i. What has happened to car names? Damn. Anyway! It’s a metallic brown with a brown interior which is probably why it languished on the dealer lot for months but was a big plus for me. I would have rather had one of the nice blues that BMW has but finding one in the right price range was tough. This one was CPO, right at 30k miles and had a motivated seller. Perfect! Here are a couple of pics I took from their website before they disappeared. In them the car looks black, but in person it is indeed brown. T he interior also looks lighter than it is in person. It’s not the fanciest or best car in the world but compared to a 2006 Mercury Mariner it might as well be. BTW, that is going to one of my sisters as a winter car.

DISCUSSION (20)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 12:16

That’s a hell of an upgrade over a Mariner

boredalways > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 12:17

I like it very much!

lone_liberal > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/16/2019 at 12:18

It really, truly is. After buying this and driving it I had to get in the Mariner to move it out of the garage and it was like “How the hell did I sit in this seat?”.

lone_liberal > boredalways
12/16/2019 at 12:20

Thanks! I do too!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 12:24

The biggest upgrade I ever had was from my 1986 D100 as my DD to a 2006 Mazda 6 GT.

Kinja'd!!!

lone_liberal > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/16/2019 at 12:33

That’s a damn big jump too. It’s a little disorienting, isn’t it? But oh so nice.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 12:35

|X5 XDrive35i. What has happened to car names?

*laughs in Galaxie 500 4-door Sedan*

412GTI > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 12:40

That’s a great color combo. X5 is a dang fine SUV, enjoy it.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/16/2019 at 12:42

Thats still quite an up grade. And I know how flimsy the interior of those Mazdas are

lone_liberal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/16/2019 at 12:47

“Galaxie”>>>” X5"

lone_liberal > 412GTI
12/16/2019 at 12:48

Thanks! I am enjoying it a LOT.

CompactLuxuryFan > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 13:01

Could BMW X SUVs be the next Oppo car of the year?

lone_liberal > CompactLuxuryFan
12/16/2019 at 13:07

Maybe, but it would be hard to knock the Miata off from its throne.

Tripper > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 13:29

Congrats! Super nice car!

lone_liberal > Tripper
12/16/2019 at 13:35

Thanks!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 13:46

Within a few years prior, the Galaxie had been a Fairlane Galaxie which had been the Fairlane Victoria (?) which had been the Crestline Victoria(?) , but what had been the Fairlane Galaxie became the Galaxie 500 (more or less), the top trim went to Galaxie 500XL, the lower Galaxie came in, and the base trim became the Custom 300... because reasons, while the Fairlane became another car entirely . Which had a Fairlane 500, because of course it did.

This was on the cusp of changes from trim levels being applied to multiple model configurations as a name to model names being applied to specific bodystyles which then have trim levels, so it all gets a little baffling... Add in that only *most* of the special submodel indicators had been tossed out (Sunliner, Starliner) and others were still lurking (Victoria) and a new one was coming in (Fastback).

Great names, total nonsense in designation.

lone_liberal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/16/2019 at 13:56

The first car I really remember my parents having was a ‘57 Fairlane. Great looking car even if it was a 4-door. But, even with that I never really understood all of the model designations Ford used back then but the names had style!

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 14:01

It’d be easier than you think, they’re pretty small and light.

I’ll show myself out...

lone_liberal > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
12/16/2019 at 14:06

Ok, I literally laughed out loud at that one. Luckily I’m the only one working from the office today so nobody knows I’m goofing off on the internet.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > lone_liberal
12/16/2019 at 14:30

Hey, me too! Although, I am getting some work done.