Well after surviving for the last 12 or so months sharing a car with the wife, I decided that I needed a vehicle of my own again. Firstly I needed to figure out what I wanted from it. I've owned a wide variety of cars from hardcore offroaders to semi rally cars. After thinking for a while I came up with three criteria. I wanted an AWD SUV. I like going camping so I wanted something big enough to be able to throw the tent, bedroll etc in the back and head away for the weekend. Secondly I wanted it to have some grunt. As it will be pretty much a road going car, it's always good to have some urgency when you press the accelerator. Lastly, I wanted it to be fun to drive. I wanted it to put a smile on my face everytime I drove it.
After wading through the car classifieds for a few weeks, I narrowed the search down to two vehicles. Either a Mercedes AMG ML55 or a BMW 4.6IS. Both not very common in Australia. A very good BMW 4.6IS became available in Brisbane (1600km's from home) so I booked a flight and went up to have a look at it. After some negotiation I ended up buying the car. The fun part was I got to drive it home.
It's a rocket ship. 255KW's (I think that's around 350hp). Huge wide tyres so it sticks to the tarmac. Fantastic brakes etc etc. When you drive it, you easily forget that it's a 2 tonne plus SUV.
Anyway, here's a picture.
After wading through the car classifieds for a few weeks, I narrowed the search down to two vehicles. Either a Mercedes AMG ML55 or a BMW 4.6IS. Both not very common in Australia. A very good BMW 4.6IS became available in Brisbane (1600km's from home) so I booked a flight and went up to have a look at it. After some negotiation I ended up buying the car. The fun part was I got to drive it home.
It's a rocket ship. 255KW's (I think that's around 350hp). Huge wide tyres so it sticks to the tarmac. Fantastic brakes etc etc. When you drive it, you easily forget that it's a 2 tonne plus SUV.
Anyway, here's a picture.