I am thinking of buying an x5 3.0. I am 22 and graduating college. It will be my primary winter car and when working on the lex. Also thinking about a used h1 or lexus gx 470. Any imput would be great.

If you want the best build quality with long lasting results and like a rear door that swings open like a barn door, pick the GX470. If you want a handling machine with a split rear door (hatch) with a few more visits to the repair shop, pick the X5. If you want a major headache, bone jarring ride and like spending your life at a gas pump, pick the h1. I just finished driving the LX470, GX470, X5 3.0 & X5 4.4,.....winner...........X5 4.4. Owned BMW & Lexus evenly, 97 528, 95 M3, 96 LS400 & 98 GS300, trading my LS in for the X5.

Its really betwwen the gx and the x5. I just always wanted an H1 and had heard many bad stories of repairs. The H2 is a 3/4 ton GMC so that is out of the question as well. I know the gx will be easy and mostly problem free but the X5 drives so nice, maybe if I can talk to a BMW mechanic and get a set of factory manuals.

Decisions, Decisions

Go with the X5, something about the gx makes me look at it wierd :confused:.....then again, it's a biased bored ;)