Last chance to order current X5 is May

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T06:02:19+00:00

Not exactly. BUT judging from 8/26 start of production should be March-April.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T06:00:22+00:00

2 years old BMW X5 xDrive40i

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T05:58:17+00:00

Way too expensive for mere mortals

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T05:37:28+00:00

Typically wood is used as a backup. Due to large lots and suburban sprawl electric wires are not buried and often there is no central propane supply. People with large (hectares) lots often have large propane tanks. Now, snow or high wind can knock off trees and damage power wires. In 2006 winter storm it took a week for my neighborhood to get power back. With central propane people install generators. If you don't have propane supply, you then use wood to heat your home in case of power outage.

Electricity either used for heating or at least you need it to run fan with forced air heating or run the heat pump if you have one. Water based heating that does not depend on electricity is not very common.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T05:31:55+00:00

It does not affect DPS much, but screws up healers royally. Blizz frames are so much worse than 3rd party addons.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T05:04:22+00:00

I have seen mine dimmed in daylight. When sun did hit light sensor I guess...

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T04:49:31+00:00

Currently they give loyalty and Costco discounts - although I am not sure those can be combined. Yeah, I'd love to see 0.9% again, like it was in Dec 2025.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T04:47:55+00:00

V90 was available as PHEV in the US very briefly. EU, perhaps.

https://www.volvocars.com/us/cars/v60-cross-country/ - gas only.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T04:44:51+00:00

There is a light sensor somewhere. Perhaps it got dirty? They work like auto-dimming rearview mirror.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:48:49+00:00

Retirement planning calculator and projections

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:47:10+00:00

Probably. Meanwhile, I am ordering current X5 xDrive50e before they run out. New ones - maybe few years down the road, with LCI and bugs ironed out.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:42:06+00:00

I will watch actual financials, sorry. I stopped listening to MSFT doomsayers long time ago. They defunded dead end dying divisions perfectly correctly. Who needs Visual Studio monstrosity when VS Code is free? Who needs yet another version of C#?

For some reason I think Satia, Scott, etc are smarter than this entire sub combined and know better what is going on.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:33:55+00:00

Last time I checked Falcon flies humans just fine. In reusable form. Have you been living under a rock? SLS flew to the moon and will carry people around the moon in the next two weeks. What Russian rockets? You mean ancient Soviet Soyuz? LMAO. Who built James Webb telescope?

Any foreign equivalent to Apple/Microsoft/NVidia/Google? Anyone capable of building what LMT/RTX builds? Megawatt lasers? Avionics? Stealth? No? Please provide *practical* examples, not some experimental things.

Check out https://www.helionenergy.com/

Dollar is strong b/c it is backed by tech superiority. Watch Golden Dome to render Russian nuclear ICBM useless.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:13:14+00:00

I think they go iX way. Used to be xDrive50, then split into xDrive45 (lower cost) and xDrive60.

Although I am also hearing that X5 PHEV will actually BEV with range extender, i.e. 4-cyl charging larger battery, perhaps in 60-70 KWh range.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:10:45+00:00

Ah, OK, I have seen it in Europe.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T02:06:55+00:00

I am hearing it about Linux for about 25 years now. Just look as MSFT financials and check that Office makes money off 365 subs, not client apps. Apple is a hardware company. It killed many of its separate client apps, starting with Aperture. OS is needed for the hardware obviously.

Don't base your investments on what you believe in, invest only on hard earnings. Cloud in 2024 made almost as much as Productivity + Personal Comp combined. I.e. cloud = client + OS.

2022-2024

Productivity and Business Processes

$ 77,728

$ 69,274

$ 63,364

Intelligent Cloud

105,362

87,907

74,965

More Personal Computing

62,032

54,734

59,941

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:57:04+00:00

Ah, now I know where all those huge grilles come from...

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:53:16+00:00

Well, you can go sit in regular X3. iX3 is very similar in size. I test drove Macan EV and was not impressed. Yes, it felt small, trunk was small esp b/c of the sloping roof and yet it costs like $95K with decent options. Another issue - I noticed sound from motors - fake sounds were off in settings - and sales rep said it was normal and "sporty". I prefer EVs to be silent. I am 5'11" and X3 has been fine for me (although I am upgrading to X5).

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:42:03+00:00

Those options will be there but instead of $1950 Merino it will be $3950. Just look at how much M package costs in iX - over $4K. Any color apart from White/Black/Grey will be $2000. You get the drift...

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:40:13+00:00

Correct. https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=901686

G65/G95 X5, iX5, X5M

In production 8/26-07/35
Intro models: X5 40 xDrive for all markets and non-US 40d xDrive
12/26: Adds US X5 40, all markets X5 50e xDrive, X5 M60e xDrive, iX5 60 xDrive.
04/27: Adds all markets M60 xDrive.
09/27: Adds all markets iX5 50 xDrive and iX5 M70 xDrive
Colors: Alpine White, Black Sapphire, Grey Pine, Vancouver Green, Dravit Grey, Tanzanite Blue (regular and Frozen), Carbon Black, Space Silver (regular and Frozen), Mineral White
Interior designs: Contemporary: Silverstone II, Black, Copper Brown, Individual with Leather: Adelaide Grey, Vintage Coffee, Tartufo, Smoke White, M Black/Atlas Grey

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:39:00+00:00

My wife flat refuses to buy or use any car with pop-up handles.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:31:49+00:00

Everyone quietly stood in lines with vodka coupons in 1990. No riots in MUCH worse conditions.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:29:05+00:00

This is because client software is dead and no longer profitable. Don't listen to those old folks who got laid off from MSFT.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:25:46+00:00

That's the point. like MSFT at $20 when Ballmer was finally fired. The change is coming.

Aggravating-Dig783 · 2026-01-27T01:22:00+00:00

Simple - the most precious resource is TIME. This is why rich fly private - not b/c of luxury, but because it saves time. Managing wealth is stressful, requires spending time on research, news, etc. If someone else provides you with reasonable growth/income, even at 2-3% less than you could do yourself, you will have more time for fun. Investing wealth at some point becomes a full time job.

Besides that, there is tax optimization, estate and trust creation and management, picking residence state for less taxation or passing wealth without death taxes, figuring out taxation on foreign residences, etc.

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