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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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Well, I put just over a hundred miles on it today. It had seven on it at delivery. Took it to the Angels game tonight, after a day of "nice car" comments from a number of strangers. What a great ride. It is amazing the confidence the car gives you while cornering. My drive home from Angel stadium offers several opportunities for high speed wide turns (57 to 22, 22 to 55, 17th St. Tustin offramp) and I was flying through them with ease. Huge change for me, as I'm switching from an Expedition. It is so hard to be good (keeping the rpm in check)

I have not even delved into the manual all that deep, but I think that iDrive is very intuitive, but I am a technically inclined person.

The Monaco Blue is just a plain gorgeous color, but I've already noticed a bit of dust collection -- oh well that is why I have a bucket and wash mitt.

Braking is amazing.

Acceleration, even at low rpm is awesome, especially when going through a turn... very fun! I do notice the slight delay, but I'm already getting used to it.

HD radio rocks. Several stations available. I mainly listen to KROQ. They have a fairly weak signal so it fades in and out of HD pretty often, but when it is locked in it is truly CD quality (crank it up with no distortion).

In case you can't tell, I like it very much so far
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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It rocks!
Beautiful combo!
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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My Ride: 530 2006 msport package, steptronic, pdc, mystik blue, grey dakota leather, sunroof, Bi-Xenon, heated rear seats, Hi-FI system, velour carpets
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Congrats!! Gorgeous car!
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