Norm 
2002 BMW X5 SUV 4.4i AWD 4dr SUV (4.4L 8cyl 5A)
Convincing my wife
 This has been a great, but not troublefree, vehicle.  Our first BMW.  I had to convince my wife that she would enjoy this SAV.  Now I cannot get her out of it.   It has never stranded us, but we have gone to our dealer several times answering the "service engine soon" idiot light. This light has alerted us to a loose gas cap AND a bad catalytic converter.   Both on the same idiot light.   My wife uses automatic.  I use manual shifting.   It reminds me of my first car--a stick shift way back in the 1950s.   Great cornering and passing power.