Originally Posted by mricorp

Since I travel moderate to long distances pretty often reliability is extremely important for my primary vehicle. Breaking down and missing meetings is not acceptable.

Since my extended warranty just ran out and there have been more and more "issues" popping up lately I really had no choice.

I really wanted another manual transmission car but since I already bought an E60 M5 two years ago, hated it, and sold it within 6 months there were really no othere choices besides a Porsche Cayenne GTS 6 Speed. As a dedicated Porsche guy (I own and race several) the Cayenne just didn't feel right to me. Anything else (M3, Audi RS4, etc.) would have been too small.

In addition she was just starting to look worn and tired. Owning a successful business I do have somewhat of an image to uphold and she was starting to show her age recently.

So far I am very impressed with the E63 and we will see where it goes from here.