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      10-19-2007, 02:40 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by lakerfan007 View Post
Now if you drive the same car at Sea Level, you will definetly feel the difference, I live in colorado, at 5000ft my X5 can't even beat a neon off the line, and it's worse when i go upto Vail Pass which is >7000ft...... at sea level though, the car is more responsive and the power band is much greater
My dealer mentioned they're putting the N54 twin turbo as an optional engine in the X5 next year. Should alleviate the problem of losing power at altitude.

Not to mention an X5 with twin turbos and PROcede would be pretty sick.
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