You live in a world of snow, sleet, rain and loose gravel; you love BMW s, you don t have kids, you don t drive fast and you re never, ever going to sell your car.

The 325ix may get you out of/through the muck, but it drives like an alcoholic after root canal surgery: slow and numb. Anyone who ponies-up forty-large for a fully-specced 3-Series sports wagon is also looking at the kind of cliff-face depreciation normally reserved for Ferraris and 12-cylinder luxo-barges. You have been warned.

· Speed Merchants: No

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs:

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs:

· Soccer Moms: No

· Nascar Dads: No

· Golfing Grandparents:

· Manufacturer: BMW

· Model tested: 325xi Sports Wagon

· Model year: 2006

· Price as Tested: $43,140

· Engine type: 3.0-liter DOHC 24-valve inline six

· Horsepower: 215hp @ 6250 rpm

· Torque: 185 lb-ft @ 2750 rpm

· Redline: 7250 rpm

· Wheels and Tires: Bridgestone Turanza E42 205/55R-16

· Drive type: four-wheel-drive

· 0 - 60: 7.7 secs.

· 1/4 mile: NA

· Top speed: 130 mph (limited)

· Fuel economy city/highway: 20/27

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: NR

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