I know where you are coming from about living the dream. But still need to be realistic about running costs. I had a nissan x-trail years ago. Great car but very expensive to run. I went from £75 every 2 weeks to £105 when the fuel prices started to go up. Don't really want to be paying out that kind of money. Was hoping the Q5 would be better but by the sounds of things I don't think it will be much better than the x-trail. Cheers again Andy