2007 H2 test drive, now i have some Qs

[bimmer2.8]

Wife and I took a 2007 with only 36k miles on it for a test drive today.

1. the key was stuck in the ignition, wouldn't turn over the SUV, and was acting weird. kinda reminded me of when the ignition switch went out in my dad's caravan when i was young. is this a common issue??

2. when i floored it.....it went nowhere....it was really really really slow. they say 0-60 in 10secs....but not by my but dyno. the 4x4 buttons were blinking and the 4x4 light was on on the dash and the check engine symbol was on. something wrong with this thing to make it goes so slow. my wife's 2002 3.0 x5 could out run this thing. my 5.4ltr screw f150 could out run this thing. anything common with those lights on the dash?

3. reliability??? comments on that for an 06 to 07 model.

4. i don't care about gas mileage....the x5 gets about 13-15 in the city...so the H2 is not much worse. why people give it such a hard time is beyond me. my 01 screw f150 gets 10.8 in the city....5.4ltr, there all over the place.

5. blind spots in real life driving....how bad are they....the wife will be driving it....5'8" small lady....didn't seem like there was any blind spots to speak of while sitting in it and driving around the parking lot (didn't want to move car seat out of my x5, we weren't going to buy this one anyways...only see how the interior was.)

6. i don't want my wife or 9 month old to be part of a hate crime because of the tree huggers out there.....so how is the hostility towards driving this thing that you guys/gals have noticed when you drive around?

thanks for the time and energy you spent helping me out ;0) i appreciate it. hopefully i can return the favor.

later,

Hankzt3r