Thanks for the answer Tonn. That's a relief, I shouldn't feel depressed for my lack of skills then, I thought you modeled it all without subdividing anything at all. Nice renders, consider "upgrading", because this is like, CGcars/Sektor-41 frontpage stuff from what I can see
Also, how does XSI compare to Max modeling-wise ? I keep reading how it's a better alternative since Autodesk decided to stop adding any interesting features at all since Max 9.