X5 question how bad can they be ?

[evil02]

3 hours ago, Conserv said:

 

I'm going to put you down as a "No"... ?

 

 When I went to trade it, I was shocked at trade-in prices from two BMW dealers, against new X5's: $17K and $18K. Three years old. Not a nick on the car. Perfect leather. But 100,000 miles. The trade-in value was so low that I considered keeping it as an extra vehicle:

 

Funny thing is: I really loved that vehicle! But without the extended warranty, fuggetaboutit... ?

 

 

 

That's a hard NO!!    No warranty = not worth it to me. A 2002 or any of my hobby cars, I'll pull a motor, do paintwork, etc.. that's fun. A daily driver, I can barely bring myself to change the oil!  I hate working on a daily.

 

Your right about the resale, it's terrible. It forces you to park it on the side of your house like an old farmer and let it rust away..

['76mintgrün'02]

On 6/17/2020 at 5:04 AM, irdave said:

Damn, Skippy!  Off topic...  We have a whole section for stuff like this.

 

 

Well, Dave, if you'd use the SEARCH feature, you'd see that Gary did use the Off-Topic section with this same question a year ago (and those are your words that show up in the quote)!   

 

 

What color X5 are you buying, Gary?

 

 

"Fido barks the numbers", right @ray_ ?   

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/columns/a15136263/john-phillips-car-buying-is-easy-when-fido-barks-the-numbers-column/

 

Tom

[irdave]

11 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Well, Dave, if you'd use the SEARCH feature, you'd see that Gary did use the Off-Topic section with this same question a year ago (and those are your words that show up in the quote)!   

 

Tom

 

That's funny buddy.  At least I'm consistent...  :)

[Mike G]

 

[Son of Marty]

Buy one and put in a 1967 327 with the power glide automatic and the thing will run for 300k.

[tech71]

1 hour ago, AustrianVespaGuy said:

Ooof, I'm glad your wife likes the Sportage and all, but $800 for turning an E39 into a Kia really kinda makes my soul hurt ?

+1 on M54s being easier to deal with than the M62s.  That 22mm bolt that holds the crank pulley to the nose of the crankshaft is known as 'The Jesus Bolt' for a good reason. . .

(^Not mine just for reference!)

I did try to sell it first on CL.  Not one legit inquiry over a couple of months. When I unloaded it the CL asking price was down to $1900, no takers. 

Couldn't have it parked and moldering on my property. Thats something I reserve for 02s, E21s and certain E30s?

In my case, unloading it for peanuts was a sound decision.

My wifes soul reacted differently than yours?

Edited June 18, 2020 by tech71

[Flamingo 5]

After reading the above, I’m wondering if 

a manual transmission would be less prone to

fail ?

[Mike G]

8 hours ago, Son of Marty said:

Buy one and put in a 1967 327 with the power glide automatic and the thing will run for 300k.

Or...

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15139465/bmw-x5-on-the-ring-car-news/

[Mike G]

 

 

[Flamingo 5]

I apologize for my redundancy.

i never did buy the x5 from last year ,  I’m back here seeking opinions.

 

 

[jscaptura1]

14 hours ago, tech71 said:

My wifes soul reacted differently than yours

Ha ha ha!  That is EXACTLY the reason I have to continue to fix the e53.  My wife WILL NOT allow me to sell it.  She likes it too much, even though she now has the e70.  When she bought the e70, I said, can we sell the old one now?  Her respone:  "why would we want to do that".  So I just keep driving and fixing, and fixing, and fixing...

 

 

Picture is after the Jesus bolt came out and we were up to our elbows in timing chain service.

[irdave]

3 hours ago, West Palm 2002 said:

...  I’m back here seeking opinions.
 

 

Toyota?

[tech71]

5 hours ago, West Palm 2002 said:

 I’m back here seeking opinions.

 

 

Subaru?

[rcf925]

My Nephew has been a german car mechanic for 20 years, Crew chief for german car race teams, BMW, Audi etc.  People always ask him to recommend to them what to buy, He always says Toyota or Honda LOL

[AustrianVespaGuy]

3 hours ago, rcf925 said:

He always says Toyota or Honda LOL

I'ma disagree with Honda from my experience; bought my first one (an Odyssey) about a year ago, 2010 with 104k miles, timing belt done, decent shape/price, fine.  Lifters sounded a little noisy, but not to hard to access valves for adjustment which was probably just overdue, so no biggie right? NOPE. . .

Reliability my ass, what other OEM has cam lobes wear out in 100k miles? And apparently I wasn't just super-lucky, this is a know issue!

Been a great car in the year since replacing the camshafts/timing belt/waterpump/vanos block/etc. but sheesh, wasn't anticipating the family minivan to be the new project car!

Edited June 19, 2020 by AustrianVespaGuy