I just bought a 2005 w/110K about 2 months ago. Passed the PPI, but had no recent maintenance records to speak of. The garage that did the PPI had seen it about 40K miles ago and spoke well of the original owner, though hadn't seen it at all with the PO.

Regardless, I was a bit nervous going in, as I'm not a DIY kind of guy, but I am also wanting to learn to do whatever I can.

So, catching up on 100K maintenance right now, and the garage has had a good chance to dig in there and look deeper. I'm about $650 in with the garage, and about $400 to go to get it caught up. I've put in another couple hundred myself doing this and that, plus I replaced one tire. Coming out the other side of this and am very pleased...have dropped about 1/3 of what I expected to spend this year getting it back up to speed. Add that to my purchase price and I am VERY happy.

So, while I spent the first 6 weeks of ownership crossing my fingers and hoping I didn't make a mistake, I'm feeling pretty great about my purchase right about now.

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• 2008 X5 3.0si Alpine White