I did virtually no research on the endemic problems with E53's prior to buying mine. I drove it, I liked it, I bought it. Actually, that's not quite true. My WIFE and I drove it, my WIFE and I liked it, so I bought it....

We liked it much more than the Cayenne we were also looking at.

Yes, it will suffer maintenance issues during the period of our ownership. That makes it exactly NO different to ANY piece of mechanical equipment. Even a brand new one. Just that the mix of maintenance requirements may be different.

Anyway, as they say....you can please some of the people all of the time....and you can please all of the people some of the time....but you will never please a fuckwit.

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Anthony