Ok ok. I'm not complaining about the tires and brakes and I shouldn't have even mentioned them.

There are not cheaper tires. I have 20" sport wheels and I buy the continental cross track all-seasons. After purchase, shipping and install ( only BMW and a corvette shop around here has a machine for tires that big) the price comes to $1400. But I get it, all vehicles go through tires, I was just mentioning it.

The list may not be big to some but this is the 13th vehicle I have owned and by far the most things that have malfunctioned of them all. Maybe just bad luck or I've been spoiled with previous good luck.

Yes I have Indy shops here too but still cost $100 an hour in labor so I choose to do most of the work myself. Not to mention I work meticulously and methodically so I trust my own work much more than any shop.

I'll just hope this was a bad spell and she runs great for the next 18 months before I sell it. If not Im on my way to a masters degree on the 2007 X5 4.8i Sport E70 N62 engine!!