I really feel your pain. My has been an absolute money-pit to own and a frustraing piece of kit at best. When it's good it's really, really good, but when it's bad, it's horrible! The fact is, it's just not reliable enough, but what is? I got very close to replacing it a few months ago, but I just couldn't find something I actually wanted to buy/drive instead. I don't like new cars. I don't want a new car. I had a new car, the garage screwed up programming the key and the car left us stranded and had to be towed down to the dealership to be plugged into the computer with a link back to VW in Germany so they could make it go again! That's crazy. I want a car where I can change the battery without having to re-program it. And I want a car that doesn't moan at me if I don't wear my seat belt. The X5 is bad enough, but modern kit is just dreadful -- and increasingly unreliable. I have friends with modern BMWs, modules failing all over the place, thousands of £ to replace. The really depressing thing is, I have no idea what I'd buy next as there's just so little out there I actually like!