I'm sorry. It must be very disappointing. The lesson here is that a $2800 X5 is not street worthy. They should be considered project cars in need of thousands of dollars in deferred maintenance. This repair will be the first of many. Don't kid yourself to think it will be the only repair.

Frankly, you can probably get $1500-$1700 from the people who buy non-running cars to part out (peddle.com, cashforcars, brokenvehicles.com). If you are not the DIY type, I suggest you unload it.

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David.X5
2001 X5 4.4i Sport
SOLD! at 160k miles