I think a lot of these have flipped into the third or fourth owners hands who drive them until death meets up with their lack of maintenance and ownership experience. Buy 'em cheap and drive...... After all they are fully depreciated by now. Residual value only on most of X53 now. Real shame as I love mine.

In the auto world they are called final owners.

Even the 3.0 models with a few tweaks, they look great, run well, and provide a great value for the investment in effort to keep them up and running. But the buying public wants "new" not an old car.

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2005 X5 4.8IS
The Blue ones are always FASTER....

Current Garage:
2005 X5 4.8is
2002 M5 TiSilver
2003 525iT
1998 528i
Former Garage Stable Highlights
2004 325XiT Sport
1973 De Tomaso Pantera, L Model
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp Alpine White
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp GoManGo Green
1971 Dart Sport, “Dart Light” package
1969 Road Runner 383
1968 Ply Barracuda 340S FB Sea-foam Green