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Originally Posted by blakamin
Under $500 in the US maybe, not here... Not if you want some semblance of quality, anyway.
And as for what the cars are worth, Last year the Mrs bought her 06/03 3.0d for $12k (sport everything)
A month ago I bought my 11/04 4.4 for $8k (sport everything).
I could've bought an 03 for closer to $6k.
To spend $700+ each on them, and still lose some functionality makes no sense at this stage.
We also can't use phones here, unless they're in a cradle.... So $20 fixes that problem, and Google is pretty much as up-to-date as you can get with maps.
Don't get me wrong, we love our X5s and BMWs in general (look at my sig for the money-pits I've owned), but there's better things to spend our money on. BMWs are just one of my hobbies. Home Automation isn't cheap 
BTW, Australia had totally different rules for ODB2... I might find a working BT adapter one day, but that's still not going to reset my fuel economy or clock |
The aftermarket radio can "hopefully" with the module I ordered. Time will tell on that. Im TOOOOTALLY not one of those that tries to talk someone into doing what I do or whatever so if you love the factory radio, like it or just like using stuff with it Im ALL for it.
I just wanted to add this bit on cost wise if you decide later or for others in countries with high tax on stuff. The unit is under $300 if you catch it on sale and that company will make the value of the box to whatever you want to keep from paying customs according to what I read on their site. I think mine was valued at $40 or something on the label. I didn't ask them to its just what it had on it.
But again I love factory normally and wouldn't of swapped out but the cost of the factory stuff and it being so old and having to buy used was wearing on me is why I switched. I really wanted to stay with the factory but I added up the cost of another Bluetooth module at around $100 or so and $125 for a new screen and the worry about it draining my battery if the next used Bluetooth module bellied up again and it just wasn't worth staying factory for me. But that's just me and why I changed it out. I just wanted to drive it when I bought it. But now Ive gone mod happy since I gave in on the radio swap.