I forgot about valve stem seals in my "I think you're over the hump" comment. That is quite the repair.

I DIY, and we're about a year off from buying a house and one of the first things will be getting a lift and heating installed in the garage, which will make my life 10x easier. With winters in MI, there's about 3-4 months where I just have my fingers crossed that nothing will happen. Fortunately we have a backup car...it's a '99 Mountaineer with 243k miles that I've thought was on it's last legs for the past 50. Minus a battery and alternator a couple years ago it just keeps going.

Our X5 is at 147k, purchased at 128k. Paid for the oil t-stat housing work since it happened on New Year's day. Otherwise I've done air bags, battery, rebuilt vacuum pump, and a couple oil changes. Parts for brakes are in the garage for this weekend, and just ordered tires yesterday.