Once it is in Rotterdam, I am on home soil. :-) I interned in Rotterdam port when I was about 19 or 20..... and did my masters there a decade and a half later while living in Amsterdam.

I will zip up north to what used to be my parent's house and install a Euro hitch. I still have a bunch of tools there left by my father. I have one more mountain bike there that comes with me to Portugal as well.

Timing for the X5's arrival is uncertain and depending on the arrival date I will either drive to Portugal or to Florence (It) where my daughter is registered for an art course early July. I expect there to be plenty of pics with "funny" names.

Before the arrival I will have time to research the coding issues and maps (from previous experience with Audis and M-Bs maps are easy to install but this is a beamer....nothing is simple). I am getting CELs again on warm starts and I think my DPF will finally need to be cleaned. In Germany Bosch Service does this and I will have to have a look if I can get it done in the Netherlands.


I want to buy another OBD cable and software. Does anyone know under what name the Romanian Ebay seller is trading?


I will post pics as we go. :-)

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2003 4.4i black ext./black int./black headliner (kid's runabout)
2014 535d X-drive, M package, silver/black interior

Sold but not forgotten:
2009 E70 35d, black ext./black int./black headliner (sold 2021)
2006 4.8iS Le Mans blue/cream int./black headliner, SOLD in 2012 sadly...

Other hardware:
2015 Cayenne S (wife's new DD and definitely wroooommmmm)
2016 Tundra 1794 edition crew cab, luxo hauler
2005 Tundra crew cab, weekend hauler. Sold after 150k very happy miles.