Lol. I’ve owned both the 4.8i and currently an x5m. While the 4.8i is no reliability champ, it’s been down right cheap to maintain compared to my x5m. Never ever ever buy a used x5m without a warranty. It’s like keeping a Toureg V10tdi on the road.


My extended warranty has probably covered 20k in 3 years of repairs. Not including maintenance.... plus ther is the m tax.

With that said the 4.8i I had was a 2008 dumped with 98k miles. Ran great never left me stranded. But smoked like the bat mobile due to bad valve stem seals. Seemed to always need something and I was constantly working on it... so I traded for an under warranty m and have been much happier. The x5m has been more reliable but more expensive to repair due to the m tax.