That's a great line. I'll remember that. The problem with search is that more often than not it's very difficult to find the right search phrase, and a newbie is always a newbie doesn't matter if they bought x5 2020 or 2010. Many many people really did zero maintenance on their own car because they had a virtually zero maintenance car or one that was not cost prohibitive to bring to a shop so buying used X5 they are quickly getting up to speed on the necessity of DIY.

Since the day I bought mine, I tell oeoe that I budget $100/mo for upkeep and do all the maintenance myself to keep under budget. It's not a car for somebody that can't DIY.

Example: $300+ repair for door actuator that needs $12 of parts and 90 minutes of my time.

DISA valve: $350-400 at dealer, 12¢ of screw and nuts to DIY repair myself. (that's probably the biggest one percent wise).

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)