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Originally Posted by dkl
I've been thinking about letting my beloved X5 go recently, but having trouble writing a "For Sale" ad. I need some convincing either way.
...mostly from the original "toadfly" crowds, that became X5World and now Xoutpost.
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Hi K,
I have read your OP a few times and the several posts in this thread.
I find myself in that 'Bad Thoughts' category to some degree:
Our 2001 E53 5 MT, Sport is nagging at me a bit, though my hurdles are similar but slightly different.
-Overcoming inertia, to go through the process of listing it for sale/dealing with that arm wrestle/saying goodbye to the 2nd best car I have owned in 57+ yrs of lots of different cars.
-As an 'occasional use car', but very trustworthy, varying from a few times a week daily driver, (mostly short trips), and 3 times a summer road trip car to see our adult Kidz in NJ, it is mostly a place holder in our 3 car garage, but very 'sentimental to me/us'.
-It is 20 yrs old in September, in very good shape and condition but a couple of niggling issues have arisen: gas gauge is stuck on empty, (v fixable at my sort of local Indie), and the bound to occur squeaky HVAC blower fan, which still works, but has been squeaking for a few years and is bound to fail.
That blower motor R&R, which looks like an autopsy on the pics and vids I have watched, is not something even my local Indie wants/'likes' to do and they won't guarantee no squeak/rattles upon the reinstall of all of the front dash components. Plus, it's a 6 hr+ job; pricey, though I am not on any kind of budget.
-If I offed the E53, I would pursue another car, as 'we like having 3 cars', but what the hell is out there in SUV land that will/would take the place of our old E53? New X5s leave me unsatisfied, (my CEO's '17 X1 is OK, but she likes it, so 'we like it'), and most of the 'medium sized' SUVs are so similar, all pricey and the fun looking models don't hold much, back trunk-wise.
I have the toy, '02 VetteVert, and chasing another sports car makes little sense, especially at 74 yrs old.
So, blathering on, I am trying to keep those 'bad thoughts' sublimated and just rolling along with a 20 yr old E53, that overall is good to very good for my needs, but will require that fix or those 'fixes' I mentioned.
Add in this ain't the time to buy a new car, inventory wise, and I just may sit out the conundrum for another year, or so...
Hope you have resolved your wonderment and I hope you and your Fam are all well!
Best Regards,
Ol'UncleMotor