Hey everyone thanks for the responses. I've migrated here from the E53 forum. We drove a 2005 3.0i from 2015-2021. I do not miss that junker at all.

We spent almost a year hunting for a new commuter for my wife, test driving local cars in Connecticut but everything was overpriced, rusty, abused, or some combination of the three.

I have a 335i and several other vintage BMW's so I wanted the most reliable, affordable-to-repair X5 possible. We settled on the 30i with N52 as it is bulletproof and has no expensive injectors or turbos etc.

We found this 2010 30i m-sport in carbon black with sport package and adaptive drive last month in Los Angeles, California. Second owner, CPO car, 84K on it. Overall really clean for a 2010. Will buy all my cars from out west in future.

My wife commutes 20 miles each way on rt. 15 Merritt Parkway daily, dash shows 16.6 which I believe improved from 16.4 when we received it a month ago. So far I've changed the oil and air filter, that's it. Will be doing spark plugs and tires next very soon.

Not sure if it has any hidden shadow codes stored, my C310 won't connect to the car. What scan tools are you guys using?