Originally Posted by motordavid

Skip the rationale...if you can return the sumbitch,
do it.

It's gonna be a money pit.

-Shop Ebay: hundreds of X5s,X3s for sale.
-Shop a few BMW stlrs in your area: they will
have parking lots full of used/just off lease
Xs. Some will still have orig. warranty; some
will have a CPO warranty.

Do some reading on the front page index, here.

Toss that pos, imo.
GL,mD