Hello and thnx for feedback

i gave up the m5 because of the vanos issue...it was a model with individual trim mint condition perfect...practically all m5board members call the car a thrill to run but...but ...but the vanos problem is a main no sleep/worry issue...no one can say exactly but some cars suffer from the vanos past the60k km barrier and others just don't...but if it happens then it's expensive...from what i've read it was a new thing on that engine, it was a problem on early cars and from what I understand the vanos problem is also present on the e46 m3which i was considering for a while too..then decided to go for the e39 and ended up thinking that since the x5 is a later car so maybe the problem/risk is way smaller...maybe the problem doesn't exist since thebavarians had time to do something about it!!!

i love thebmw for what it is...i'm not seriously considering any other car but sometimes when i read some of these threads i start to panic and want to go for a lexus...but then thats not really an option

thnx