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Originally Posted by vegasX5
Here's the first one I found on CL - 02 84k super clean desert car for $12.9k 2002 BMW X5 3.0i Sport Utility
Here's at that's even at a BMW dealer in Scottsdale 01 with 114k for $9k
BMW North Scottsdale - Photo Viewer
Clean 02 with 85k $10.9k BMW X5 WAY UNDER BOOK
Those took less than 30 seconds to find. I found many more in the SW region for $9-$12k. They may be harder to find up where you live but I think it's worth it to look outside your area to find a nice clean X. Even if you are mechanically inclined, it's not fun to constantly be working on your ride to keep it reliable. Find something in the 60-80k miles region and save yourself a lot of work and busted knuckles (although in this mileage region you will still have a fair share of DIYs to do). |
Thanks for looking those up. I do appreciate the help. Unfortunately, they're all 3.0. Since I'll be doing some towing with it, I think I should stick to the 4.4l.
I took another look through crazedlist in the SW for a 4.4.
Phoenix - 2001 125k, $11.9k
El Paso - 2001 119k, $12k
Austin - 2001 93k, 13k
A little bit better than what I'm seeing in Minneapolis. I really do like the idea of getting a SW car or anything outside of the snow belt. My last purchase was a e36 m3/4 in Florida. It had some mechanical issues, but the exterior and interior condition were better than anything I could find in MN.
Interestingly, I talked to a guy selling a west cost based x5 that he brought to Minnesota last year. He had to put in about $3k of work (OSV and heated intake manifold) to take care of the cold weather issues. I would have been all over that one, but it was a 3.0. Bummer.