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Originally Posted by Kaefer
Don't mean to sound dense, but... are you SURE it does not have a spare?? I thought all X5s without 3rd row seats came with a spare? As far as I knew, only 3rd-row equipped X5s had no spare.  |
Yep sure. It wasn't there last time I looked.
Below the floor of the trunk I have a carpeted storage area. This is where the spare goes.
It is not included in the car......in France anyway. I guess it's the same in continental Europe.
UK is different (and US too). In the UK there are a number of things that are included in the car. Here they are a cost option...like the spare wheel, alarm, metallic paint.
The alarm and spare wheel annoyed me. How BMW can have such an expensive car and then charge for these items.
The spare wheel cost 150 euros when you spec it with the car and and alarm cost 500 euros.
When I was looking to buy a new X5 these items were at the top of my options list as I thought them to be mandatory. As I ended up buying a used car I have neither. I can get them fitted after but it costs more.
Furthermore, the car costs alot more here too.
To get an X5 3.0D without any option (no alarm or spare wheel, no leather, no metallic paint) would costs 58,000 euros including charges to get the car on the road. (3,000 euros to get the car on the road)
58,000 euros = 51,000 UK pounds = 77,000 US Dollars
To get the car how I wanted it would have cost me over 100,000 dollars !!