I purchased an '06 cpo'd x5 from the stealership last june with 38k miles on it and so far put in close to 30k miles on it (20k miles/yr is my self imposed limit
anyways, its been a joy owning it and no issues at all (knock on wood lol)
but then i think i did enough homework before i got my x5 to deserve this.
first, i asked the dealership for service history for all vin numbers i was interested in. then i went through all the records to find which x5 had the least number of complaints. my analogy is that people who lease bmw's tend to rip the hell outta them and then bitch about it at service dept. i would too if i was paying 1k/month monthly just to 'rent' it so, i finally found this x5 which went to the dealership for just regular maintenance and couple of minor issues and its been great like i said; just do your homework. unfortunatley, its the base model with no options (i then added a bluetooth module since wiring is already present in all us models). Now, I crave for heated seats


(Disclaimer: A bit of luck is still required. this ain't no lexus