CV boot repair is done.
The 30 min CV boot repair trick took me a few hours.
Oh well.
I had to go out and get a crowbar from home depot. I needed one anyway. That did the trick.
Buzz I am looking for a reliable car for my wife and kids. They don't need all the X5 power anyway. The safety the X5 has was one of the reasons I got it in the first place. Way back when, it was one of the only SUVs out there with stability control and side airbags. The other one was the Volvo XC90 (didn't like that one too much. Not too many forums at the time).
Now a days the SUVs have caught up on safety. Stability control, airbags all around, etc.. I do like that the CX9 has side curtain airbags all the way to the third row.
So I am downgrading the family truckster but I think the safety will be the very close to the same. I will hate the torque steer though.
I will always have my E34 though.