I'm an Automobile subscriber, and chuckled at that commentary. I bought a 2002 X5 for about $15k last year.

The X5 is my dream car. It is perfect in every way, except perhaps gas mileage (although I just went on a trip and got 22 highway, which ain't that bad). It's fast, it handles well, and it looks awesome. It's comfortable and is built like a Panzer tank.

Yes, it is a 10 year old car. But mine is in good shape, and nobody believes that it is that old, and has 100k miles on it. It seems to me that new X5s don't look very different from mine. And mine looks better!

Maybe I will feel differently when I have to do major work to it, but so far all I replaced is the coolant tank, which leaked. Knock on wood. Did it myself thanks to this forum.

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