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Originally Posted by Phr3d
welcome to the M/t club (check manual trans registry thread).
Yes, they are diff to find and yours looks to be top condition.
Did you do a PPI? The sunroof is wonderful if it is problem free.
We shopped for a face-lift 6sp for months before deciding to go with our '01 5sp - which is to say the ONE 6sp we found was priced a Bit precious and we have not seen an Oxford, sport, cold 6sp in our M/T list, so whoever bought it hasn't found X-Outpost yet, heheh.
EDIT: yeah, if there is a M/T Hockey, That would be the Cup of rares..
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It's definitely in top condition - I drove across the country to check it out.
Yes, I did a PPI which checked out perfectly. Also, the sunroof is working fine as are the window regulators. This is actually my second X5 - I've got a 2003 3.0 right now and I've already changed all 4 regulators and a million other things on it. This ain't my first tango with the E53 - just my first tango with XOutpost
I can understand how you ended up going with the 5-speed - I was getting VERY demoralized on my 6-Speed search. There were two pre-facelift manual cars I almost bought but I was unhappy when I went to see them in person. I ended up looking at everything in the E53 range. I was also very close to buying a 4.8is on two separate occasions and a 4.4i on another.
This gal came along by PURE CHANCE. Needless to say, I'm incredibly pleased I kept searching.
I'll check out the manual transmission registry thread. Thanks!