Congratulations on achieving Step 6. I, too, am on Step 6. I bought my e53 three years ago this month. Trying to stay on my financial plan, I paid cash. It was a CPO from a local dealer. It had 20k miles. I now have 69k. I have put a lot of miles. I have followed all the old school maintenance, including the transmission service. I am reluctant to post my positive experience on this board. My superstitious nature fears I will jinx it. I haven't experienced the nightmare stories I have read about on this board.

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Current: 2014 X3 35i, Titanium Silver, M Sport, Cold Weather, Premium, and Technology packages.

Previous BMW: 2006 X5 4.4, Stratus Grey, Nav, Sport & Cold Weather packages, BMW Running boards, Intravee II, Michelin Latitude Tour HP.