Just thought I'd introduce myself, I've been researching the X5's for quite a while. Found a model I liked, then waited for a low mileage/reasonably priced one to pop up.

Low and behold, day before yesterday I found the one locally! Carfax'd it, inspected it, Drove it, loved it, bought it.

2001 Silver, 19" wheels, blk interior, 4.4 Sport pkg & Navigation. Only 65k miles!

I'm not new to the BMW realm (also have a swapped ti), however I am new to the BMW V8/Auto Trans..

Right off the bat, I have two questions which I couldn't find any definitive information on through searching.

-The swap from mkIII to mkIV navigation, is just a matter of buying the DVD unit, and following procedure outlined on bimmernav to "Plug and Play" the unit? End of story? Seems too easy..

-Flushing the Auto-Trans fluid.. I know that BMW cars historically have weak auto transmissions.. at 65k is it too late for me to worry about? (My mom's 06 x5 3.0 is at ~50k.. perhaps a good time to flush hers too?)

Thanks guys! I look forward to countless hours of reading through these forums, haha.

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Here is the other toy too, in case anyone was curious