You might want to consider looking at 3.0L, or Diesel models instead. I'm a fairly recent owner of a 4.4, and while the power is nice, they seem to be plagued with a lot more issues, and appear to be harder to work on. I know if I could rewind the clock, I would probably pick differently.

Cheers Mate.

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Current Rides:
2002 X5 4.4i (04/02 Build)
2004 M3 Conv.
2005 Suzuki V-Strom 650