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Ricky Bobby · #**300** 08-16-2013, 08:21 AM

My 2nd has never been notchy, but I have less than half the mileage of the '01 you posted however. Wonder if the MT fluid has ever been changed? I changed mine shortly after I bought my '03 sport at 60k miles, and usually use an interval of 40k for manual trans fluid (about the same as diffs and transfer case). If its on old dirty fluid that might contribute to the notchiness.

CDV delete is a must, you can either drill out the stock valve or buy a replacement valve for 40 bucks, easy to install yourself, just flush the clutch/brakes when you are done with it.

Do you have to keep your search local? If you expand your horizons nationwide you may get more hits, I literally was searching for a Sport package manual transmission X5 for about 6 months nationwide, lost a few bids on some, until I got extremely lucky and found my X a little over an hour away in Yonkers, NY. I was specifically looking for low mileage, the newest model year I could find in my price range, manual trans obviously, Sport package, and no silver or beige.

Restricting your search to CO may have you waiting a while, there was a member recently (Bayerische E53) who had an '05 non-sport 6 speed Alpine White X5 which was fully resprayed, he put a ton of cosmetic work into the vehicle, and ended up selling it to CarMax for 10k. Maybe PM him and see if it's still on the lot there?

Search ebay, search craigslist (although I don't have luck there for cars), and search cars.com advanced search including transmission search, and the word "manual". You will still get a lot of listings with auto's bc most of the dealers are effing stupid putting manual trans (they don't think people are searching for a manual) but you will have to weed through listings to find a good one.

FWIW, that X has been on the market for almost a year if not more now, as I frequently search for manual transmission X5's just to see what other examples pop up, and distinctly remember this high mileage, base model '01 in Colorado. It looks clean, but I think you need to widen your search to get what you want (sport packages are out there!) patience is key.

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