I also had another interesting incident with one of the X5's (4.8is). Client called and said it wouldn't start. This thing would turn over like crazy but no joy. No fire. Wouldn't even try to start. Tried for a long time to start it and the battery eventually ran down, but no sooner than what I would think a brand new battery would endure before running low. I had no idea what the problem was so we had it flat bedded to the dealer. They said the battery was bad. I'm thinking, how can it eagerly spin the engine over for such a seriously long time, yet not have enough voltage to run the fuel injection, or spark plugs, or whatever electronics were preventing it from starting up? Either way, dealer installed a new battery, "initialized" it, and it's not failed to start ever since. It does occasionally forget there is a radio, and the only cure is to pull the negative cable for a minute or so and reattach. It does the same thing with the Bluetooth phone. It just won't recognize there is even a phone of any sort. Pull the cable for a minute, reattach, and viola, it all works again. I don't even have to pair the phone again. Strange beasts they are, but as always, very nice to drive.



Gar