Well a few reasons... is that (as mentioned by others) I have been stranded by the x5 the most then I have with any previous cars. I do have it decently maintained, but I didn't want to continue working on it, worrying about what is going to break next.

I wanted some piece of mind that I'd get to work daily ! I do plan to keep it and fix it up back slowly as I get more time and money !


Additionally the x5 is manual, and my fiance can't drive it (She has an a5) so we needed another larger car that she could drive once in a while.

I looked at various suvs, (including the 4runner, which i had in the past). My buddy has the jeep overland and for the value it won me over after test driving a few different suvs.

Granted it doesn't handle close to a car based suv (like the x5) but Im enjoying it so far !

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2003 X5 3.0i - 5speed