BimmerM3, your posting this vehicle for sale led me to view your sale pix and read back through the thread over lunch. You have really done an amazing job fixing the previous 'professional' repairs and turning this into a very nice E53. Kudos. For grins, I also did a quick carsdotcom search for manual E53s for your next project. Unfortunately, sellers there don't know a manual from an automatic and routinely post autos as manuals - you look at the cabin pix and see PRNDL on the console. Sigh. If I see a good project manual E53, I'll pass it on. As mentioned early in the thread, we ought to do an ATL X53s meet-up, too. Perhaps coordinate with the local BMWCCA chapter ...

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2006 X5 3.0 6-spd w/Evo UUC ssk
sport/premium pkgs
born Valentine's Day, 2006.