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[hbanko]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to introduce myself to the community here. I got my X5 about 2 weeks back. Its a 2005 4.4i in Sterling Silver with black leather. Overall its in a good condition but as soon as I left the dealership the gearbox did some hard shifts and even a bang when I was cruising around 70 KM/h. I started to panic over it and complained to the dealer. But weird enough, after driving it for a week the gearbox improved. The first 2 gears are not as smooth as the remaining gears, but its more like a 'you feel its not new' as there is an issue. I am struggling to explain that, but maybe the gearbox was reset into learning mode and it overall helped to address an issue.

On the to do list are (already):

• replace the LCD from the screen (blind spots)
• fix the windshield washer (guess its the relay, not one of the three pumps work)
• figure out why the aircon kicks in late (potentially not enough gas)
• get missing interior parts for the driver door (small plastic parts like the 'Airbag' screw cover and 2 more)

Back in Germany about 7 years ago I was quite active in the E38 scene and implanted a car PC into my 7 series. Wrote a long tutorial about it which (hopefully) helped others to do the same.

My plan is to do something similar with the X5, but instead of a PC I will use a Raspberry Pi. There is already a project that progressed quite far:

http://www.bmwraspcontrol.de/

Guess many members now the project already. But the first step is to get the damn screen fixed. Spare screen is on its way from China for $115.

I am sure, I will be here quite frequently looking at all the potential issues a 10 year old X5 can ran into

Greetings from Down Under!

Holger

[jopecasa]

Welcome and congrats on the new purchase!

[04e53x5]

Congrats and welcome Love the color!

[Sokm]

love the colour! welcome and congrats

[srmmmm]

Test your washer pumps first. I've actually had all three fail over a 60 day period in the past.

2002 X5 3.0 289,600 miles
2004 325i 123,000 miles

[Joshdub]

Welcome! Your X looks awesome.

[Pierce330]

Nice colour!

[ajs116]

Nice! Love the 168s on that color

[luvmy03E53]

Welcome to Xoutpost, Holger! That really is a beautiful E53 you have, thanks for sharing the pix.

I'm particularly interested to hear about the progress of your RPi project. I would like to get one set up in my E53 as an audio player. I intend to keep the original MID/CD player, using the RPi through the Aux input. Maybe eventually completely integrate the RPi as a replacement head unit. Let us know how your project goes.

[StephenVA]

Welcome to the family of X5!