Major Rant

[CapeX5]

OK, I have reached a breaking point. We just had our first snow of the season. Probably 3+inches. Nothing major at all. First time I have taken the X out in snow since owning it. Right away leaving my driveway I slide all over the place like there is no all wheel drive working. Then on the way to get my daughter for school I start skidding and sliding and brush a telephone pole. I honestly thought I was going to hit it dead on and was ready for impact/air bags to go. Absolutely no control like it is on rollers. Again, on the way to school, just driving down a slight incline I spin in the middle of the road. Thank God no one was coming the other way. Mind you, I have driven in snow my whole life. I was really taking it easy and not pushing at all. Between this F$%*$ thing having it's major engine noise that I can't seem to track down, the engine having a surge up and down on part throttle that makes it real fun to drive in snow, to the rear wiper getting caught on a piece of ice this morning and decides to stop working, to so many other issues, what a piece of sh*$. I had the ABS module rebuilt and that worked fine and solved the problem for 2 months until yesterday, decides to blink twice and now the trifecta is on again. WIll that stop the 4X4 function from working?? Knowing this rat trap I probably need a new transfer case. I have owned many BMW's and this has to be the biggest piece of crap I have seen in a long time. Just like so many others, something seems to come up either daily or weekly. I know about it being 15 yrs old, it wasn't really taken care of before, etc etc. But the durability and the overall construction is abysmal. So I go and remove the module again and send it back for warranty work. I try to see if the rear wiper just blew a fuse or if I need a whole new %*$*$ computer system……..Back to my E39Touring, I know I can rely on that at least.