New member: V8 advice

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Hello all, just joined here, looking for some good advice.

Need something with a little bit of cargo space and have always loved the first gen X5. Have been searching this forum a bit, but might you point me to a thread comparing the 4.4, 4.6 and 4.8 version?

This is going to be a very low use car, probably under 5k miles a year, so fuel economy and repairs won't be the make it or break it decision. That being said, I'd rather not have a money pit if it can be avoided. Told my wife if she'd let me have the older X5 this year (to make a project car instead of a wagon) she can have a new X1 next year.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you all in advance!