I'm a buy & hold kinda guy. I've been driving my e46 since 2004 and at 251k miles, it was time for a different ride. So, I've been watching patiently for an X5 that I liked. I finally jumped on a decent 04 3.0 today and I'm looking forward to resurrecting it from the land of neglected BMW's.
I wish it had a cold weather package, but it came from AZ. It does have Adaptive Xenons and it was an acceptable color combo. My fav is white exterior with the reddish brown interior, but those are unicorns. My e46 is the ubiquitous black/tan and I don't think I'll ever buy either again. Black is too hard to keep clean and tan is..... well it's just ugly IMHO. This one is blue with gray leather interior. I like it.
The body/paint are pretty decent for its age and it just needs caught up on deferred maintenance. One headlight isn't working, the brake rotors are warped, the OFHG is leaking and possibly the VC gasket. The fluids all need changed of course.
I hooked up my laptop and scanned it with ISTA and found 11 codes. Several for the light problem, one for the VTG wear (transfer case), one for the thermostat (it's stuck open as the engine ran cold on the highway), several for misfires, but he said BMW recently replaced the coils (you'd think they could bother to clear the codes!)
The interior is gray leather that is in very nice shape for the age. Only a little wear on the left seat bolster and something dented the back of the driver's seat, but other than worn-out floormats, it's pretty nice.
My wife drives an e83, so I'm pretty active on that forum on bimmerfest. Looking forward to learning from you all about MY new toy!
AM.
01-19-2019, 09:06 PM
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