Should I buy an older X5? Answer NO

[alberniken]

[semcoinc]

Just completed another TX to WI trip of nearly 1200 miles in my X5 without issue while towing about 4,000 pounds of trailer and cargo. The U-Haul ramp trailer weighs 1200 pounds and we had about 1800 pounds of cargo in there.



Average speed per the OBC was 70mph and average MPG was 13.5.

Current mileage approximately 125,000 miles.

I continue to believe that a well maintained X5 is capable of delivering excellent reliability. Beat up ones, not so much........


Mike

[c-bass]

Originally Posted by semcoinc

Just completed another TX to WI trip of nearly 1200 miles in my X5 without issue while towing about 4,000 pounds of trailer and cargo.

Average speed per the OBC was 70mph and average MPG was 13.5.

Current mileage approximately 125,000 miles.

I continue to believe that a well maintained X5 is capable of delivering excellent reliability. Beat up ones, not so much........

Mike

I think that's true for almost any car, even a Toyota.

I personally had 2 X3s that weren't well maintained and I BEAT on them to the tune of 40 and 70 thousand KM each without so much as oil changes.

I'm talking driving 12 hours as a delivery guy in a big city BEAT on them.

The Ford Focus that I started off the driving gig with lasted 3 weeks