Unofficial Maintenance Suggestion

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I have been reading the forums for a while now and a common theme I read about is what to expect as the X5 grows older and gains mileage. Through reading a lot of posts, a lot of the maintenance items (like the window regulators and water pump) seem to break down at around the same time.

Although you won't get this information from BMW, I would be interested in having us BMW owners and someone who is familiar with the mechanics of the car to come up with a list of unofficial 'suggested' maintenance so that things don't break down.

For instance, the water pump will probably go by 100k (for example) and might ruin something else in the process when it breaks down or break at an very inconvenient time, so maybe a preventive maintenance step would be to replace it at 80k, knowing that it will break down soon after.

So, that said, I am defnitely not qualified to make suggestions, as I don't know much about the mechanics of these cars, however, anyone want to take a stab at this?