Cool "Hidden" features of the E53 X5

[o. l. t.]

Originally Posted by 1stE53

I was referring to some complainer a few posts before mine.

You're slow in the head if you think the creeky brittle German plastic is "quality" compared to the Japanese luxo's. Actually you've already confirmed you're slow in the head twice now in this thread so I'm not sure why I am trying.....

[CrazyOneToo]

Originally Posted by 1stE53

I was referring to some complainer a few posts before mine. I have an 03 X5 and an 03 E320. Both of which are regularly confused as new cars. There is only one weak point in the X. The trunk. I fix the rattles about once a year on that, but aside from that, both are still solid as rocks and 0 wear on the plastics!!!

What do you usually check for those rattles? Mine has one but I can't tell if its the tailgate or the hatchback.

[galcala]

I would have never found half the stuff mentioned on this thread, thanks everyone.

[dok47]

[nom3rcy]

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but I had my lowbeam go out and it automatically turned on the fog lights.

It also kept the fogs on when I switched to highbeams.

Not really a feature as much as a cool trick.

[dok47]

What do you mean go out? Your low beam died while you were driving? or you turned them off? got try this

[bimmerXfive]

Hmm one of my low beams went today but it didn't turn my fog's on.
I wonder if this is a programmable feature?

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by dok47

What do you mean go out? Your low beam died while you were driving? or you turned them off? got try this

Yea the low beam died. I don't recommend recreating it lol

[1stE53]

It might be something in newer models. I hope not to test this any time soon.

It's another German safety feature :-)

[RingoDC]

By the way, GREAT THREAD! Learned a lot of cool tricks I didn't know about the best cars/SAV's in the world!