The X5 is becoming a money pit.

[faz]

Originally Posted by mautzi

lessons recently learned:

I love my X5 kind of the way one loves a sexy, but abusive girlfriend. Sometimes you ask yourself if you are better off without her.

This is the exact analogy I have used to describe owning a BMW to my friends. It is worth the drive, if you are willing to put up with extra b.s.

[M_Six]

I stopped going to the stealer after the warranty ran out, but the stealer is the only place around here to get an alignment because of the DSC. I looked around at several places and all of them told me the DSC required "relearning" at the dealer. So I'll get the tie rods done at the indy and then go back to the dealer for the alignment.

I appreciate the idea of doing this all myself, but I am truly a walking disaster with a wrench, saw, or hammer in my hand. I can build computers and set up switches and routers and run entire networks in my sleep. I can even do plumbing and wiring and have built very complex groundwater remediation systems. But I have also destoyed engines and butchered walls when I tried auto mechanics or carpentry. I know my limitations.

Just a quick example, while hard wiring my radar detector to the overhead panel, I dropped the center light module and cracked the wood surround by my shifter. I *am* a disaster around cars.