Nice X5 Article.

[Weasel]

Well the X5 was the first true sport performance oriented SUV/SAV, unless you consider the 5.0l ford explorers or 5.2/5.9l dodge durangos sport SUVs simply from the V8 power plant... BMW truely changed the game for the sports utility market, thus begining the sports activity market.

[wallyx5]

Originally Posted by Repoman

WallyX5,

I would be intrigued to hear about your repair/maintenance history to get to that many miles. If for no other reason than just to cheer me up. I've had soooo many repair issues that your amount of mileage seems unreachable to me. Cheer me up!

LOL... I am sorry to hear about your troubles man. I have seen your threads on repairs that you are under going. But I have had my fair share of things too. Nothing big, I have had both of my cats wear out, a rear control arm, water pump once, air idle adjuster, one MAF, 4 window regulators, CCV valve and hoses.

I am sure there is more but I can think of anything else. I will say this again without this website it would have been very expensive to maintain my X. But I have learned how to doing everything myself with your help and the bentlly manual.

[motordavid]

Good art, X5Girl...thanks.

When I think back to buying our X in August '01, it was simply to replace my wife's
Jeep GC, which had run well and was in great shape, but had 90k miles due to her
long commute. I had never really been a BMW ista, and the only review I had read
was in Automobile mag, where Jean Lindamood had damned it with very faint praise.

But, the "sport suspension" and availability of a 5 spd manual, along with its cutting
edge looks (at the time), caught my eye. The rest unfolded, and 8 1/2 yrs later,
even the car non-intelligentsia guys I hang with, realize it "looks good", "looks new"
in terms of design, etc. Those same ol'geezers that have driven it are amazed at the
handling and braking and "feel". A fairly trend setting car/suv, in the past decade +, imo.
GL, mD