If you knew what you know now, Will you buy a X5..!?!? - Page 11

Kev's X5 · #1 08-20-2011, 01:02 AM

day 34 in the shop still............ This makes over 4 months in a BMW dealer for repairs.

chapin · #2 08-19-2011, 11:57 PM

I'm undecided on this issue. Traded in a 2005 X3 2.5 for a 2006 X5 4.4 with 32k kms in it and it was bulletproof for the first year or so. Now the air suspension is killing me... after changing both front struts ($3k aprox) in a couple of months, a "suspension inactive" message wont go away. It has been in the dealer twice (about 13 days combined) and its going back on monday. They have reset the entire sistem several times and the message goes away for a few days and then its "sits" on some tire. Even though it's a real dream to drive and I cant imagine going after a Pilot or something, i'm getting frustrated with this issue. I guess my only regret was getting the model with the air suspension. Should've kept the X3 for a year or so and then upgraded to an E70 with the 3.0 diesel engine.

pezho405 · #3 08-23-2011, 11:14 AM

I love the x5.

However so far on mine i needed a new power steering pump, new alternator, door handle carrier, i also could use some new window motors but it will do for now.

mgbmwx5 · #4 08-24-2011, 11:23 PM

I Love my 2002 X5 4.4i w/95,000 miles on it. I do my own maintenance. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

MINIz guy · #5 08-24-2011, 11:39 PM

Never would I step near another X5. It hasn't been as unreliable as many on this board but I still do not like the driving dynamics of the X5.

Naz24 · #6 08-24-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MINIz guy

Never would I step near another X5. It hasn't been as unreliable as many on this board but I still do not like the driving dynamics of the X5.

really..? not even the 4.8is? what would you get instead?

J.Belknap · #7 08-25-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MINIz guy

Never would I step near another X5. It hasn't been as unreliable as many on this board but I still do not like the driving dynamics of the X5.

Interesting considering your experiences tossing it about on closed course. Care to elaborate sir? Just curious.

MINIz guy · #8 08-25-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Naz24

really..? not even the 4.8is? what would you get instead?

If I needed a truck, I would get a real truck like a Tahoe. If I went Japanese, it would be a 4Runner or one of the Nismo model Pathfinders or Xterras.

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Originally Posted by J.Belknap

Interesting considering your experiences tossing it about on closed course. Care to elaborate sir? Just curious.

My experience with other vehicles is very limited but I have done quite a few teen driving schools. I spent 2 days tossing around a E90 335d and marginally experienced what a real car should feel like; I'm hoping the E90 still has some of the feeling the older E30's and E36's had.

Driving the X5 is much more numbing than driving that E90 or even my father's E46 with worn out bushings and lots of slop; the X5 is midway between a truck and a car and I'm just not happy with that. If I wanted a car, I would get a car and get the whole feeling. If I wanted a truck, I expect it to drive like a truck and be underwhelmed with all the driving dynamics. The X5 doesn't tackle rough terrain like a truck and it doesn't perform like a car; its a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

Naz24 · #9 08-25-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MINIz guy

If I needed a truck, I would get a real truck like a Tahoe. If I went Japanese, it would be a 4Runner or one of the Nismo model Pathfinders or Xterras.

My experience with other vehicles is very limited but I have done quite a few teen driving schools. I spent 2 days tossing around a E90 335d and marginally experienced what a real car should feel like; I'm hoping the E90 still has some of the feeling the older E30's and E36's had.

Driving the X5 is much more numbing than driving that E90 or even my father's E46 with worn out bushings and lots of slop; the X5 is midway between a truck and a car and I'm just not happy with that. If I wanted a car, I would get a car and get the whole feeling. If I wanted a truck, I expect it to drive like a truck and be underwhelmed with all the driving dynamics. The X5 doesn't tackle rough terrain like a truck and it doesn't perform like a car; its a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

i think you, sir, should get a cayenne then. it has more offroad prowess and on road handling

PropellerHead · #10 08-25-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MINIz guy

The X5 doesn't tackle rough terrain like a truck and it doesn't perform like a car; its a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

In fact, I would say that your observations are precisely where the X5 *is* the master- There was no better balance between utility and sport than the E53 in its day. And there are few that have caught up with it 12 years on.

I routinely surprised people with the agility of my 3.0 and now do so with the power of my 4.8. I do NOT feel as connected to the road in my servotronic, top-heavy-all-glass-roof and air suspension 4.8, but the sound and speed of that resonator-removed V8 is enough to carry the allure.