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

[aimtimes100]

Originally Posted by 4.6toddy

Tell us how you really feel. Don't hold back

BMW= Big Money Wasted.we all have those same problems but im crazy enough to still love my X but deff will not buy anything with a BMW badge on it again. go acura or lexus bro (mostly acura because lexus has a sorry excuse for a luxury class AWD system)audi is questionable.id have to ask more Audi owners about reliability before id ever buy one.

[4.6toddy]

despite the problems i've experienced...which all came down to one problem (alternator) after 6 months i still LOVE driving my X


I'm not an acura fan only because they don't option out well, atleast last time I looked at one on the lot. what I mean by that is that they come fully loaded, no extra options, very few colour choices inside and out available.

I'm previously a double Audi owner. Had an A4 1.8 turbo quattro LOVED IT & a TT - also wonderful to drive just a little to much of a chick car for me long term

[coasterjob]

Originally Posted by aimtimes100

BMW= Big Money Wasted.we all have those same problems but im crazy enough to still love my X but deff will not buy anything with a BMW badge on it again. go acura or lexus bro (mostly acura because lexus has a sorry excuse for a luxury class AWD system)audi is questionable.id have to ask more Audi owners about reliability before id ever buy one.

Not going to thread jack but reliability has never been a problem on my Audi or VW. Problems=yes, expensive parts and service=yes, but as I say; you gotta pay to play. None of them have never [not] started up when I turned the key. But I am the Audi nut in the family so I'm a bit partial, admittedly.

Even though I have chimed in, and about to spend mucho $$ on the X, we'd still buy another one given finding a good deal (we don't buy NEW cars). Even though it's the wife's car, I enjoy driving it from time to time. It's nice whipping an SUV around like a car.

OP, you have to know what you're getting into, these aren't Hondas or Toyotas, know that going in. If you aren't comfortable, don't proceed.
Good luck

[julezw]

After my not so perfect ownership record of an 04 4.4 which is my first BMW, common sense would tell me to RUN AWAY from a 2nd purchase! BUT, I'm not sure these cars are about common sense....luxury isn't a necessity in life and perhaps even suvs given how most people use them, myself included. Luxury is just loads of fun and also expensive, the more expensive your gear the more expensive it is to maintain, generally speaking. In an ideal world luxury should also be reliable....perhaps it isn't, my experience points to this. All I can do is hope it becomes more reliable because when I test drove a more economical vehicle I just couldn't purchase it. It wasn't a great experience.

I'm cursed now and my wallet is too!

[1stE53]

Originally Posted by julezw

After my not so perfect ownership record of an 04 4.4 which is my first BMW, common sense would tell me to RUN AWAY from a 2nd purchase! BUT, I'm not sure these cars are about common sense....luxury isn't a necessity in life and perhaps even suvs given how most people use them, myself included. Luxury is just loads of fun and also expensive, the more expensive your gear the more expensive it is to maintain, generally speaking. In an ideal world luxury should also be reliable....perhaps it isn't, my experience points to this. All I can do is hope it becomes more reliable because when I test drove a more economical vehicle I just couldn't purchase it. It wasn't a great experience.

I'm cursed now and my wallet is too!

Well said sir, well said! I love mine, and thanks to this forum I have saved Thousands!!!!! no joke. I even saved almost a grand on my W211 using knowledge carried over from here. Without this site, I would NEVER touch my complicated as hell 211. I also saved my cousin over $900 in one Sunday doing various items on his E60; again using knowledge learned here. That was even after factoring in a 650 mile round trip for him to get here.

In closing, and again 100X, YES I can never see myself in anything other than BMW or Mercedes... BMW first though.