My X5 is gone....sniff sniff

[Hal88]

I sold my X5 finally after almost a year of trying to sell ....I was going to trade it in buy what the dealer was offering was peanuts. So now there's a lucky guy enjoying my beloved 01 4.4
This forum has helped me so much and I don't know if I could have ever done without it.
I will try to get the diesel one in the future, so I'll be back.

THANK YOU X5 WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

[Naz24]

What'd you replace it with?

[Hal88]

Nothing yet....somethin better in gas hopefully.

[romeokc10]

Come on be honest, we all know you're in the back room jumping for joy now that you've passed it on to some other poor sucker...LOL!!

[Hal88]

Lol....my X5 was in pretty good shape and I'm sure the other guy is going to enjoy it.
However, my relationship with that vehicle was love/hate......you never knew when something else was going to break and the Mpg was pretty bad too.

[c4racer]

I think you need to look at total cost of ownership, not just gas mpg. Especially if you plan to replace with another SUV. We replaced my 4.6is with a new Mazda CX9 and I was thinking it would get 25% better mpg but that is not quite the case. Add in the depreciation cost of a newer car and it may or may not be cheaper to get a newer vehicle with less problems. My main factor was the fact that my wife would be driving it most of the time - she didn't like the hot rod 4.6is very much, and we could use extra space in seating and cargo room, plus the useage was going up from 10K / year to 15K per year and when you start adding up total costs - tires, maint, brakes, repairs, etc. the X5 was looking rather expensive even with nearly 0 in depreciation costs.

Still - I miss that thing. If it were just for me, I would have kept it. I almost did in fact, but 2 SUV's is just not what we needed and I equally enjoy my E38, so I kept that one instead.

[gitchies]

I sold mine in August, yes i miss it but...gas was the killer....my weekly driving habits, of 600+kms in a week...it just didn't make sense for me...not when gas is a $1.55 a litre....
Maintence wise, it wasn't bad...you have to expect it when the car was a 2002...oil separater went on it, alternator went literally the day before i sold it...
But yes this site is awesome...hence now i still lurk here...i'm sure i'll be back one day...prob with a diesel....

[Hal88]

That is one of the reasons I got rid of it I have another SUV which is more reliable and a little better with gas......but yes it'll never drive like the x5......I was thinking a jetta sportwagen tdi .....took one for a test drive and pretty good torque.