Idle problems driving me nuts!

[DrewN209]

Originally Posted by hambone1983

You know man, I have the same model and now at 82K miles... my car has a little rough idle but nothing as worse as you are saying and it just drives rough.. Mine is a CPO and BMW techs have checked it out many times and they say - this is normal for E53 blah blah and they are loud and rough to drive and idle... So i am at a loss as well. I test drove an E70 and whoa loved that baby, unfortunately still too expensive for my wallet. Good luck finding the root cause

This is exactly why I have not taken in to a tech! I've read about everyone's experience w/ tech's telling them it's normal, if it doesn't throw a code it's ok, etc. It's definitely not ok and it makes my damn feet and legs irritated when I'm stopped in traffic or at red lights... I sure hope someone can help me because i really enjoy the combination of utility and handling of this thing... but I am not trying to replace engine mounts, spark plugs, battery, etc trying to chase down a solution.