Did just purhase the cheapest X5 ever?

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Run a 3.0 for a bit. In the city, I was impressed for over 7 years with my little (big) six. Plenty of oomphff down low all the way to surface street sanity. I put down a number of other SUVs who thought the X5 was a peach.

But to your point, the V8 on the highway is intoxicating. Where my 3.0 would die off around 75, 80.. the V8 just pulls and pulls. I start to feel anemic at around 120/130. I'm not sure it's the car as much as it is me. Like the 3.0, I feel a great deal of pride when I run with those who don't know what it can do. Unlike the 3.0, my V8 takes a minute to get there. Still really quick of course, but I would be surprised if the 3.0 and V8's weren't neck and neck for the first 8th or more of a 1/4 mile run. And lets face it.. by the time you've exceeded a surface street speed limit, you should be walking back any way.

Prop, you wearing your rose colored glasses? The M54 X5 was 8.0 sec 0-60. Even the M62 powered X5 gets to 60 in 6.6. The 4.8is does it in 6.0 sec. Quarter mile for the M54 X5 was 16.0 seconds, M62 X5 was 15.0 seconds, and the 4.8is was 14.5 seconds. Those are pretty big deltas.

And I like the M54 very much... I just really like it in cars and wagons. Not so much in heavy SUVs.

Side note, it's amazing what forced induction has (8 speed transmissions don't hurt either) done to these SUVs. We are going to buy the wife a "new" (used obviously) F chassis X3 at the end of this year. We are contemplating going with the xdrive28i four pot which gets decent gas mileage but also does 0-60 in 6.1 seconds and the quarter mile 14.5 seconds. That's as fast as my 4.8is! We are still going to drive the xdrive35i and the diesel for comparison as well, but hard to argue with those results.

[eeee36m3]

I picked up this X5 from theblue (friend of mine) about 3 years ago. It's still kicking. I have 195K miles on the odometer.
So far I had to do brakes, replaced rear air springs with coils, front drive shaft replacement, valve cover gaskets, alternator, ignition switch, rear bushing refresh, fuel pump (only repair that left me stranded!), and now I'm diagnosing a pretty bad vibration at 60mph under load... It's been fun, but I'm looking to upgrade to an E70 in a couple of months.

Things I haven't fixed that are annoying: pass door handle carrier (can't open from outside), leaking sunroof, too much rear camber, air pump on start up is loud, leaks oil (in lots of places), airbag light.... and others.

Xoutpost has been a great forum for helping me with all the issues above ^