Trading 330 for E70-not quite yet

[bawareca]

Originally Posted by jfoj

My 2008 is as close to a X5M as you can get without being an X5M.

I found my 2008 with 66k miles on it. Already has almost 74k in 9 months. Mostly road trips to include a 1100 mile straight run where I averaged 70 MPH for the entire 1100 miles.

Oh, come on now. The general shape is the only common between yours and X5M You may have adaptive drive, but the torque vectoring diff is what really makes something this heavy to turn, and the huge HP and TQ is what makes it go fast.
Adaptive drive is associated with a lot of extra cost involved, perhaps after 100k miles mark or so. $2200 for a sway bar and almost a 1k for a shock is not cheap. I dont have adaptive drive, but after I got rid of the RFT tires I dont have any complaints at all. Ride is just by my taste and the X5 leans quite a bit under heavy cornering, but that actually gives more grip, not less. Only in aggressive "slalom" type maneuvers it may loose it's poise, but it is not that bad.
Known N62 flaws:
-coolant transfer pipe, middle of the engine
-alternator bracket, oil leak
-valve seals
-secondary air system channels in the head, plugged-up
-vacuum pump
-intermediate shafts, valvetronic
-???
Known N52 problems:
-water pump, at 60 to 100k miles
-???