Build Log: M57 X5

[Bdc101]

This is quite a thread! It took me about 5 days to read through every post. I just bought a 2012 35d which looks almost exactly like yours did when it was stock -- same wheels, same color, same interior, but no third row/air suspension.

Question for you, if there was one mod that improved your mileage what would you say it was? 35 mpg in any SUV is pretty crazy, especially one with lots of guts. This last post said 23.5 mpg for a round trip towing a cargo trailer full of steel roofing. I have been towing my camper with my E53 for the past 8 summers, so the idea of getting even 20mpg when towing sounds like a dream.



EGR blockoff is probably in my future as I've only had it a week and it already went into limp mode with an EGR valve fault once.

Nice to see a fellow MTBer as well -- I live in Bend and try to spend as much time on the trails as I can manage. If only these pesky BMWs would stop breaking down on me.