So long E70, and good riddance!

[watrob]

What was the main problem with your X5?

[RajiBoy]

Originally Posted by watrob

What was the main problem with your X5?

Internal trim was damaged by dealer
Rear Door allignment
Leather stiching
Steering wheel stiching
CD player did not work
Heated seat did not work
iDrive stopped working
Car refused to be coded (Spent 4 weeks setting up special code)
Adaptive Drive Failure
Boot stopped closing
Would not start
Battery drained to quickly
Alarm kept going off
Alarm had a damp sound
Internal door handle fell off
External door handle broke

The list goes on.....

[Praetorian]

Well, I thought I'd come back to see if anybody else posted here. I was curious. I was also disapointed that my experiences seemed not to be isolated. I probably could have stuck with it and got some of my issues fixed, but I was so tired of the dealers attitude and BMW's lack of care.

My dealer was Open Road BMW in Newmarket. I cannot think of a single good thing to say about this dealership. My car was delayed when I bought it, by a few months so that I actually had to give my last car back on its lease. Open road loaned me another car at a cost of $250/week.

Service was always slow, and although they were very polite when I arrived, I don't think their technicians really knew their stuff. Maybe they did, but I never saw any evidence of that.

As to the car itself. I tried the Q7, a few MB's, and the Accura MDX, before settling on the X5. I chose the X5 because it was about the most fun to drive, although th Q7 was really nice also. I thought BMW had a good reputation for service.

This was an expensive lesson for me, but I'm happy now. My 911 really does drive better in the snow than my X5. I won't be towing anything and I have much less cargo space, but it's a trade off I'm happy with.

As to a 911 being a daily driver. It's the perfect car to drive every day. If I had 2 other cars, I can't imagine driving them much.

I also really like my dealer, Pfaff Porshe. Open Road could learn something there.

Good luck to all. I hope that I made enough stink with BMW that they try to improve things in the future for the rest of you. Probably not, but it's one more voice. Eventually they will listen.