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[Mr.X5_3.0si-retired]

hey all just purchased my second BMW
first one being a 05 325i that i've had for almost 4 yrs now and it's still going strong.


the wife and i just purchased an 07 X5 3.0si
has 150k km's on it so we purchased additional powertrain warranty, 3yrs or 60k km's for 2k
got a good deal on the vehicle, 22k, so we couldn't resist hoping on that price.
car has one previous owner, the guy was a Manager at a dealership out here who got rid of it for an X6
the X5 came with brand new tires, brakes, lubes topped up including oil
the X5 came with Sports and Tech Package
because i'm in Canada i didn't know the Sports Package didn't include the all so joyful Sports button
the vehicle also came with 2 common E70 problems... peeling steering wheel and extremely warped top cover to the glove box.. the wife peeled the rest of the steering wheel and it actually looks a lot better for some reason, the glove box is being fixed by the dealer we bought it from out of good will
everything else is immaculate, almost looks like it came straight off showroom from release date

the X5 will be my Wife's while i'll still be using the 3er has mine until i pick up an E60 M5 at the end of the year

before i post some pics i did wanna say im super impressed with the power from the 6cyl 3.0L in this, after reading some reviews of it being underpowered i really thought it was going to be boring but i'm impressed.
the 4.8L are hard to get out here and quite a bit more price so the wife did not go for it.
this had way more options too then most we seen





both cars in bed for the night
*garage is messy i know, waiting for better weather to clean it out*


so now that you've seen the pic's any recommendations?
first thing we will be doing is replacing orange side markers (usually first i do on any car, just can't stand it haha)
wife wants to do 20" rims.. not sure which kind yet tho but wants some that stand out some more.

anyone bother putting in cold air intake to their X5?
what kind of performance parts are worthy?

it's kinda late so i forgot the important things i wanted to ask so i'll do so at another time plus this is super long already... also apologize for the essay but i'll keep updating this thread with pic's until we no longer own the vehicle