I hit you back via PM, the long and short of it is that if I didn't spend a shitload over the past year and a half of ownership on my '03 to get her in tip top shape, I might consider. But the work involved in the things I'd like to swap over as well as the time and effort to get my '03 sold, not gonna happen.

If you have parts still up for grabs after getting rid of it I will definitely shop your thread though :)

GL!

Man! At $10k no takers? What other sites do you have it listed on? I'm selling mine here in the F/S section and I'm way overpriced

^Yup, no takers.

Anyways, for any one who is wondering ... the car was put back to stock trim today. The OEM 4.8is parts and Euro headlamps and etc. are listed for sale in another thread.

The first offer over $10,000 takes this car in stock trim. Otherwise, it's going to CarMax on Thursday.

Do you have it listed anywhere else? because heres my reasoning... anybody on these boards in specific probably already has an X5... I mentioned this in my post... You tryna sell ice to eskimos here...

Yes, I have it listed on 3 other non-X5-specific forums (one is a non-BMW forum). I haven't even gotten thread responses there. I've only gotten 2 PMs out side of this forum.

Many people sell their X5s here - and fairly quickly. It's the small motor and manual transmission that are hurting me. I'm not, as you say, "tryna sell ice to Eskimos;" I'm trying to sell a car in which (for reasons difficult to accept) people generally are not interested.

With that, I'm sorry to have to say you may not find luck here. You're effectively selling a much older version of my car with one less gear. Try auto trader. You may wind up at CarMax like I have.

Carmax after all?

After all, yes.

And here is a picture of the check receipt in case there are any doubters.

If you squint closely, you can see the sale date and amount in the bottom left corner. Sale date is yesterday (May 30) and the sale price is, as I said before, $10,000.

I don't mean to post this in a self-pitying way. I mean to post this to show that that I'm not the type to exaggerate to obtain sympathy. I do what I say.

Well congrats on your sale and thank u for helping to shed a realistic light on what one should expect in terms of a sale.