why do they want it out?

why?

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2006 BMW X5 3.0i
-Black Sapphire Metallic w/ Truffle Brown Leather and Dark Poplar Wood
-Sport, Automatic, Xenon, BMW Assist, Premium, Cold Weather, Rear Climate, Panaroma, Nav, Heated Steering Wheel, Heated Rear Seats, and more mods to come.

2005 BMW 325i
-Black on Black, Loaded

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That sucks; assuming how much trouble you went through to get your rims... Good luck with your sale.

Man Who you pissed off.....that sucks.... bit time......

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((( 2006 X5 4.4i ))) Toledo Blue/ Beige Interior W/High Gloss Lgt Trim /Sport /Prem /CW /RC packages; Nav /Servotronic /19" Style 132 /Alum. running boards

Well, long story short..I bought the X last May. Here all US employees on a diplomatic entry Visa get to buy select makes of cars tax free and at a discount. The US Govt will ship the vehicle back for free...

When you buy a US Spec vehicle here in the UK, you are required to get an "SVA" conversion which basically means making the lights "turn left" instead of right, and adding a rear set of fog lights. You can get it done anywhere for a few (40-50) bucks, but BMW charges almost 800 bucks to do it RIGHT. They add a "euro" light switch console, wire the rear fogs, and put a little stupid sticker on the headlights.

Enough background. When I bought the X, I didnt plan on being here another year. So the UK gov't says, if you dont plan on having it here for more than a year, you dont have to get the SVA done, but you MUST - and I mean MUST - have the car out of the country before the year is up, because the car has to go through a complete re-registration and it is a nightmare on the DVLA (think DMV) here. US Gov't pays the annual UK "road tax" charges as well, becuase the understanding is that the car will only be used in the UK for a year or less. Anyway, I LOVE it here, and decided to stay for a few more years. Unfortunately, without a letter from basically embassy officials stating my extension here was INVOLUNTARY, the X has to go. Now, I CAN get that letter with a little coersion, but I started thinking, hmm...maybe this isnt a bad thing. Without the conversion, I couldnt sell the X here, but obviously that isnt the case once it gets to the US. So there you go...

I plan on jumping into an 06 Odyssey with the workswhen I visit NC for a month in July. So hopefully, I will be able to pick it up from whatever port, sell, and get on with life. Any more info, just PM me or email me @ [email protected]rs!

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Hey Bozzo,
glad to hear youre happy over there in blighty, I am about to come home after nearly 5 years here in SoCal.I am bringing home my X and will have the fun part of SVA and dvla registration later this summer.
Luckily I have been collecting UK headlights over the last year and I did the proper retro fit of the rear fogs to factory spec myself.So I am going to get one of the conversion companies to do the headlights switch over and rewire and I should be good to go.
Have you had any issues driving the LHD X5 over in the UK.

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Mods so far; rear fog lights retro-fit,ractive oval tips,titanium grille set,OEM trailer hitch,mud flaps, aux audio input,non-smoker ash tray,sub-installation and a set of the 4.8is 20" replicas with cooper Zeon 4xS.Euro clear headlights & rear parking sensors.LPG Dual fuel convertion.Chrome bezel rings,Fitted uk cycle lighting board electric hook up,Sport wheel centre re-trimmed in Alcantara,
Still luvin the ride :

That really sucks! Maybe somebody will volunteer garage space to store your X until you get back over here. Aren't you going to be hating life driving an Odyssey?

HEELLLLL NO. Ive been wanting one for a long a$$ time. I just wasnt happy with the options available. Now with a better DVD and European NAV capability, Im there at last..

Store the X? Sh*@...On Nov 23, it will be worth Blue Book..on the 25th, it will be sheet metal, thanks to the e70. I want to get rid of it as soon as possible.

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