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Originally Posted by trader4 (Post 1055454)

I said they are crap based on the many failures reported here. I said
they are crap based on the fact that it's apparently so bad, that people
here are now replacing them as routine maintenance, which BTW is the
question that was asked and which I answered. Crytalworks then chimed
in with his actual shop experience of tank failures. It was then that
I said they were crap. And for those of you who can't understand the
difference, I said the tanks were crap, not the whole vehicle. And then
I was attacked with the false strawman that I was somehow blaming
the tank when the real cause was a blown head gasket. That was
totally wrong, Crytalworks made it clear that *his* post about that
failure was as it was written, ie that the tank failed and then the
owner continued to drive the car, causing the further damage.

IF you want to find who's off their meds, trying going to that poster
or the buffoon that just accused me of being some other poster I
never heard of. Just the facts. The problem is that you BME diehard
junkies can't take any negative comment about a single component.
It's like a cult.

Why do you press enter randomly mid sentence?

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Originally Posted by Helihover (Post 1055468)

Hey man my bad. I'm sorry. No need to call me a bafoon.

Anyone who doesn't agree with trader he calls a buffoon (this is the correct spelling btw), or refers to "strawman" or "witch hunt" or tells you to grow up, or inferences that this forum is referred of "fanboys" who "hold BMW up to be a god", etc, I can go on. And in 90% of his 900 posts to this point he refers in some way to the "crap window regulators" which no one can forget that he has had to deal with.

Question is, if he isn't contributing positively to this forum, why do we want him to remain here? If I wanted to join a BMW bashing forum I'd join Consumer Reports, we actually like our vehicles here, and like to plan preventative maintenance schedules, and keep our vehicles and not just come on here to complain.

Maybe his Ashley Madison account got leaked and he is grumpy about it and needs to vent?

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Originally Posted by Joshdub (Post 1055474)

Why do you press enter randomly mid sentence?

Just to get your attention...:iagree:

You're going to get the full wrath from trader4 RB.

trader4 has shown me the error of my ways. Even though I have seen below average failures, I now realize that because others have regular failures, my X is a POS.

I'm looking to pick up a Honda CRV, when I get it, I'll send this HORRIBLE BMW to the auto dismantlers to be crushed.

All is right in the universe! ;)

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1055476)

...Maybe his Ashley Madison account got leaked and he is grumpy about it and needs to vent?

I think he blew his head gasket lol...

Chill out guys, this is nothing to sweat over.
Go to work and make some money so you can spend on your BMW repair...

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Originally Posted by Joshdub (Post 1055474)

Why do you press enter randomly mid sentence?

Every time he presses enter, he is angry at one of us.

Haha usually it is just the content of a post that is annoying. He manages to be annoying in both content and format.

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Originally Posted by TiAgX5 (Post 1055480)

Dibs on the window regs.

Meanwhile the OP has added antifreeze to his X5 and is sitting at his computer wondering what the hell did I start with my question.

Parts break, to some more than others. Next posting! My expansion tank is still happy at 10 years. I worry more about plastics that are not UV or ozone proof. Then I am one of those types like many of us, who washes and sprays protectorates on my CV boots to extend their lives from parking turns, changes the oil annually and all the filters, etc........

Personal failure or reliability of any part anyone or everyone posts here is never basis for any conclusion about that part. It's just not logical. That is especially true if your personal experience has been reliability and you call that part crap.

An accumulation of the same point of view about a part can be an indication of the reliability of a part. However, there is infinite variation in the lives of E53s, we are a minute sampling, there is a wide variation in how we individually think a part should last, many of us didn't buy or X5s new to have personally been part of its history, most of us don't know each other so we have no idea of the worth of opinions or experience--we don't usually even know if others even own an E53. I am not saying the forum is not worthwhile, it is great! I have learned a lot. I'm here to try to help others solve problems and hear from others that are pleased to own and enjoy their X5s. Why are you here Trader4?