Toasted X5 (Literally)
 

Was driving home this evening and saw this poor X :wow:

wow...i hope if there were people in the car that they're are okay.

...huh...and you were driving your X next to it...awkward

that's not the smartest way to smoke out the brake lights.

I got first dibs on the rims:rofl:

My '05 is in the shop right now, to replace the driver's seat. I had the heated seat on, and noticed that it was much hotter than normal. When I got out of the X, there was a 1/4" hole in the leather. The heater element had burned a hole in the seat.

I wonder if I had kept on driving, if it would have caught me on fire, then the X? Scary.

that'll buff right out :confused:

poor X ... hope the interior occupants were OK

Well now I know what all pieces on my X are made of plastic. :rofl:

Dang!! I thought they would have fixed that issue by the 2005 model year :rolleyes:

hmm you folks down-under must have different specs when it comes to wheels ... after looking closely at the pics I noticed the crispy X5 has a pano roof, which means post April-04 production ... I thought facelifted 3.0's didn't have those rims available anymore?

:takecover At least it was a 3.0..............


Just kidding! :nanana:

That is NOT the right way to bed the rotors and brakes... ouch...

It would not have caught fire lol, my mom's car had the same thing and we had to get a new drivers seat too

A lil Zaino and she'll be good as new!

:iagree:

Maybe a little Claybar too!

those wheels look like winter setups.

I have the heated seat problem too. Wonder if I get it fixed if i'll get a new seat? :)

Love to hear the story on this one.:rolleyes:

U should have a fire extinguisher in your X. I tossed one in mine just in case.

Thats hot!

[quote=I have the heated seat problem too. Wonder if I get it fixed if i'll get a new seat? :)[/quote]


I got a new lower cushion (Leather cover, cushion, heating element) for the same problem. All covered under CPO. :thumbup:

i don't think were any body in the car. the car look like it got set up for insurance claim maybe,

Can you tell us what month/yr your 05 was produced?

:explode: LITERALLY!!!!

It could have happened while the X5 was in the garage when the house went up in flames. :dunno:

My '05 was produced in August of 2004. Got it back today, with a new lower seat cushion, new heat element, & new leather cover. Good as new.

Strangely enough, that was exactly what I thought when I saw that X.

Correct, we've still got style 57 or 137 standard on the facelifted 3.0s.

yeap, but they better not drop the claybar in the process, otherwise it might scratch the paint :D ..

In Australia we dont have a winter setup, they are the wheels that come with the 3.0L from 2001-2006 they never changed. :rofl:

Poor thing could have been a victim of arson, insurance, or itself :(

Reminds me of a blue E46 325 convertible arson victim that sits atop a shipping container at the entrance of my local scrap yard with "free car removal" spray painted on the side :bawling:

Heat affects metals in different ways, and I wouldn't trust the alloys from either car!, once aluminum exceeds 500*C for any period of time it gradually becomes soft and may be liable to fail if used again!

Yeh your right, i wouldnt use those rims ever again