Don't remember the exact total for 2008, but here's what I'm looking at for just this week:

1) Inspection II 60,000 mile service: $765 :yikes:
2) Front and rear brake pads and sensors: $680 :yikes:
3) Two ripped power steering hoses (steel-reinforced) + labor: $580 :yikes: :yikes:
4) Two cracked thrust rod bushings and labor: $410 :yikes: :yikes:
5) The nagging suspicion that somehow, some way, the stealer is ripping you a new a$$hole: Priceless...

Stan, go to JMK-BMW in Route 22, i only paid $620 for Insp II last month...
and they gave 08 328xi as a loaner..

thats $145 savings right there... :thumbup:

Those are some hefty costs. Even if an independent garage cost less than dealer, that is significant!

I just got the (pre-owned) X5 and that is my biggest concern. I can do a lot of maintenance myself (and I'm starting at 35k miles) but if my repair costs got to 2-3k every year, I'd probably move on.

$0.00

:iagree: Bought it to drive, not sit in a repair shop all of the time. Had my '04 X5 4.4l a little more than a year w/38k mi, of which I have put on 14k. So far no problems.

Less than $2K

OK, Park Ave service advisor cut me some slack, wound up paying $665 for the Insp II, plus free re-fill on the Nitrogen. Biggest part of the job was the brake pads + sensors($660...ouch). But at least the rotors were OK.

alot :(
£3000
tyres (brought some of ebay, used but nearly new!)
cv joints
oil change and filters
piston ring
tubro repair (something with the air intake)
and some other minor things....
was in the shop for about 2 and a bit months!
(it was an indy guy, they didnt work on it everyday, which is why it took so long)...