great at what?

I'm sorry, but that entire post is just an X5 lover defending his woman. An engine company? It prides itself on it's service/maintenance and luxurious, high performance vehicles. Maybe you've heard "the ultimate driving machine" thrown around? I'd say that goes way beyond just an engine. I absolutely disagree with you about the transmission. A $75,000 vehicle should not need a transmission at 50k. Period. And BMW chose ZF for the transmission so it falls on BMW, yes the "engine company." This is 100% much too common of a problem with these vehicles. ML550 in my future

i agree with diyanich , go buy cayenne or something else. i bought my 02 4.4 new. ive babied it, it has just 90k on it now and the list of repairs is longer than a pornstar's schlong! $6000 tranny @ 75k miles. window regulators, alternators, front end work, steering colomn motors. ac units, water pumps now the sunroof casette is leaking. ruined the radio, cd changer, nav unit, ride control unit, tow package unit and battery. this is a $5000+ bill. (why put the electronics in the lowest part of the vehicle?) My local bimmer stealer is horrible, (i have to drive 40 miles to the next one)so ask owners around you how yours is. otherwise i love the X5 lol it's like marriage, when it's good its good when it's bad......

You're confused. I sold my X5.

Engine company. What do you think the M stands for in BMW?

BMW does not pride itself on its maintenance. That is why they provide prepaid maintenance on new vehicles, to avoid the discussion of how much maintenance costs at their dealers.

You didn't buy a $75,000 vehicle. You bought a $26,000 used vehicle, with no maintenance, and no warranty. If it cost $75k, it would be new, and it would be under warranty. The transmission would be covered, if in fact it failed. You could also have an extended warranty in that price, so that it would be covered for several more years.

I think you should buy an ML550. Soon.

The post was in response to another poster, and the point under discussion was whether price relates to reliability.

Mercedes is not the same as BMW, they cater to different segments of the market.

the ml550 isnt any better, thats why i bought an X.

thats pretty funny SAV. when i bought mine and called it an suv the dealer corrected me and said it was a SAV (tougher than a suv) hahahahahahahahaha i can only imagine how much id have to spend on it if i ever took it off road.

Yea, I started my own thread about my transmission issues and got mixed up in this thread. There's definitely an ML550 in future. Soon. :D

Maybe. But I've owned many mercedes and never had any major mechanical problems on any of them and that goes for all the honda/acura products I've owned as well. I guess I should just stick with what works for me. Lesson learned about BMW and more so about trusting a car dealer. :dunno:

:bustingup my that's a long list you have sir