If what you have listed is all you have to throw at a new to you e53... Don't sweat it!

I got my 05 4.8iS Alpine White for 15k SAR (4k USD) and now my total (including purchase price) is 60k SAR (16k USD), but I routinely hit 200kph and drive it as hard as I can conditions permitting.

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If it makes you feel any better, I had three original regulators go bad within a 12-month period right around 110k miles. I only have BMW to blame.

If you're paying a mechanic to do most of your work, it's probably not the vehicle for you. The X takes a lot of maintenance. Parts are reasonable if you by OE and not BMW. You can get most parts from the same manufacturer that made them for BMW, but they won't have the roundel. Usually about 1/3 the cost. But, all those parts need to be installed. When you start throwing the cost of labor at it, it adds up fast.

If you're not going to do your own work and you have money to burn and you love the car, then keep it. Just my 2 cents.

This can be said with most cars. My Honda indy, on a per hour basis, charges on par with my BMW indy. That said, I would try to do the simple stuffs so I can save enough to pay my indy to do the more difficult jobs.

We have owned many bimmers. This is the first X and V8. Always had coupes and sedans with the trusty 6.

I used to do all of the work on our cars, now I have found an indy who is reasonable and a BMW master tech. He get's do to all of the BS work that is WAY easier to do with a lift. I still do the basics. Brakes, regulators, maintenance and the like. And I like to do it.

To be honest, I bought this X without a PPI because I am a sucker. I haven't done that before and I do regret it. I have spent more on it than what I had purchased it for. No one's fault but my own, but I do keep wondering if this car is just a lemon or if it was just totally neglected.:dunno:

I swear that every time I sit in it, it costs me money! :angryfire

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I have found that "BMW" stands for Bleed My Wallet, but then again the e53 makes driving in the Middle East a lot more fun not to mention safer....
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Well sold the 4.4 back home and with the exchange rate bought a new lounge, TV and bed in DFW ...lol

Had a couple of tire kickers test drive the 4.8is back home... bit annoyed as one bloke gave it a flogging then said he just wanted to see the difference between a 4.4 vs a 4.8is....:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire

Had a couple of low ball offers from absolute tools... so might keep it and put it in storage....

Looking for another 4.8is locally but driving the roads in Dallas in an F150 and can't help noticing it would be pretty harsh with the Bilstein setup I had back home....

hmmm

E53 is nothing.
I have a client with a 91 Bentley Turbo R.
In the last year it's cost him $17 pr mile to drive it.
No shit!!!!

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What did I do to it today?Looked out the window and just looked at it covered in snow.

Temps in the 50's here and dry so off to run a few errands blow out the dust, and then a quick spray with detailed and back under the cover!