Currently at 108K miles and running very strong with scheduled oil/filter changes and maintenance. So far it has been a very reliable SAV!!

Replaced the following between 101-108K miles at my home shop:

Alternator
Air filter K&N
Spark plugs
Valve cover gaskets
Cooling hoses
Fuel filter
Brakes rotors pads sensors
Tires
Battery at 60K miles
Tranny oil, filter and gasket
Cooling system reservoir
Timing chain tensioner

I'm in the same boat as Murph. We have thrown a couple $K's in preventive maintenance, but will trade the car in if it gets too expensive.

We were 30 miles from home a few months ago and the dreaded Engine Failsafe message popped up with a terrible loping idle and I immediately thought it was trade-in time. Thanks to this forum, I ordered a new MAF the next day, threw it in when it arrived, and it was good as new again.

It's a 2002 4.4i with 163k miles. We bought it from the original owner back in 2010. It still has the original transmission, even with many towing miles. The original owner, a former cca president, pulled his M3 race car with it and I've pulled my cars to 1 or 2 track events per year. It pulls ~5,300 pounds surprisingly well. Of course now that I've said all that, the transmission will fry tomorrow.

174500 ish. Mechanically a great truck. ... electrically and vacuum system wise like a geriatric lady in a nursing home. And Medicare don't cover the repairs! I'd say easily 2k to 3k per year $. I like the car and bragging about the miles.

Rolled 258,000 miles last night. Original tranny fluid still performing fine! New rear suspension bushings last week eliminated all squeaks and let the rear wheels line-up like they're supposed to!

2002 X5 3.0 258,042 miles
2004 325i 114,000 miles

Great to hear!

Awesome, congratulations! Which bushings are you referring to here?
http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E5...wse/rear_axle/

04 x5 just turned over 115k /our 99 528it just turned 202k

Nice which bushings did you change?

80k miles on the 4.8is [I put on 16k]

Awesome