Thinking about a trip to the "Dark Side"

I had a 2003 with the BMW M62 engine. It was a wonderful machine, but the maint & repair cost post engine (sensors, differential, etc) started to increase after the warrenty. The engine part was easy as the familier M62 4.4L engine and a lot more room to work with than the 840.

Good luck.

A winter car is a winter car..... as long as it does the job.....
But if you're in the marked for a big 4x4 SUV, why not go for the X5?

Now I'm a bit biased, so my cars the past 6 years have been BMW's.
(after driving a Ford, an Opel and a Nissan)

Last winter I had a 1988 e30 325ix (4wd).
But it was getting to old so I got rid of it, however it was one of the funniest cars I have ever driven. (like a go-kart)

I just got a 2003 e46 325ci Clubsport for daily/winter use.

If I was in the marked for a 4wd SUV, I'd go for the X5, According to Top Gear, it outperforms the Porsche Cayenne on everything. (handlig, steering, brakes and laptime).
If I was not into track driving I'd have an X5 as my daily driver, but since I needed something to throw around the track, I got the 325ci.

I had a 2001 4.0 HSE and I quite liked it...

Bad points were.

Seats are quite firm on a long journey!! (Boney A$$)

Air suspension is quite boat like and expensive if it goes wrong.... Cheaper to convert to coil springs than replace the air pump / sensors....

We had in the UK a lot of problems with the 4.6 over heating, big time and it was so severe that the only thing to do is replace the engine!!!

In short buy a 4.0lt...

Hope this helps....

Alex

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If I was in the marked for a 4wd SUV, I'd go for the X5, According to Top Gear, it outperforms the Porsche Cayenne on everything. (handlig, steering, brakes and laptime).

Top Gear also say...the X5 is hated, and a "wankers car"!, and i agree!. In the UK it just attracts that kind of person .

Range Rover or a Patrol for me!
Les

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Top Gear also say...the X5 is hated, and a "wankers car"!, and i agree!. In the UK it just attracts that kind of person .

Range Rover or a Patrol for me!

Les

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Whats the difference between a Hedgehog & a X5 ?

A, One has pricks on the outside,the other has pricks on the Inside

nice one Steve!
Cant beat a joke on a Friday .

For me its got to be either a Range Rover, Toyota Landcruiser or maybe a Shogun (but the new model)

Best 4x4 by a clear mile....

Nissan Patrol 4.2TD !! Never owned one though.

This is my latest squeeze!! & my old Classic Rangey as well (7yrs, Sold now!!)

Great things RR's. One day perhaps...in the mean time I make do with this..

I thought the X5 was a good idea. I drove a 4.4L and it was okay not great. They told me if I wanted a more sporting X5, they had what I needed (if you ever hear that, RUN).

They had an X5 3.0 Sport with manual gearbox, seemed HOT, in a moment of weakness, I leased it. It drives well until a wheel, any wheel, begins to slip. Then Herr Bosch & the SS, (I mean ASC) step in and the driving experience becomes even worse than with the E31s when ASC steps in.

Now you have two diffs, both open spool and modern ABS shutting everything down,and that is on normal roads. On snow and ice? Are you crazy? DO NOT BUY AN X5 FOR WINTER SLICK DRIVING. It does not know how. When the slipping begins, it will literally stop the car from moving forward and jerk the living he!! out of you in the process (while you scream and curse).

Driving enthusiastically, real 4 wheel drifting with a grin? Not a chance, it sucks. I lived with this for almost a year and did a swap-a-lease with some poor unsuspecting X5's are great sap.

All this goes back to the LSD thread vs. open spool and ASC+T.

Bad memories.

See above

Terry, the "P38" RR you are looking at still has more than it's fair share of issues - not though that should faze you! BM only really rolled up their sleeves with the "L30" or current RR - hence this is a vast improvement.

Cheers,

mark

Go for the RR TerryY (but don't forget to get fully equipped with Green Rubber boots and a nice Barbour jacket)

Just kidding, RR's are great cars, not without their issues but having used an RR and an X5 I'd take the RR any day thanks, the X5 is great for doing the kids-to-school run but crap for pretty much everything else. (BTW I hate people that buy an SUV to do the take-the-kids-to-school run, unless they live in the middle of nowhere, people using them in places like London are plain daft. Rant mode switched off again now)

Nice one Tel

22" rims & 4 exit exhausts next , eh

Well done Terry.

You should swell touring around "the projects".