Dipping my toe or just BS'ing myself?

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Sep 17, 2008 | 09:36 AM

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flyingpuck

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Originally Posted by bimmerlust' post='671027' date='Sep 16 2008, 08:17 PM

Just out of curiosity, was it the X5 that made you so adamant in your advice? The reason I ask is that my aunt's '02 X5 has similarly ripped out her wallet! Just after the warranty expired her transmission went out to the tune of around $7k.

It certainly helped!

We drove the car in for what seemed like a minor repair and an hour later were informed that the transmission was failing and needed to be replaced (with a new one yet as BMW would not use a rebuilt one), at a cost of around $7500. It was to say the least a bit shocking!