After 4 years of driving the E60...first a 530i....then a 550i...it's time to move on to something new. I've had some serious problems with my 550 and the dealer decided to buy it back from me. I'll be taking a hit on the transaction but considering the severity of the issues I'm having, I've decided to take the loss. As a result...I needed to pick a new car and it had to be done instantly....they had no 550's in stock and the new F10 will be in the showroom in months so no sense in buying a new E60! Result is....I went with a 4.8 V8 X5!

I've been on this forum since 2006 and it was very helpful while driving the E60....lot's of great info here!

Thanks to everyone.......

 

Congrats! What was going on w ur 550?

 

Congrats on the E70. I did the same thing. I liked my 09 X5 48i, but I decided to have a midlife crisis and got rid of it after 7 months to buy my M5. As long as you don't have the same crisis you should be very happy with it.

 

Nice! X5 is very nice

 

78 days at the dealer for repair over a period of 6 months. 5 sets or rotors, 3 sets of brake pads, 1 set of calipers, 5 bent rims, 2 tires worn to the thread from new and a list of other small problems....all that in 6 months! The dealer couldn't explain why this was happening....BMW Canada decided to ignore the problem and gave me one payment back! Time to switch !!!


I was originally looking at an 07 M5 that had around 15000 miles on it with every imaginable option...but went with the X5! I'll probably have to get a sporty sedan or coupe at some point in the near future!

 

Congratulations on the new car! My Dad's got the current E70 X5 w/ the new iDrive (like the F01 & F10) and it's a really good car! You will most definitely love it!

 

Wow, that's a pretty expensive mid-life crisis. I'd just stick to the other mid-life crisis like cheap women and expensive champagne.