Totally agree - I'm saying the big hit was taken by BMW right at the outset.

[quote="Am89"] Hi all, possibly purchasing an X5 this week. Spec wise what I can see it has, Harmon / Kardon Black / Ivory interior extended to lower dash Digital cockpit Polished 21” wheels Pan roof HUD Car only has 1,000 miles on the clock and the owners asking £50,000. In the opinion of...

[quote="Horizon"]
In an other M 50d post where someone was asking if he should buy a 12 month old X5 50d with 1K miles on it for £25 K less than it was new, £25 per mile depreciation

I found this on the net: http://bioage.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/autobild1.png and whilst none of the cars are quite as brick shaped as the X5, the message is pretty clear - your fuel economy will improve by at least 33% if you slow down from 100 mph to 80 mph. That would ...

I suppose it depends on what kind of driving you are doing ... and how you drive it. :) Most of my driving is quite sedate, but I do lots of short journeys crawling or sitting still in traffic. When on the motorway and the roads do open up I dont like to hang about and the aerodynamics of a brick on...

[quote="graemeX5"] Hi Another off the wall thought is having the mirror caps and bars in the lower vents in the pearlescent white. For that I suggest getting would get a new set of  mirror caps and just paint the bars that way if you don't like it the caps can be swopped back. [/quote] Loo...

I think the Mirror caps and little "matching"? bars over the vents, together with a black grille, chrome roof rails and white paint is at least one colour too many. Not intending to cause offence, just my view.... I think the mirror caps and matching bars are where it all goes wrong. I wou...

Great job, when do you get it?

A quick google of "broadspeed" will get you to https://broadspeed.com According to their website they reckon they can get you 19.6% off an M50d. This is pretty much the level that was available when I bought last year and like you I would expect that if anything discounts might get better ...

Looks great. My previous F15 was the same colour and I also had it detailed and protected. When I sold it after 3 years it looked as good as new. I treated in properly when I washed it and would drive it dirty rather than get it cleaned by the wrong people. That said, the Space grey is a great colou...

Sounds a nice spec. Look forward to seeing the pics!
I'm on my 2nd F15 (though neither were 40D). Not aware of any recurring problems.

[quote="Rassi"] I am until now also less than enthused about the ACC - it leaves a too big gap before slowing down, and I find that it is too abrupt in scrubbing off speed/braking - maybe it is the speed differential that is too big, as I do tend to make progress, and I would rather coast ...

[quote="poolie"] I have this on my new X5 picking up this week. when I test drove the new e class their was a function on there that the car drove itself aslong as you kept your hands next to steering wheel is this the same option? [/quote] When I bought (nearly a year ago) if you specifie...

Well I have owned an E70 6 speed then a F15 (8 speed), so not quite the comparison you are looking for. I really liked my first E70 which was 6 speed 35d. It always seemed fast enough to me. When I changed it for the F15 I went to the 30d, which had a turbo less. However, the combination of the 8 sp...

I'm not sure quite what you mean by diesel knock, but Ive never noticed any untoward sounds from mine.