Happy to share what I got for it! I sold it last week for £8250 - advertised it for £8400. I could have advertised it for more but having looked at EBay and Autotrader I decided that if I was going to sell it quickly, that was the right price to pitch it at. I had the car valued over a year ago (po ...

I have recently sold my X5 after 5 years of ownership and although I haven't been a regular contributer to the forum I have been a regular viewer! ;) During my ownership the car covered 90,000 miles (120,000 in total). Not all of those miles were trouble free(!) but the information here (and on the ...

I have recently sold my X5 and have listed the following items on ebay - all with no reserve, so someone could get a bargin! Search for seller lozza2702 and you'll see full details of all parts. Brief descriptions as follows: BMW E46 E39 X5 M-Tech Leather Steering Wheel – Tri Colour BMW Genuine M S ...

Where is the box located? I have a grey box (about the size of a cig packet) located at the top of the rack where the Sat Nave/CD changer etc are located. This is actually the aerial for the Traffic Master system that I have in the car. I'm not sure when BMW stopped fitting TM to their cars, so it ...

I supect the original method of finishing the nuts was oil blacking. This can be re-done as follows: To oil black small parts, heat it till the ferrous metal surface changes to a dull blue grey colour (not orange or red hot!). Dip it in oil and remove immediately. "Dry" oil off with a flame. Repeat ...