A few freinds from our dog club got back from doing well in crufts with there Newfoundlands

Nice vid

Previous x5 e70 4.8se I didn't renew the warranty and wished I had 4 mths after it ending the engine oil cooler went pi**ing oil all over the brakes on the near side .

Total bill was nearly £3500 , had to get new brake pads as they couldn't clean them they said , got £1000 goodwill from BMW , and ...

[quote="shadrack"]
nice3 van, i thought about one of them myself but herd bad reports on them.

wheels close up
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Ran a trafic as a private hire and put 208,000 ish mile on it in 3 yrs and only had to replace wear and tear items on it , only thing that ...

Nice van , wanted white myself but the wife said no as she has to drive it as we'll , when are the blue stripes going on then :)


Got a van as my daily run around , there great can carry the dogs and whole family more so my disabled daughter in her wheelchair , and great for towing the jet ski and ...

I have the xdrive badges on both front doors

Make sure you tell or check with your insurance , I asked my insurance about changing to non runflat tyres on the winter set up and they said they had no problems with them but in the same sentence said as long as it was manufacture specification .

Right there was there get out clause , so renewed ...

[quote="Raj"]
Up in Edinburgh at the mo. not that bad lol
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Moved out over 20 years ago can be a bit manic , more so at this time of year with the fringe .

Only time I'm in now is visiting family of taking a hire in .

Must be getting old liking the rural setting ::)

And number 25 canny ...

The white ones look not too bad , god I'm starting to warm to it  :blink:

Hi and welcome , cracking Model and as all ready said engine sound awesome , better than the e70 4.8se I've just sold .

In fact I would say I preferred it over the e70 , mines was imola red very rare colour and stood out .
Battery drain I never had any problems and mine sat still sometimes 4-5 days ...

Congrats and enjoy your 3 hour drive sorry 1.25 hour drive back  ::)

[quote="silverous"]
I heard that piano black is a nightmare in terms of dust and scratches so hoping aluminium isn't. Maybe they all are.

Couldn't bring myself to part with £1,750 (more with fitting if done after sale apparently) but thought I might treat myself to it in a year or so to change the ...

Was speaking to the sales executive last week and he said they would probably be taking orders around sept/oct for next year delivery , so hopefully having just got the 40d that will be nearly a year up .
And if it grows on me (because at the mo I don't like it ) and another year later to get rid of ...

[quote="Black X5"]
The aluminium is not very robust- it is very thin and any knock with rings/watches etc marks/ dents/ dings it very easily. If you have a look at some other used cars with the Al trim you will see what I mean.

The centre console parts on later cars are actually silver plastic.

I ...

Comfort seats and oyster leather , if you can get the comforts seats way better over the sport IMO , just adjust the upper electric bolster to hug you , plus being a short ar*e I don't have a lower bolster to get my leg over :-[

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