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I'm ordering a new G05 M50d so the time has come to sell my beloved 40d. Owned the car from new and it has a huge spec: 2013 X5 40d M Sport. 46,000 miles. It’s got Heads Up display, Panoramic sun roof heated comfort seats comfort suspension soft close doors connected drive bluetooth and HDD music s ...

I took an M50d for a long test drive the other day as I was thinking of chopping mine in. It's a great car, the new instruments are pretty cool, especially in sport mode. The equity in my 2013 40d though has evaporated. Even though I put eight grand down on it, I would get zero on a trade in. With ...

Looked through the entire six pages of this thread looking for some recommendations for tyres, and all I found was five pages of drivel! 

I have the 2013 model of that very same car with a similar spec. Maybe I'll consider getting this done also.

Couple of questions

• Does it affect MPG significantly
• Does it affect the DPF
• What's the quoted power now
• How much did it cost

Is there such a thing? They all come with runflats and no spare wheel so best of luck!

Not a bad spec I guess, I have all that plus soft close doors, all around cameras and HUD 

So, almost fully loaded....

Good luck and have a free bump.

I had mine disabled through a Viper CAN BUS alarm so the OBD is disabled the moment the alarm is armed. I'd rather the dealer get shirty about the port being disabled than find an empty space on my drive one morning. You could just cut a wire and put a fuse in line with the cut wire, then remove the ...

I asked the tech to put it to 0.01 but he set it to 0.06 annoyingly.

Here's the before and after readings for the X5.

BMW stated the alignment was fine when I took the car there about a month ago.

Car is booked in for this Saturday. Will post the before and after readings.

As others have all points covered I'll just say a bit about the paint. BMW paint is very hard, and swirls/scratches are normally caused by the washing and drying technique. Have a look on the Polished Bliss website for tutorials on how to wash and dry. Essentially though, use two buckets; one for ...

I never take my X5 off-road.

I bought an old Frontera to do that for when I go shooting. Couldn't risk putting a round through my dash bad-boys style.

[quote="SCOOBYR1"] Hi Caesium I seem to recall reading on the Xoutpost forum that someone had got their local alignment centre to alter the geometry away from recommended BMW settings and had eliminated the wear issue entirely, they went into great detail about the settings, all of which meant ...

Recently took my car into BMW to get them to look at my tyres, which are bald on the outside shoulder and still have about 65% tread on the inside shoulder. The alignment is fine apparently. After much discussion it transpires this is how they are. Hard on the outside of the tyres. I must say I'm ...