Thank You for the answer. Will take it to a different garage tomorrow. Will connecting it to a computer show any faults related to my problem?
And one more thing. About a month ago i had an Engine Check Light on. Took the car to my friends garage, they checked that on the computer and it appeared to ...

Hi,

I have x5 e53 3.0i 2004.

About 2 weeks ago after coming back from holidays I got in my car and noticed that past 3000 rpm it gets a bit louder, almost like a street racing car with big exhaust. So I took it to my local garage where my pal works and he said after hearing the noise that it ...

aaaaah, one mystery solved then at the moment it shows 2 deg in Aberdeen

Thanks for all your answers guys !

Well, the real deal is different from what I expected (and probably everyone else as well) :D

I managed to speak with the first owner of the car (it happened to be father of the girl I was buying it from)

The Car is a 3.0i SE but with most of the features from ...

Yes it does.

Thanks for the answers guys.

Its a bit weird as all shows its a sport version. Like sport seats. Leather. Graphite interior. Alloys. But then the steering wheel really bothers me. But maybe someone really decided he wanted the 4 spoke ine from se. Unless there was an accident and it hasnt been ...

This is my first post so first i would like to say hi to everyone.

Im looking to buy an x5 3.0 petrol from 2004.
After 5 months I found one in my local area (aberdeen)

Everything sound perfect. 3.0 petrol, manual gearbox, really low mileage (62k), 2004 facelift model.
Mot done week ago with no ...