OK so I've had the X5 a year now (almost) and it's been great, mot today and it passed with the only advisory being the two front tyres, the tester said it was a good car which has clearly had a lot of money spent over the years 8) It has developed one problem though, the speedo has stopped working ...

[quote author=Steamyrotter link=topic=11632.msg130321#msg130321 Bit late now.. But you could have temporarily connected your battery to the jumping points under the bonnet to allow you to open the boot...... Not as funny to watch though.... [/quote] I had no idea you could do that, every day is a ...

Nice one, that's a long journey for a car! Glad it went well, nothing worse than travelling and having to walk away.

Get some pics up!

Naya approves!

8 months or so in and got my first problem with the X5. My wife casually says "I went to drive the car today and it wouldn't start" ::) Dead battery, not sure what drained it but got it out of the boot (grief) and recharged it, then I shut the boot and it locked (more grief) so I had to go in via ...

[quote="Waka"]
Hidden in the glove box?!  :xmastongue:
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It was routed in through the ash tray, which I never use

OK so I've had the X5 since May and only last week I discovered that the previous owner connected an aux iPhone cable. ::)

[quote="chris.t"]
That depreciation is mental
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I'm buying one in 2025  ::)

Yeah it's nailed on that the next time I start it the engine will drop out  )  :'(

Little update, the X is doing fine, not put a foot wrong since the day I picked it up.

Only expense since the mirrors has been my private plate transfer!

Might go for some winter tyres soon  :xmaswink: other than that it's been all good

Nice work on the headlights, I really need to sort mine out!

Picked up some cheapie replacement mirror glass from eBay as the originals had some brown stains on them. Before http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/wgjb/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150605_124742_zps477584dd.jpg After http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/wgjb/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150606_201327 ...

Had it a week now, no issues so far. Some more pics http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/wgjb/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150521_152628_zpsa970970c.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/wgjb/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150521_152930_zpsb7bb6b3d.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e229/wgjb/Mobile ...

Looks smart that. And like you say, manual x5's are a rare beast.

Think all manual cars will be endangered species in a decade or so!

[quote="brewer"] Welcome! Were you intentionally looking for a pre-facelift or you happened on a vehicle that ticked all the boxes? Decent amount of kit, so quite a lot of car for the money I guess. Does the TV work - as pre-2005 I think was analogue not digital (i.e. no Freeview)? Enjoy the drive ...