[quote="shadrack"]
still disagree there you've got bushes in the list, headlights etc, if you want a new car dont buy a 12/13 year old one, also alot of that could of been picked up when viewing so you either offer low and fix or walk away surely?
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Bushes are on the list because they are a ...

[quote="toonarmy"]
Well will look forward to the day you say it was all worth it and you will no doubt be an amazing fountain of knowledge the amount of jobs your doing please show lots of pics and I wasn't being sarcastic it can be frustrating so recent after buying good luck and keep posting with ...

Fully appreciate what you say, but you are missing my point.

Like you I love working on cars; restoring, modifying and improving them. My issue is; I bought a supposed premium brand, and I have found the quality to be worse than a cheap brand. So when I buy a car fully expecting to put a lot of ...

[quote="shadrack"]
i have to say tou have been unlucky but things like suspension bushes etc dont go overnight so you are partly to blame for not looking when buying, other than that quite what you expect buying a 12/13 year old car i dont know as its not, new and never will be so when buying older ...

Thanks for all the helpful advice.

Previously owned a Land Cruiser, and I have to say it it was in a different class. Sold it with 235k miles on the clock with all original mechanical components untouched other than service items.

I do like the way the X5 drivers; I'm gutted how badly built it is ...

[quote="X5Sport"]
Never known one to have that much wrong with it. Not the best introduction to BMW ownership. A previous owner has most likely as you suggest failed to service it and bodged things as likely not to have been able to afford the running costs. These are luxury cars with luxury spares ...

If it had all the problems when I looked at it I wouldn't own it now.

Rear lights and headlights, dash pixels out and front arm bushes were all that were picked up on inspection. The rest happened since the rain came in.

Had a new MOT from a trusted dealer.

Most of the problems aren't wear/age ...

Hi All,

Recently picked up a 53 plate 3.0d Sport.

So far nothing but disappointment!

Worst built car I have ever owned; if this is German engineering at its best, I can see why they lost the war!

Build quality is what I would expect of a car from the 80's, and the engineering design isn't any ...