[quote="Krating Daeng"]
I have been driving an X3 Xdrive 30d M Sport (63 plate) for over 12 months now and in my view without any shadow of doubt it is one the best cars I have owned since 1962. The 8 Speed autobox version is a tremendous car to drive. Just squeeze the throttle and forget about it ...

[quote="AW8"]
The auto box is ZF 8 speed and in my view both car and box are very good.

I don't know cost of a replacement box but If either fail the bill will be thousands. I just did a very quick search online and saw a used box for under £1k but impossible to say if that listing is for a decent ...

Evening all

Decided to bin my Audi Q5 and switch over to a newer version X3. Naturally perving at all the motors on the BMW Used website and trying to assess what represents a good deal.

However, would be really useful to have a list of 'essentials' I should be looking for when it comes to X3s ...