thanks guys for your reply and yes it was a bit of a long winded rant...sorry readers; being new to the Forum I had first started sifting through the threads, but as there are so many I banked that it would get broken down for me... in essence just expected more longevity taking into account the ...

New to site and hoping to get answers..I am Notts based and have had my fully loaded 2006 X5 3.0d S for 8 years and love it; BUT I have been plagued over the last year with all sorts of faults, break downs and ongoing niggly problems, despite FSH and lots of TLC. Let me list them and then I would ...