SOLD.

Hi. With kind permission from AW8 I have for sale a made to measure double dog cage from my X5 (E53). It's call DogPod and made by a company called Hamster Baskets, it cost me about £400 when new. We no longer have the X5 and the cage is too big to fit in our new Skoda Yeti. The cage has served us ...

This was posted on a thread I started called Electrical Gremlins and the following link was a great help, as was all the other advice I got in the original thread. Thanks everyone. http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5-e53-forum/55987-ignition-switch-replacement-detailed-directions-symptom-dead ...

All sorted now. Fitted the new switch this morning and everything works like it should. 

Thanks for your help everyone.

Oh well. The temperary fix was just that and it recently started playing up again. So today I went to the dealer and got a new switch which they relieved of £61 for. I'm now struggling to remove the old one. I've undone the 2 bolts and taken the plastic surround off but I can't see what is still ...

Quick update. Removed the steering column cowls and had a fiddle withsome of the wires. I then disconnected the big plug on the left hand side of the column and then re-connected it making sure it was pushed in all the way, and hey presto, everything worked perfectly. :D That was a couple os days ...

Thanks for the quick replies lads. Sanj. I was thinking of getting a new battery before next winter anyway so I'll just get one a bit sooner. I'll let you know if I need the coil spring. Stevox. I thought it may be something to do with the igition switch because if you switch the car off when ...

The electrical gremlins have struck my 2005 3.0 D sport. It started a few months ago when the seat belt warning kept going off, I then noticed the airbag light was on as well. Also some, or sometimes all of buttons on the steering wheel didn't work, they didn't light up at night either. The fault is ...

[quote=""jaynana""][quote=""wilkoturbo""]Ha ha very nice reply caravaners 1 airports 0[/quote] hold it just there my friend, caravaners have to drive below 60mph, whereas others go at... speeds that cannot be discussed in a public forum ;) caravaners 1, 'non caravaners' (not airports) 5 :thumbsup ...

I get loads of ribbing at work, especially if we get a new driver in and someone usually shouts 'YOU DOGGING THIS WEEKEND AL?' I then have to explain that I actaully run around a field showing my Labrador which obstacle to take next and not being a bit of a perv.

[quote=""shadrack""]dont want to sound like a kill joy but by the time you have bought the van, paid all these extra fuel and wear costs on the car from towing, then paid site fees and shat in a bucket would all that money not pay the hotel fees for about a lifetime?? dont want to sound cheaky just ...

Thanks for posting this. Just reset the service lights on mine after doing an oil service. Slightly different, mine said RESET SIA: then some numbers but I managed it in the end.

Before I bought our X5 I borrowed one for our annual trip to the Grizedale rally last year. The snow was bad enough for the rally to be cancelled, but the X5 (2005 3.0d Sport) fitted with new budget Maxxis tyres on the front and Bridgestone on the rear coped with everything with ease. I just left ...

If any one fancies it this is on next weekend http://www.grizedalestages.co.uk/ We're doing a bit of marshalling and it gives me an excuse to get the X dirty driving along the stage to our marshalling post. Usually a brilliant day out in the Lakes. I've even got my mate coming over from Germany for ...

Got a call from my local tyre place today and I'm having a set of Vred Wintrac 4 extreme's fitted on Sat. I'm having to put them on my standard 19's as I left it too late to source some smaller alloys at sensible money. Tyres are £720 fitted. I could get them cheaper from Tyremen but by the time I'v ...