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X5 E53

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Re: X5 E53

Post by james8whippy » Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:00 am

You should do it Raj! The look on peoples faces when you overtake them in a tank is priceless :)

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Re: X5 E53

Post by MarkW » Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:16 am

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As we seem to like the blue, I thought I would put mine up.
Must find a way to lose the autochoice (Bristol) in the background. I wouldn't recommend.
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Re: X5 E53

Post by Rusty » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:12 am

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Must find a way to lose the autochoice (Bristol) in the background. I wouldn't recommend.
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Not the best of traders in your opinion then?


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Re: X5 E53

Post by MarkW » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:33 am

No. But not being still wet behind my ears by a long way and having bought numerous cars over the years, I felt OK about using them. If you look at my newbie thread you'll see more info. I think I was lucky as the car was a better spec than they advertised it as. However some things they said they checked clearly didn't work as they should. Pan sunroof was one. I have sorted that. Rear entertainment was another, I've looked at that, not very good home done job, no sound, I will sort that when the weather warms up. A couple of other known X5 probs that I am happy to deal with. I did 160 miles to buy the car and had asked lots of questions on the fone. I was told it had service history, yes it turned out very little, their computer just said "Service History Yes". Of course used that to my advantage. I wouldn't recommend them, but if you know what you are buying as I did, possibly live closer so you can go back and sort any problems you may be alright. I think I have done alright but my advice would be to be very careful. BTW 160 miles was only one way!
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Re: X5 E53

Post by Rusty » Sat Mar 30, 2013 5:31 pm

Quite a trip then.

I think unless you trust the dealer backup (AUC for example) buying from anywhere can be a bit of a gamble


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Re: X5 E53

Post by shadrack » Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:58 pm

heres my x x5! on the blue theme
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