For Sanj....

[mogsyman]

My old stead.....


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr

I always felt the engine cover let it down.....needed more 'Alfa' style to show off that wonderful V8 


BMW X5 4.8iS by Martin_Bennett, on Flickr

Interestingly I didn't miss it when it went but have fond memories now.

[Sanj]

Ooo you bugger! Last but one pic is the one I remember. Then I saw the mileage one!

Thanks buddy, still a great car, until the next one.

[X5Sport]

Oh Lord, they'll be no stopping Sanj now.....    

Nice car BTW...

The engine covers don't improve with time though.....


And here's a mileage to be pleased about.....and probably an mpg a 4.8is owner would beg for...


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[storminmike]

love the front bumper....that guy who does kiys never did come back to me about just the front bib

[mogsyman]

[quote=""Sanj""]Ooo you bugger! Last but one pic is the one I remember. Then I saw the mileage one!

Thanks buddy, still a great car, until the next one. [/quote]

I had it a year, put 30,000 miles on it - £12000 in fuel and thought wtf am I doing , it's really not worth that much gas.

Sold it for £13000 (or so) less than I paid for it bearing in mind it was a 7 month old £64k car when I bought it and I paid mid £40's (it was an ex management BMW car)

Those were the days

[X5Driver]

That's a nice looking X5!!

[Raj]

That was a nice 4.8 you had. Thought it is was just in good nick until I saw the mileage...lol

Here's my 4.8's instrument cluster:



And a matching exterior shot:

[Cannondale]

I always love looking at pics of cars

Fond merories of your 4.8, I bet one of them is the sound

Heres mine

[mogsyman]

@ Raj and Cannondale, both lovely cars

I miss the sound and the look of the car, but the gearbox was shite, the fuel consumption dire and to be honest my previous mapped 3.0D seemed as quick.

[pvr]

Great pics and good memories.

Still love the E53 shapes, one of the few that have aged very well.

[Raj]

[quote=""mogsyman""]@ Raj and Cannondale, both lovely cars

I miss the sound and the look of the car, but the gearbox was shite, the fuel consumption dire and to be honest my previous mapped 3.0D seemed as quick.[/quote]

Cheers.

Agree with your comments about fuel consumption though but luckily I don't use it as much as you used yours. 30k miles in one year is crazy. No wonder a move to a D was needed.

[pvr]

Granted - but he went from the D to the 4.8

[X5Sport]

101k.......how much is that likely to be in fuel? Something very scary I don't doubt.

[pvr]

Well, the cost is over £1 a mile so that makes it about £100k

[X5Sport]

That must be all running costs not just fuel surely? But even so.....ouch. I wouldn't want to be doing 30k a year at today's petrol prices. I thought the 18k in year one with the E53 was bad enough, and I was paid for a lot of the miles.

Not having to commute 60 miles a day makes a big difference to the budgets.