My New Daily Driver...

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patsbimmer1 said:

That'll be a nice daily.  I like these X5's.  I don't think the 3.0 will be a downgrade at all.  It'll be nice for you to have an engine that won't spontaneously break!  Looks like it's in good shape but the "murdered" look look's ridiculous in my opinion.  What color interior does it have?

It's not the 3.0L that's the downgrade. It's going from a 2007 to a 2001 again, lol. Everything is just more dated than I'm used to.

The "murdered" look is growing on me... unfortunately. I initially hated it and wanted to paint the wheels silver, but now that just seems like a lot of work. My first priority is to change out all of the blue interior LEDs to white. Literally every light is blue. Map lights, puddle lights, foot lights, trunk lights, etc. I also ordered a replacement rear emblem (missing), trunk carpet handle (broken), hood release lever (also broken). The HID bulbs are also a bit pink (old), so I think I'll replace those and wire up the halos that are already in the headlights. The front suspension has a clunk that needs to be diagnosed. It needs some work, but I think I got it for a good price. Overall, the truck is solid and fairly loaded. No weird quirks, not a drip of fluid, rust-free, etc.

Sport interior with black leather (and a sick double-din):

[straight6pwr]

handsome truck.

any plans to lower it? they look so good dumped.

[patsbimmer1]

Ahhh gotcha!  Well if you need anything let me know.  I can get the Ziza full interior LED kits for more than 50% off.

[B C]

I love those X5s so much.

A co-worker of mine pretty much convinced me to never get one based on the experience he had with one but I hope yours serves you well

[SteelBlue]

Bag it on 24s

[m42b32]

suspenceful said:

I got annoyed with having two coupes... trying to fit stuff in the car every time I go to Menards, folding the seat forward to cram someone in the back, etc.

Looks like you and I had similar thoughts... nice X5!!

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straight6pwr said:

handsome truck.

any plans to lower it? they look so good dumped.

It's crossed my mind, but I don't know if I will on this one. If I get an E70, I definitely will drop it.

patsbimmer1 said:

Ahhh gotcha!  Well if you need anything let me know.  I can get the Ziza full interior LED kits for more than 50% off.

I ordered a 22pc LED kit on eBay yesterday with their 15% off sale... if that turns out like shit I'll let you know!

snap said:

I love those X5s so much.

A co-worker of mine pretty much convinced me to never get one based on the experience he had with one but I hope yours serves you well

If it was the V8, I believe it. Apparently the V8s in just about any X5 is very unreliable.

SteelBlue said:

Bag it on 24s

Maybe 22s 

m42b32 said:

Looks like you and I had similar thoughts... nice X5!!

Thanks! Clicking your thread right meow...

[Jdesign]

Awesome I could see hauling things in your car would be annoying. I did that for so many years. You totally need to lower it though!

[KaiserRolls]

Cool! Must be an odd change of pace! 

please don’t call these trucks

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KaiserRolls said:

Cool! Must be an odd change of pace! 

please don’t call these trucks 

I feel like I'm driving a massive E46.

Everyone on the forums refers to them as a "truck" and it's the weirdest thing.

[YoungCR]

All the sales guys would refer to them as "trucks" too. It's a lifted 5 series although they do tow small trailers well.  Anyways nice purchase. I actually don't the mind the murdered out look. If you like this, you'll for sure like the E70's.

[wasnt m3]

Truck, no. I will say though, that you can tow much more than people give credit. I pulled a 5k lb loaded trailer with my x3 over 300 miles with no issue.

[Rekpoint]

wasnt m3 said:

Truck, no. I will say though, that you can tow much more than people give credit. I pulled a 5k lb loaded trailer with my x3 over 300 miles with no issue.

And here I was towing my m3 parts car scared out of my mind that something was going to happen to the x3 LOL

[GunMetalGrey]

wasnt m3 said:

Truck, no. I will say though, that you can tow much more than people give credit. I pulled a 5k lb loaded trailer with my x3 over 300 miles with no issue.

I looked up some specs on Jake's X5 and was impressed to see some of the numbers.
It weighs more than a modern mid size truck, it has the same towing capacity as a modern mid sized truck, along with the same payload capacity. I was fairly surprised to see such large numbers from it.
I can't imagine towing 6500lbs with a 3 liter would be fun though!