New Member Looking For A X5

[glenn martin]

Hello

i am looking at buying an x5 2005-2006 3.0d sport

got around 15K to spend

i have had a bmw 525d m sport before but due to buying my first house it had to go and i have missed it every day

i have seen one

sliver, all the toys with 51K on the clock with a tracker fitted from a dealer 1 owner and full BMW service

i see all sorts of posts about MPG and really need to know everyones view is

also is there anything else i need to check ???

[prestige interiors]

hi mate with 15k you should be looking at getting a nice one just check all the points listed in early posts

as for deisel or petrol im a petrol head and would go for petrol all day long i might get a couple of mpg less but petrol is about 10p per litre cheaper where i live :)

[Snypa-D]

Welcome to BMWOC :)

[glenn martin]

i am in essex myself and both are about the same really

i am quite lucky that my company will pay for any fuel i use which put it this way they pay quite a lot lol

but if i have a quite week then i will need to know how much i will get from a tank

my 5 series i had i use to get about 500 per tank but the car never really got warm as i only drove about 2 miles every morning now i am driving 30 each way to office then could be uk wide if not in the office

[prestige interiors]

I put 80 litres in on Sunday for the meet drove 136 miles to meet drove like the stig round the lanes for half hour then drove home another 136 miles and petrol light came on as I pulled on my drive in a 4.6is

[glenn martin]

wow thats quite bad

will a 3.0d be any better

???

[BigAl]

Welcome Glenn, Good luck finding car. :D

[prestige interiors]

A bit but I don't think the lanes helped comp was reading 20.3 average for the day

[glenn martin]

this is the car i have found thoughts and comments please

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360405021960&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:GB:1123#ht_1213wt_1141

[prestige interiors]

Hi mate from the pic it looks like a nice clean car

But I'm gonna be honest and give my personal opinion I'm not keen on silver with black and there is something I'm not sure about the deisel I think the petrol 4.6is just looks a lot nicer and when I think I paid 5k less than what this is up for on a 53 plate

But if your looking for a silver diesel with low milage it's a very nice example of what I think is a lovely car