vallumlj

We have just had our first child and realised my wife's 1 series is not big enough for everything. We went looking at cars yesterday and were keen to look at a Nissan quashqai but the boots are quite small and they don't look that great. They are also 20k. We then looked at a x5 3.0d on a 55 plate 80k fully loaded for 12k and it seems like a lot of a car for the money. I know they drink fuel and eat tyres but are they really that bad? My wife will be doing about 8-10k a year. We would look to keep it for a couple of years then sell it on. Any advice would be good. I take it the facelift model is 04 on. Thanks