2 year ownership review of a 2011 X5M

[135iUSN]

Very informative reviews and perspectives?

I've been looking for a well preserved '13 for a while now and located a low mileage I plan to test drive this week.

RE: warranty

I pulled a quote from USAA (Assurant) pic below:

[JoeyBimX5din]

Originally Posted by m5james

Every screw in the car likely has a torque spec, but yes, especially the ones in the engine bay. Coding the injectors is common knowledge in the DIY world because the 1, 3 & 5 series guys have been dealing with this for years before the X5M came out since it uses the same injectors. It's very DIY and doesn't take much longer than swapping plugs if read up on beforehand.

every screw in the entire world has a rated torque spec. They make engine ones more critical, because, they are.

[JoeyBimX5din]

Originally Posted by neuroclast

Meanwhile my 2012 X5M has 105k miles on it, a stage 1 tune, and will be upgrading turbos and various other things soon to squeeze more power out of it. No problems yet, just routine things like coils that couldn't handle the increased load.

If you can't do your own work, or you can't afford to pay someone else to do it, you shouldn't own an out-of-warranty BMW. That's been the rule for years.

And if you bring your car to a dealership for repairs, you really deserve to have your wallet emptied lol.

He never said he couldn't afford it, just he wasn't pleased about it.