Hi E70 X5'ers,
I'm looking at a nice xdrive35i with 78,000 k's (48,000 miles).
We love the car and are pretty close to buying it but I have a few questions that I'm hoping you lovely folks can answer.
I have a E90 330i which I think does ~6.5 secs to 60mph and as the Xdrive35i is supposed to do 6.8 I tried to compare the two but the X5 just didn't really feel quick. I didn't feel any turbo lag or hear it at all. I'm not sure if you'd normally hear it or even feel it spool up. I've had GTR's in the past so pretty familiar with turbos, this didn't really have any feel to it. Would there be a possibility of boost leak or turbos gone at this mileage?
Secondly, something has happened to the engine bay trim. See pic below. The owner didn't know why it was like this. There are now 3 self-tapper 10mm bolts holding the trim in place. It looks crap and I'm hoping its just been caused by somebody being heavy handed and snapping some flaps off.
Thanks in advance everybody.
Christian