Hi everyone,
So admittedly I am more of lurker here. I have an 2011 335xi which I bought brand new. The car has 136000+km on it. I have experienced a few issues (fuel injectors, cooling system, SURPRISE
) but nothing catastrophic that has convinced me to sell. In any case I digress..
I have been watching alot of money based YT vids and am determined to pay cash for the next vehicle I buy now
. The idea is to keep saving and trading up for eventually an ///M. Anyway I digress!
I have about $10K. I started looking at NA cars BC I wanted to stay away from expensive repairs (notice how I left out the word potential
) BC I know bimmers! But gotta be honest, some are very very ugly
I am using this vehicle to commute into the city where their pot holes every. So I am looking for a bit of beast. In any case, the 08/09 X5 still looks pretty good. I have seen them for about $9k to $12k. ranging in mileage from around 130k to 180k, which is alot but I am thinking alot of the major stuff around the 120k mark would have been done. Like I mentioned my car is 136k and still drives awesome..way better than my friends 2016 428i (drives like a Honda
)
So a few questions..
1. I am looking at 4.0i V8, how the 3.0D's drive?
2. Is there any comparison chart I can reference to show me the key differences in the models?
3. How bad is the V8 on gas?
4. Is there any other vehicle you would recommend? I am looking for something that is got some power, no RAV4 or CRV's
thanks for your feedback!