Shopping F15 X5 Market (and backstory)

[miraclerogue]

Originally Posted by Honda

Moral of the story .... stay away from the V8

I loved driving it, the sound, engine and seats and looks were my fav. The OEM Continental RF were trash, they wore so quickly, changed over to the PS ALL season 4 the last few years and those were much better. Other than that I did change to the M performance brakes, the stock grey brakes were ugly.

If the car had the self highway driving thing (auto steering) and remote start car from app for winters I probably would have kept it.

Also FYI my purchase price was 91k back new and then sold in 2023 for 29k.

[Honda]

Originally Posted by miraclerogue

I loved driving it, the sound, engine and seats and looks were my fav. The OEM Continental RF were trash, they wore so quickly, changed over to the PS ALL season 4 the last few years and those were much better. Other than that I did change to the M performance brakes, the stock grey brakes were ugly.

If the car had the self highway driving thing (auto steering) and remote start car from app for winters I probably would have kept it.

Also FYI my purchase price was 91k back new and then sold in 2023 for 29k.

If you had the car for 8 years, then you probably enjoyed the most of it and it is time to change. The selling price hurts though, but that's BMW.

Honestly, not sure how you were able to move to another brand after this time. I did try many times buying different brands for SUV like Toyota, Honda, Lexus ..even Mercedes... I hated them after couple of months of driving. I sell and come back to either BMW or Porsche ... My people around me think I am crazy for buying these cars...but if you are not a car person, I guess you wont understand..

[miraclerogue]

Originally Posted by Honda

If you had the car for 8 years, then you probably enjoyed the most of it and it is time to change. The selling price hurts though, but that's BMW.

Honestly, not sure how you were able to move to another brand after this time. I did try many times buying different brands for SUV like Toyota, Honda, Lexus ..even Mercedes... I hated them after couple of months of driving. I sell and come back to either BMW or Porsche ... My people around me think I am crazy for buying these cars...but if you are not a car person, I guess you wont understand..

I still have my BMW M2 Competition and still enjoy that car and probably won't get rid of it in the foreseeable future (maybe get the M2CS), Tesla gets a lot of slack, but the model X as a family SUV has been nice for our needs and the family loves it (was between that and the X7). Also have a Focus RS, I am not too dedicated to a brand, tend to just go with what I like in terms of looks and how it drives.

[jiggz]

I saw this one on CL Seattle... I know, wrong coast for you. But heavily optioned, low-ish miles, and in your price range. Don't know what the Carfax says though.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/c...706560734.html

[NYAWE60]

Originally Posted by jiggz

I saw this one on CL Seattle... I know, wrong coast for you. But heavily optioned, low-ish miles, and in your price range. Don't know what the Carfax says though.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/c...706560734.html

That is actually a very nicely optioned truck. Thank you for thinking of me. That’s why I love this community.

[jiggz]

Originally Posted by NYAWE60

That is actually a very nicely optioned truck. Thank you for thinking of me. That’s why I love this community.

Yah I ran it through the decoder, there's not much it doesn't have other than the really rare options like DHP (it does have Adaptive M), 3rd row, B&O, comfort rear seats, etc.

[NYAWE60]

Update: After Shopping the last few months for an ideal combination of mileage, price and options I pulled the trigger on a 2017 xdrive50i. It has all the goodies I want, Including extended leather, mileage is reasonable at 54,000, and I got a warranty for two years and 25,000 miles on the motor and drivetrain.

As I originally stated, it’s not my first rodeo with the X5 And I know it’s not a matter of if something goes wrong, but when and they’re typically expensive to fix, so I expect that the warranty will pay for itself in time.

That said, I’m glad to officially be a part of the F15 club and it’s onto the mods. I’ve been driving her for a week now and I’m really asking myself “who the hell would want more power than this?!?!” It’s weird but in 8 out of 10 situations it feels as fast as my E70 X5M. Maybe that has to do with the transmission. Pulls to 130 mph happen in a blink. It’s a seriously fast machine for its size.

That said there is a massive difference between an M sport vehicle and an actual M car. My E70 X5M steering, suspension and brakes made it feel like it could run circles around this. In fact I’m a bit disappointed, actually I’m very disappointed in the way this F15 handles by comparison. It’s good overall but boy that E70 X5M left a mark.

Without further ado, here are some crappy driveway photos. I’m so happy to be back officially!

[FCX5]

Originally Posted by NYAWE60

Update: After Shopping the last few months for an ideal combination of mileage, price and options I pulled the trigger on a 2017 xdrive50i. It has all the goodies I want, Including extended leather, mileage is reasonable at 54,000, and I got a warranty for two years and 25,000 miles on the motor and drivetrain.

As I originally stated, it’s not my first rodeo with the X5 And I know it’s not a matter of if something goes wrong, but when and they’re typically expensive to fix, so I expect that the warranty will pay for itself in time.

That said, I’m glad to officially be a part of the F15 club and it’s onto the mods. I’ve been driving her for a week now and I’m really asking myself “who the hell would want more power than this?!?!” It’s weird but in 8 out of 10 situations it feels as fast as my E70 X5M. Maybe that has to do with the transmission. Pulls to 130 mph happen in a blink. It’s a seriously fast machine for its size.

That said there is a massive difference between an M sport vehicle and an actual M car. My E70 X5M steering, suspension and brakes made it feel like it could run circles around this. In fact I’m a bit disappointed, actually I’m very disappointed in the way this F15 handles by comparison. It’s good overall but boy that E70 X5M left a mark.

Without further ado, here are some crappy driveway photos. I’m so happy to be back officially!

I am glad you got a 2017. The fact it has CarPlay and the connected app works makes a difference. Congrats! One upgrade that I did to mine that made a “huge difference” was to get the MPBK. When I got it in there was a nice discount and I bought and got it installed by the dealer. They also coded it and it really made a big difference for me.

[tfunk88]

Man, if you got that with the warranty for under $25k you did really well!

Enjoy it!

[sukhk527]

Congrats on the pick up! Very clean example.

[NYAWE60]

Originally Posted by FCX5

I am glad you got a 2017. The fact it has CarPlay and the connected app works makes a difference. Congrats! One upgrade that I did to mine that made a “huge difference” was to get the MPBK. When I got it in there was a nice discount and I bought and got it installed by the dealer. They also coded it and it really made a big difference for me.

Those brakes are a must. I really miss how aggressive my old X5M brakes were.

[NYAWE60]

Originally Posted by tfunk88

Man, if you got that with the warranty for under $25k you did really well!

Enjoy it!

25,000 mile warranty on the motor and drivetrain. OTD, she was about $30K even. All things considered, being an xdrive50, mileage, color combo, warranty and condition, I think I got a pretty fair deal. I’m happy overall with it

[tfunk88]

Yep, you got a good deal! Enjoy!

[Honda]

Originally Posted by NYAWE60

25,000 mile warranty on the motor and drivetrain. OTD, she was about $30K even. All things considered, being an xdrive50, mileage, color combo, warranty and condition, I think I got a pretty fair deal. I’m happy overall with it

Good deal for a loaded 50i