Back in a V8 - BMW X5

[5mileofdeath]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 15 April 2026 at 12:12

[Mr Tidy]

That's quite a change from an M3 and a motorbike!

While the tax may be cheaper, as your local Esso vendor will confirm the fuel bills will probably cost much more.

Just don't keep track and enjoy it.

[macron]

Brilliant!

The V8 Bike Bus should be a legendary thread!

[The Dictator]

My wife has a 4.4 V8 on a 05 plate and she loved that car, I was also a fan. The panoramic sunroof needed some attention as it caused a leak, so if yours has that I would recommend cutting the end of the drainage tubes, as they are a stupid design and clog easily.

At the point she had that I had a 5.0 CLS and a 5.0 1981 Mercedes 500 SEL (which I still have) so it amused me that we had 14.4 litres of V8 on the drive at the same time.

I have a V6 Bike Bus in the shape of a Japanese imported 3.5l V6 petrol Viano, but just the one V8.

Enjoy, they are surprisingly car like to drive and we both enjoyed it whilst she had it.

[StuntmanMike]

Congratulations.

I have the 4.8 in a E60 five series.

Half your oil changes and if it is the same V8 as mine then replace the plastic oil filter canister underneath.

But a lot of car for the money for sure.

[Dr G]

If you message me chassis number I'm happy to pull spec from BMW for you.

[Mad Maximus]

These are super tempting. Looks way nice in that blue rather than the normal estriol.

[cerb4.5lee]

This is bringing serious memories back for me, and I had a 2004 X5 4.8iS back in 2010. I had it for 17 months and 15k miles, and I absolutely loved it to bits(well apart from the 12mpg on my 44 mile a day commute though! ).

Enjoy yours, and I look forward to following your experience with it for sure.

[iacabu]

This looks great. I wanted one for years and I'd love to run one alongside my M3, but one V8 is enough to fuel for me

[cerb4.5lee]

Here's a terrible photo of mine old one as well.

[MDMA .]

Dr G said:

If you message me chassis number I'm happy to pull spec from BMW for you.

Easy to do from here too.

https://www.mdecoder.com/

[_Rodders_]

I don't know how anyone trusts garages.

They'd just shrug if you went back and told them.