Toaster Pilot’s hopeless wrecks

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Primera is boringly reliable so I left a deposit on a car with the best* colour/interior combination I’ve ever seen yesterday

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was8v said:

Probably the inner track rod ball joints. Once the steering fluid heats tolerances change and they clunk. Cheap part, not a hard job.

That’s really interesting, I would never have expected that. It’s still doing it but is no worse.

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imck said:

Usually Front N/S Rings.
I had CV Joint replaced on two P11s because of cracked Rings. ABS activating at low speed just before coming to a stop.
Has it got the standard Squeaky Wipers?

Yeah it does - someone’s been at it before trying to fix so they aren’t awful all of the time but still squeak sometimes

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imck said:

The Plastic Pivots wear.
The best fix used to be fitting Metal ones from the P10. Impossible to find now.

Some very cheap Aftermarket ones available from Poland. Need a strip and grease before fitting.

https://allegro.pl/os-wycieraczki-lewa-sworzen-nis...
https://allegro.pl/os-wycieraczki-praw-sworzen-nis...

Thanks for that - I didn’t know they were available from anywhere.

Not sure whether I’ll be moving the Primera on or not once the X5 arrives - if it’s staying I think I’ll go to the effort to tidy up some of its little faults like this.

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Picking up “the least X5” X5 on Thursday - almost feel I should start a YouTube vlog because of how rare it must be to find a 1 owner X5 in this colour combo

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Jakg said:

What colour is it? Is that Merlot?

I have no idea what the official BMW colour is!

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james_tigerwoods said:

I'm actually gob smacked - I wonder if this was a company car chosen by someone who knew they were leaving...

One private owner from new

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Stedman said:

This thread is idiotic

FTFY

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Jimmy Recard said:

I love the X5! Which engine is it?

I don’t think that the colours are bad at all - they look great. I’ve never seen an X5 with them

3.0 petrol

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The typical cheap X5 is black with black leather and black limo tinted windows, massive wheels painted black and some stick on chrome. 8 owners minimum.

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Made it home . Car park is looking very “dentist’s surgery 2001” - even more so when the Primera was there too.



It drives very well apart from a slight judder from the front when braking gently from 50+.

Few slight issues I’ll get to in time:

Parking sensors inoperative / faulty
Cruise control inoperative
Drivers window regulator is tired and will need attention before it breaks
Autodimming wing mirror glass is burst on the drivers side so is a fetching brown to match the mahogany paint / leather.

Needs a proper clean and polish because the half arsed dealer prep isn’t to my liking, not a problem though.

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Toaster Pilot said:

Jakg said:

What colour is it? Is that Merlot?

I have no idea what the official BMW colour is!

To answer this question now I know - it’s Mahogany with Mahogany leather

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Just found the original sales invoice for the X5 - £41,345.45.

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Plugged in the fault code reader today - all 4 rear sensors are open circuit. Fronts work fine.

Guess the wiring or the control unit are dodgy. Will need to dig it out and have a look.

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Dog seems to approve

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Been tidying up some odds and ends on this recently, like the burst OS auto dim mirror



Was a bd to change and expensive at £67 for a second hand glass!



Swapped the side repeaters for gingercators which I think match the paint better. Old clear ones were badly yellowing (no before pics sorry)



FEEL THE BROWN

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S100HP said:

Urgh! I remember seeing those floormats in Halfords Ripspeed about 20 years ago!

Love the X5 colour combo tho.

The floor mats are dirt cheap rubber ones from eBay to try and keep the carpets clean over winter. They just look like those awful chequer plate ones you’re thinking of

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They’re still awful and smell really bad too.

£23 for front, rear and boot mats was as cheap as they come though.

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Primera GT has moved on to a new home. New fleet entrant stepping up