Toaster Pilot’s hopeless wrecks

[JS1500]

Loving the opulent colour combo of the X5. Just needs a bit for leather conditioner and some polish to make it sweet.

[K50 DEL]

Like the outside colour of the X5 but that interior......

The Primera GT is another unticked box for me, I always liked them growing up (and the later Almera GT as well) but I've never even driven one.
great to see they're still around!

[Jimmy Recard]

Smiljan said:

Are you blind

Nice work Toaster Pilot, again

Most are plain black, and it's definitely better than that.

Shame that with brown/tan leather you get black plastics, but that's all I can complain about

[Toaster Pilot]

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.

[Toaster Pilot]

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.

[Toaster Pilot]

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

[RC1807]

Toaster Pilot said:

Stedman said:

This thread is idiotic

FTFY

[Toaster Pilot]

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

[sinbaddio]

Toaster Pilot said:

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

I'd reckon that's approaching £70k today!!

[Stedman]

£63,941.70 in 2017 on a 2002 price

[Toaster Pilot]

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.

[Toaster Pilot]

Dog seems to approve

[Toaster Pilot]

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

[S100HP]

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

Love the X5 colour combo tho.

[Toaster Pilot]

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

[S100HP]

Toaster Pilot said:

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

Phew! Trick of the light. I can see the shiny plastic goodness now.

[Toaster Pilot]

They’re still awful and smell really bad too.

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

[Toaster Pilot]

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