X5 E70 4.8 MSport

[villageidiot]

Anybody on here running one of these, I am looking at some for sale and would like any input regarding ownership. I'm a low mileage user ,probably 7K a year, so didn't think the diesel would be for me.What are the must have options?

[Luca Brasi]

My dad ran an 07 4.8 for 2 years. Brilliant cars, quick in a way that is indecent for such an enormous thing.

Featured a Sport pack (not an M-sport though), comfort seats (recommended!), adaptive drive (seems to be rare though but works really well), pro nav with bluetooth, adaptive xenons, individual high-end audio (again pretty rare, but do pick one with Logic 7 as the standard stereo is crap imo)and a panoramic roof.

Not very economical obviously, around 17mpg around town, 21 on a long run.

[Kudos]

I really can't fault the diesel, plenty of poke when required.

Reversing camera is a must!

[8Tech]

Your own petrol station?

I have one and its a great car. Doing 7k miles a year will make a serious hole in your wallet. I only put up with it because I do around 2k per year.

Expect to get hammered when servicing unless you use a competant indie or you can DIY. Tyres are fortunes for the runflat junk so go for some better tyres at half the price.

Clip a mirror and its over £600 and the brakes are monster money too.

I still wouldn't swap it for a Range Rover though.

8Tech.

[pdavison]

We've got one (SE but with dynamic pack so it looks like the sport & has the sports suspension). It's not that bad on fuel and we do approx 10k a year and it hasn't killed me on running costs (yet!).

It's a great car and like its been said, goes really well considering its size and weight. Not sure if you've tried the previous shape X5 but it's a huge improvement (we've had both).

Ours is for sale as we don't need something as big any more, drop me a line if you're interested as I think it's priced well at £21k.