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Car Forum / BMW Cars / December 2006Recognise this car anyone UK
Registration number RA03RJZ 2003 03 Reg BMW X5 4.4 V8 Sport Auto COMMS PACK (SAT NAV and TV) and ONLY 15,000 MILES with a FULL BMW HISTORY Price: £22,950 Features: 15,000 miles Automatic SILVER Petrol All Terrain 03 reg (2003) Full Description: Glossary of Terms 5 Doors, Automatic, All Terrain, Petrol, 15 miles, Metallic Silver. Silver Metallic with Black Leather Sport Seats. 1 Previous Owner with 15,000 miles, YES 15,000 MILES with a FULL BMW SERVICE HISTORY and a BRAND NEW MOT. The specification includes COMMS PACK ( Satellite Navigation and Television ), 19" Alloy Wheels, Climate Control / Aircon, Cruise Control, Electric Memory Seat, Multi-Function Steering Wheel, Multi-Function Computer, Traction Control, ABS, Driver & Passenger Air-bags, Electric Mirrors, Remote Central Locking, Front and Rear Electric Windows, Electrically Adjustable Steering Column, Front and Rear Head Rests and a Front Centre Arm Rest. This 4x4 has been owned by a Non-Smoker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the dealer to give for this low milage? Should I expect to speak with the previous owner? pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > Registration number RA03RJZ > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ Unusual but not unheard of. My Jepp only does about 4-5K a year, my X5 about the same. Combination of working at home and two cars = low mileage. Wife uses the X5 as her main car she takes kids to school and goes to work twice a week, total maybe 60 miles tops most weeks. If it has a FBMWSH any dealer can verify mileage at time of each service so you've got a good history. Sounds like a decent spec car for the money, just be aware its pre-facelift (I think) and the 4.4 is not very frugal if you boot it! Other than that looks good. HPI it just to make sure. > Unusual but not unheard of. My Jepp only does about 4-5K a year, my X5 about > the same. Combination of working at home and two cars = low mileage. Wife [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > be aware its pre-facelift (I think) and the 4.4 is not very frugal if you > boot it! Other than that looks good. HPI it just to make sure. Check that it really does have FSH and not that it's due it's first service in 1000 miles. It could well eb that the oil etc needs changing on a time basis even if the mileage countdown hasn't reached 0 >> Unusual but not unheard of. My Jepp only does about 4-5K a year, my X5 about >> the same. Combination of working at home and two cars = low mileage. Wife [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >service in 1000 miles. It could well eb that the oil etc needs >changing on a time basis even if the mileage countdown hasn't reached 0 Yes of course that is a point I would not have thought of. However as it is shorter than my 540 tourer I don't think I will be going further with it and instead I will be spending some money having new hydraulic tappets fitted on my present car thanks. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ >> Registration number RA03RJZ >> [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >be aware its pre-facelift (I think) and the 4.4 is not very frugal if you >boot it! Other than that looks good. HPI it just to make sure. I was concerned it may have been in a garage being repaired after some major accident. However I have just noticed something that has made it less attractive now. It is much shorter than my 540 tourer and I need the extra space for a couple of wheelchairs so I am searching for another 540 tourer with low mileage and I cannot find one so far. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of > driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the > dealer to give for this low milage? Should I expect to speak with the > previous owner? Plenty of reasons. Rich owner who only uses it when it's needed and has something more suitable for everyday? Or works in the city and commutes by PT? School run car?  Signature*Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film* Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of >> driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >something more suitable for everyday? Or works in the city and commutes by >PT? School run car? Well yes but then I would have expected the price to be higher and the same car is advertised on autotrader £1500 less. Both pics on the adverts show the same registration number! pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > >Plenty of reasons. Rich owner who only uses it when it's needed and has > >something more suitable for everyday? Or works in the city and commutes > >by PT? School run car? > Well yes but then I would have expected the price to be higher and the > same car is advertised on autotrader £1500 less. Both pics on the > adverts show the same registration number! I dunno what it should be worth. Some say the market for this type of vehicle is small - most want the diesels. Signature*Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?" Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> >Plenty of reasons. Rich owner who only uses it when it's needed and has >> >something more suitable for everyday? Or works in the city and commutes [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I dunno what it should be worth. Some say the market for this type of >vehicle is small - most want the diesels. I would have liked it but I hadn't realised it was 9" shorter than my motor and that amount of space makes the difference when carrying two wheelchairs. I defo wouldn't have a diesel and the later model series 5 has run flat tyres and I don't want that either. I would not even be looking to change my car if it wasn't needing work done on the tappets as the car suits me fine in just about every way. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > I would not even be > looking to change my car if it wasn't needing work done on the tappets > as the car suits me fine in just about every way. If that's the only reason... what's your car worth, what will the repairs cost? Signaturejeremy ['01 BMW 530iA SE Touring] >> I would not even be >> looking to change my car if it wasn't needing work done on the tappets >> as the car suits me fine in just about every way. >> >If that's the only reason... what's your car worth, what will the >repairs cost? The car is probably worth about £8K and the repairs could cost anything up to £2K at the worst if I just have the left bank of tappets replaced. Apparently it is not possible to pin point which tappet is noisy so all the left side will have to be replaced. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > The car is probably worth about £8K and the repairs could cost > anything up to £2K at the worst if I just have the left bank of > tappets replaced. Apparently it is not possible to pin point which > tappet is noisy so all the left side will have to be replaced. > pete 2K? Good grief. Have you had more than one estimate? Is the noise constant or does it change with the engine hot? I haven't worked on a BMW V-8, but on my old Rover it is possible to identify which tappet is noisy with a stethoscope. But with those you replace them all anyway - if one is noisy the others will follow. Signature*Acupuncture is a jab well done* Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> The car is probably worth about £8K and the repairs could cost >> anything up to £2K at the worst if I just have the left bank of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >identify which tappet is noisy with a stethoscope. But with those you >replace them all anyway - if one is noisy the others will follow. I haven't had a quote Dave. I am just guessing by the way the mech kept saying it would be very expensive. I have now established it is one tappet per valve so that means 16 in the left bank. The problem I have is why is the tappet noisey after just 67K miles. I had 130K miles on my last M62 engine and it was quieter than my present engine. I have taken note of all posts and now I am wondering what is the UK equivalent of Magic Mystery Oil? I would be willing to try it rather than have to job done. I am a trained mech but very much out of date these days and putting any old substance through my engine rather alarms me. The difficulty is deciding if it is a sticky tappet or a worn out tappet. Where does the oil supply end under pressure? Obviously it would be in the valve train area and I am wondering if I am losing oil pressure towards the end of its flow under pressure? pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > Registration number RA03RJZ > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > been owned by a Non-Smoker. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask BMW - you have the reg. If you are serious the vendor should give you VIN as well. > I like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of > driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the > dealer to give for this low milage? Should I expect to speak with the > previous owner? > pete Pose-mobile for a townie? Real car is a 645i or a Bently GT. Works abroad a lot. Job in the city and commutes by train. Weekend car. Retired owner. All sorts of reasons. Look carefully underneath. Has it really been used off road? If so pass by, The X5 is OK to get out of a muddy field at a gymkana, but a Range Rover it ain't. My main caution would be is that this very low milage car is od retail quality and normally main dealers would buy it in to resell as BMW approved at a huge mark up e.g. Hexagon have got an '04 with 11k @ £29k. Instead here it is with a small back street outfit in Essex. Why not make an insultingly low offer? Having driven one of these - its a nice ride, but the 4.4 in this body is just going to get you into trouble. RMC >Ask BMW - you have the reg. If you are serious the vendor should give you >VIN as well. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Having driven one of these - its a nice ride, but the 4.4 in this body is >just going to get you into trouble. Yes I am afraid it will not suit me after all as it hasn't the room I need in the back. A 540 tourer is all that will suit me and there aren't that many available atm so I will probably have mine repaired. It would not have been a problem a few years ago as I would have done it myself but that is beyond my ability now. Getting old and senile. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ maybe its a repaired wreck. have a bodyshop check before you buy. maybe the owner had too many toys and didnt have too much time. maybe its an old lady who only drove it to church.....her local church of satan to perform voodoo rituals and repeatedly impale her groin with rotting cucumbers while being bathed in sour goat milk....... anyways check with a reputable bodyshop before you buy.. if the dealer has nothing to hide he may well welcome the opportunity to make a sale. >maybe its a repaired wreck. have a bodyshop check before you buy. >maybe the owner had too many toys and didnt have too much time. maybe [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >check with a reputable bodyshop before you buy.. if the dealer has >nothing to hide he may well welcome the opportunity to make a sale. My suspicions were aroused by the fact the dealer also has a body shop. Anyway it proved to be unsuitable as it was shorter than my 540 tourer and I hadn't reckoned on that. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ > I like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of > driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the > dealer to give for this low milage? You can check any BMW to see if its digital milage has been altered. By running the self test mode, on start up. To do this, hold in the milage counter reset button as you start the engine. If the milage has been altered or "corrected" then a red light will come on next to the milage. >> I like the look of this car but why only 15K miles in 4 years of >> driving. Does anyone recognise this X5? What reasons can I expect the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >counter reset button as you start the engine. If the milage has been >altered or "corrected" then a red light will come on next to the milage. That is a very handy tip to be remembered. pete -- http://www.brazierbridgewood.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipswich/ |
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