Remember when manual, petrol-powered SUVs were a thing?
ULEZ has been in the news this week. Not because of something Mrs Shed rudely shouted at the postmistress in the corner shop the other day but because of the controversial extension of London’s clean air zone.
This week’s shed, a Euro 3 BMW X5 Sport with the 231hp 3.0 petrol engine and five-speed manual, is a case in point. When X5s come into any conversation you can usually hear the sound of massed PH bargepoles being extracted from their scabbards for non-use. That represents a big shift in sentiment from the X5’s 1999 debut in 4.4-litre V8 form when it was being hailed as the best thing since sliced halloumi.
The reasons for the drop-off in X5 respect centred around the cost of fixing things when they went wrong. Shed will drone on about some of these in the next para, but before we spark up our pagan torches and carefully remove the rubber protectors from our glinting pitchforks, let’s admire the good stuff on this October ’04 facelifter. For a change, there’s plenty to admire. Among other things, the facelift gave the 3.
That wasn’t the end of it. There were fuel system issues too. X5 air con and air suspension systems could be troublesome and door handles were fragile. None of these was the main cause of dissatisfaction among E53 X5 owners though. Electrical problems have always been number one. Various lights have failed to function on our shed over the years. The actuator on the transfer box on post-facelift cars needs checking for function.
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