Brown as fuck: 2001 BMW X5 3.0 - Exxon5!

[Kiltox]

I’m dreading it, pretty certain I’ll just make it worse!

[SierraMikeHotel]

Interested in this please hurry.

 

 

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'Tis done, links in the carputer thread and my chod thread.

[bangernomics]

'Tis done, links in the carputer thread and my chod thread.

Realised how much, lost interest quickly. Currently looking at the sub £80 end of eBay.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Realised how much, lost interest quickly. Currently looking at the sub £80 end of eBay.

I'd be very curious to know how they compare!

[bangernomics]

Probably not very favourably, trying to find something that would screen mirror but most likely is a generic satnav built in. Most have Bluetooth phone etc.

[Kiltox]

Gave the windscreen a pass with Ceriglass today on a DA with rayon pad. It’s definitely now a little bit clearer but would probably need multiple passes to get much better.

 

Noticed it has a couple of nasty chips, both towards the extremes of the swept area so not a MOT issue until they crack.

 

Not sure how much a windscreen would cost but it would benefit massively from one.

[Split_Pin]

Have you tried those windscreen chip repair kits? My 172 had a nasty chip in the screet outside the swept area, about the size of a 10p. The product vastly reduced the size and visibility of it.

[smellypoo]

Have you tried those windscreen chip repair kits? My 172 had a nasty chip in the screet outside the swept area, about the size of a 10p. The product vastly reduced the size and visibility of it.

I'd second this - I've used the rain-x kit a few times over the years on different cars, I'd recommend it to anyone. It's a tenner on Halfords, but you can get an equivalent online even cheaper - and you can repair a good few chips with one kit.

[Kiltox]

Thanks chaps but the fact it’s scratched to fuck as well as chipped in several places (some of the chips are really small, you only notice them when there’s polish stuck in them) means it’s really the end of the line for the screen should I choose to do anything with it

[smellypoo]

If it's just a cosmetic thing, I can understand that - scratches and pitting are annoying. That said, I had my screen replaced once because a big chip spread over a couple of days into a proper crack. A week after the new screen went in, I got into the car for my morning commute and flicked the wiper on to get rid of some condensation/dew.

 

The noise that (the little bit of grit trapped in) my wiper blade made was horrible. The big curved scratch is still there 7 years later and it still annoys me when I see the bloody thing.

[Kiltox]

Worth noting it is a BMW screen so based on the fact very few replacements are actually OE, 18 years and 152,000 miles isn’t bad going.

[hennabm]

Worth noting it is a BMW screen so based on the fact very few replacements are actually OE, 18 years and 152,000 miles isn’t bad going.

 

Hi Kiltox

 

Mine was much the same last year. 188k and the original BMW screen in 16 years.

[Aston Martin]

Gave the windscreen a pass with Ceriglass today on a DA with rayon pad. It’s definitely now a little bit clearer but would probably need multiple passes to get much better.

 

Noticed it has a couple of nasty chips, both towards the extremes of the swept area so not a MOT issue until they crack.

 

Not sure how much a windscreen would cost but it would benefit massively from one.

 

Can't you diddle insurance for £75?

[Kiltox]

Can't you diddle insurance for £75?

Trade insurance innit, no glass cover

[Kiltox]

Erm, who’d like to see more of this brown beauty?

It might be coming home....

[skattrd]

How much now?

 

[gadgetgricey]

Me three,,, looked nice in the flesh also.

Will it be for sale???

[Kiltox]

4 minutes ago, skattrd said:

How much now?

 

It’s been with @95 quid Peugeot for a while but he’s not really making use of it and has given me first refusal - I’m keen to have it back and try to go through it sorting out the issues that annoyed me when I had it before (inop parking sensors, spare wheel bouncing around in the boot, dodgy windscreen etc)

 

[Kiltox]

Just now, gadgetgricey said:

 

Will it be for sale???

Not immediately.  I quite miss it and would definitely want to spend some time driving it until the novelty of sub 20mpg wore off  

[gadgetgricey]

Thought these were capable of 30 mpg .  (Sorry could not resist)

[95 quid Peugeot]

I got over 30 when I collected it  Gloucester to Newark   

[SRi05]

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

Not immediately.  I quite miss it and would definitely want to spend some time driving it until the novelty of sub 20mpg wore off  

I was gutted at missing out on this first time round. Would definitely be interested once you've spent money fixing things on it and are selling at a loss ??

[Alan_Green]

Hmm.  Had an African adventure in mind for this machine at one point.  Had it all worked out.  Following...

[paulplom]

15 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Not immediately.  I quite miss it and would definitely want to spend some time driving it until the novelty of sub 20mpg wore off  

It doesn't wear off if you like the car enough. The t'5 often struggles to crack 20 mpg. Might be the way I drive it though. It frightens the crap out of me at times.

[skattrd]

I just got used to 20mpg from the jeep. I like driving it, so fukit. Then common sense made a brief appearance and I bought a diesel Merc, I still prefer the jeep. 

I struggled to get my T5 below 20, I only managed 19mpg once and that was pretty much constantly driving like a hooligan. 

[hennabm]

Still running my green machine as well. I have managed 24mpg on a run up and down the country. Mostly though it sits around 18/19mpg average.

Would I get rid of it while I can afford it? Definitely not. I love the old beast. Even though it has its faults - don't we all. 

 

Enjoy it Kiltox ?

[Kiltox]

This is landing this weekend. I’ll be masking up and taking a train for the first time in a while!

I think my 3 series will be going and this will be my daily again - just like when this thread started. I’ll need to sort out some it’s issues this time rather than ignoring them though, mainly:

Oil leak - suspect it’s the oil filter housing gasket. Might get a garage to do this because it looks a pain. 
PDC inop - wiring I think 

Cruise control inop - not sure about this one and struggled with it before 

Also could do with modernising the ICE - at a minimum it will need a hands free kit. 

[cort16]

Just posted yesterday ??

 

 

 

[dave j]

4 hours ago, cort16 said:

Just posted yesterday ??

 

 

 

That sounded awesome with no exhaust! 

[Kiltox]

The brown is back!

Drove just as well as I remember, 150 miles home. Definitely need to sort that oil leak though which hasn’t fixed itself. Smells pretty bad at idle!