2.5mile round trip 2 or 3 times a week at about 25mph max. I do that now in the mrs car so I don't get ulez charge unless I am doing lots of driving for the day which I don't mind the ulez charge Saying that I have not had issues with my E53 3.0D With this type of driving since 2020 unless that is b...

Looks like I am going to have a big problem getting an X5 petrol car then

I just did a blanket search on autotrader for X5 between 2013 and 2016. There are only 4 petrols, 580 diesels and 32 hybrids.

Any other place to check?

I wish I had space for a proper lift. space, thats one thing we are not blessed with in the UK. Every time I go to the States and visit old friends, I always marvel at the size of their garages, big enough for 4 cars and oversized laundry machines. You have to be a footballer leaving in the sticks ...

I am thinking of letting go of my E53 3.0D for something slightly newer mainly due to ulez charge. I thought about the E70 but most of the cars about are diesels which are not ULEZ compliant and I have heard so many stories about the Petrol versions of E70 having los of issues. Now I am considering ...

This forum has helped me out a lot since buying my E53 back in 2008. Issue is we are all getting older and so little time to spend fixing cars. I can't be bothered to do anything that involved spending to much time on my knees. Young people nowadays buy cars on lease/pcp and change them before issue...

I'll Check with BMW.

I'll stick the belay one if first to see if I get lucky

Thanks

It is Non OEM I believe for about £13. I just assumed it will be ok considering how many are advertised on ebay.

If it does not work, will the one from ECP for £123 be classified as OEM ?

I think I might have an issue as well with my final stage unit, no fan is working. I have purchased the unit from ebay to fix but have not got round to fixing due to work and not driving the E53 as much now. I did try a few days ago looking at you ube instructions taking off the trim on passenger si...

The 3.0i certainly is compliant as well as the V8's. The Ulez is meant to be Euro 4 Upwards, yet the E53 Petrol engines are Euro 3 but coming up as compliant when you do a registration check on the TFL website. Are all the E53 4.4, 4.6 & 4.8 engines V8's?. I will consider them as well. I found t...

So my 2005 E53 3.0d sport falls short of ULEZ compliance. Ulez costs £650 yearly for each day of travel so I recon driving 2 to 3 days a week will cost me £1300 to £1900 yearly. I was not planing on changing my car for another 2 to 3 years, just about enough time for which I am hoping bigger sized e...

Unfortunately, I could not find the HD version of the Meyle. It's standard with 2yr warranty.

I think I'll stay away from the non HD version. a couple online searches suggest they are not so good

choice of 2 shock absorbers are Meyle £130, Sachs £200 and KYB £235

How reliable are Meyle for struts? If that's a no go then which is the better of the other 2 brands?

Cheers

I'll stay off the V8 and stick with this car for now, better the devil you know..... I take it this is all suspension parts required from [url = https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126021769361?fits=Car+Make%3ABMW%7CPlat_Gen%3AE53%7CModel%3AX5&hash=item1d577b9891:g:HW4AAOSwWjpZqqcI&amdata=enc%3AAQAIA...

by the way, if I decide to dump this for either a 2005 - 2006 E53 V8 petrol or a similar year Range Rover sports Petrol, which of the two is better?