{"id":38799,"date":"2022-12-21T14:43:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38799"},"modified":"2022-12-21T14:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T19:43:47","slug":"bmw-afraid-to-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38799","title":{"rendered":"Which BMW Do You Want but Are Afraid to Buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buying an old German car can often be terrifying. Old German cars especially BMWs, are infamous for their poor reliability and high cost of maintenance. Not all old Bimmers are unreliable but there are certainly a few that can be worrisome. What\u2019d frustrating, though, is that many of those cars are tempting own. Is there an old BMW that you want to own but are afraid of its unreliability?<\/p>\n

The E53 BMW X5<\/h2>\n

For me there are a couple but there\u2019s one that really tempts me often and I just can\u2019t seem to pull the trigger\u2014the E53 BMW X5<\/a>. I already have a 3 Series sedan, so I don\u2019t need another sporty car. Instead, I need an additional SUV, something that I can haul building supplies in for home projects, something that I can tow a small trailer with so I can get rid of the millions of leaves that fall in my yard every year, and something that I can use as an actual utility vehicle. But I don\u2019t want something boring, like an old Tahoe. I want something that\u2019s fun to drive and the E53 fits that bill perfectly.<\/p>\n

Another reason I want an E53 X5 is because it\u2019s cheap. I can find a decent one for under $4,000, all day everyday, in my area. There are loads of them, with decent miles and in decent condition, for only a few thousand dollars, which not only makes buying it cheap but that means parts are readily available. An E90 3 Series<\/a> and E53 X5 would be a perfect personal two-car garage for me (I have my wife\u2019s SUV but she gets mad when I dirty it up with bags of concrete, lumber, and various other building materials).<\/p>\n

However, E53 X5s are notoriously unreliable, especially the V8 models. They have electrical issues, cooling issues, engine and gearbox issues, and all sorts of little gremlins that constantly pop up. The E53 X5 is famously one of the least reliable BMWs of all time, which is a shame because it\u2019s such a cool SUV. It\u2019s one of the best looking SUVs BMW ever made, it\u2019s probably still the best driving BMW SUV ever made, and it has a lovely interior. I\u2019d absolutely love to own one but I\u2019m terrified to buy one.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s your forbidden old Bimmer?<\/p>\n

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Is BMW E53 reliable?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some customer report that their E53 X5 modelshave electrical issues, cooling issues, engine and gearbox issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What is the E53 BMW?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BMW E53 is the\u00a0the first SUV ever produced by BMW. It was built between 1999 and 2006 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Is the E53 X5 using a Twin Turbo?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was initially available with a 3.0L inline six and a 4.4L V8, with regular displacement and power bumps received through the years for the V8. Interestingly, you could also pair the 3.0L with a genuine, row-your-own manual Getrag transmission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buying an old German car can often be terrifying. Old German cars especially BMWs, are infamous for their poor reliability and high cost of maintenance. Not all old Bimmers are unreliable but there are certainly a few that can be worrisome. What\u2019d frustrating, though, is that many of those cars are tempting own. Is there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}