in article snipped-for-privacy@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John Burns at snipped-for-privacy@unixnerd.demon.co.uk wrote on 4/1/09 1:12 PM:
> I'm looking at a 2001 X5 with 90k miles. Currently own a 1992 E34 which
>> I'm very pleased with. Any special things I should watch out for. I know
>> the 2001 was the second year of the model, which is a bit earlier in the
>> cycle than I like to buy, but it's not a deal-breaker, at least yet. >
> Which engine?
>
> I hear X5s are very hard on their suspension bushings / ball joints and
> they don't last long.
Beamers suppose to be hard on the front end ... eats tires real good from my experience ... but not much slipping and sliding going on.