What's your beater/daily driver?

[rsnissan]

My 2013 C63 Wagon with Eurocharge tune

[tlow98]

My 2013 C63 Wagon with Eurocharge tune

lovely!

[/M3]

F30 328d. 40+mpg. Oil changes and brake pads in the last 50K miles. Loving every bit of it.

[EthanolTurbo]

My 2013 C63 Wagon with Eurocharge tune

This must blow away 99% of unsuspecting challengers that make an attempt.

[Bimmerchop]

Love seeing all the other Toyotas posted... Here's my '17 4Runner TRD Pro. These days it gets more mods than the M3.

[Tbonem3]

Beastly

[liam821]

My daily is a BMW i3s. I try to drive my m3 as much as possible, but for the cost of a single tank of gas for the e46m3 I can drive the i3s ~2000 miles.

[oceansize]

Driving this one a bunch lately...

[c watson]

2022 X5 40 msport. The M3 is still my favorite but this thing comes pretty close.

So far I’ve done:

Ceramic coating
15% llumar IRX to match the rear
80% xenith windshield for heat rejection
50% xenith over the remaining windows and sunroof/ pano roof to go over factory tint for heat rejection.

IND front and rear color matched reflectors (not yet installed)

Match 8 amp from Bimmrtech (newest amp available) they replaced match 7.

Focal speaker upgrade.

Oem floor mats/liners front and rear with rear trunk mat.


Photo attached is post tint and ceramic coating install.

[9kracing]

Dinan S1 X5M

[su45]

'22 X5 45e PHEV
~400 miles in and still on 3/4 of the original dealer tank.

[bmw m3 s50]

Dinan S1 X5M

Hey what are your thoughts on the e70 x5m?

I have been giving serious consideration to selling my e70 35d for one. I don’t drive the 35d as much to justify having the diesel. Since I use occasionally, I was thinking of picking up the x5m so I can have fun with when I do drive the x5. The maintenance costs is what scares me the most, from the research that I have done. How has yours held up?

[EthanolTurbo]

Hey what are your thoughts on the e70 x5m?

I have been giving serious consideration to selling my e70 35d for one. I don’t drive the 35d as much to justify having the diesel. Since I use occasionally, I was thinking of picking up the x5m so I can have fun with when I do drive the x5. The maintenance costs is what scares me the most, from the research that I have done. How has yours held up?

Don't do it. The X5M is not nearly as reliable as an X5D, isn't faster in day to day driving, gets half the MPG, and is the same chassis. For a lot less hassle you could just do R90 fuel pump + hybrids on the X5D and have X5M power with more torque, same MPG, and still far more reliable than the S63 engine. If you haven't tuned and deleted the X5D I highly recommend doing that.

[9kracing]

Hey what are your thoughts on the e70 x5m?

I have been giving serious consideration to selling my e70 35d for one. I don’t drive the 35d as much to justify having the diesel. Since I use occasionally, I was thinking of picking up the x5m so I can have fun with when I do drive the x5. The maintenance costs is what scares me the most, from the research that I have done. How has yours held up?

I love mine. I'm not sure what the other poster is talking about, but the M is much much faster than the diesel. Mine makes 650HP and is neck and neck with a 2022 Macan Turbo.

Maintenance hasn't been what I'd call cheap... but if you are resourceful it's not really an issue. For example... just recently I had the CEL come on, and it was limiting power, you couldn't even drive it. I figured it was most likely a spark plug or coil, so I pulled the code, misfire in cylinder 7. The dealership wanted $1700 to change the spark plugs. 😧

I bought a set of plugs off ECS, bought the Dinan coils, and had a mobile mechanic come by and do it in my garage for $200 while I went to work. $300ish vs $1700

I wouldn't let random stories off the internet scare you. Make sure you get a pre-purchase inspection done at a reliable place like BMW, and try to find one with under 100K on it.

The biggest issue the Ms have is that they run incredibly hot, so hoses and fitting under the hood tend to get destroyed quicker than normal.

[bmw m3 s50]

Don't do it. The X5M is not nearly as reliable as an X5D, isn't faster in day to day driving, gets half the MPG, and is the same chassis. For a lot less hassle you could just do R90 fuel pump + hybrids on the X5D and have X5M power with more torque, same MPG, and still far more reliable than the S63 engine. If you haven't tuned and deleted the X5D I highly recommend doing that.

Sorry, but I can't possibly see how the X5D is anywhere near as fast as the X5M in any situation. The X5M has more torque and almost double the HP. Maybe in the 0 to 100ft, it might be even or quicker but I would think that the X5M would beat it in any other performance category. The issue with modding the X5D becomes even if I do a tune and delete as well as add R90 fuel pump, hybrids, downpipes and exhaust, I would have spent well over $10k after factoring in labor. After all of the that work, I still do not think X5D would be quicker than the X5M. It might be on par or just as quick, but I don't think it would be faster. Especially, if you add a simple tune and downpipes to the X5M. After all that work you still would not have all of the bells and whistles of an X5M such as:

M Bodykit and looks
M Brakes
M Suspension and handling
M Steering Wheel
M paddle shifters
M cluster
M heads up display
etc

You simply won't have that special M car compared to the standard BMW model. I figure that, if I sell my X5D and add an extra 8-12k, it would put me in an really nice low mile e70 X5M. 8k-12k would be about as much as I would spend on the X5D to do the tune/deletes, add R90 fuel pump, hybrids, downpipes and exhaust, Plus, I would have to deal with the smell of diesel and fumes from the deletes, which is one of the primary reasons why I have not deleted anything yet.

Remember for me, the X5 is not a daily driver. Its more of a going out with my girl, or family or to dinner type of car. 90% of the time the X5D sits in my garage next to my m3's. I figured that if I was daily driving the X5, then the X5D would make more sense but the fact that it doesn't get much use is why I am considering X5M. Don't get me wrong, the X5D is a really nice car to drive but it is simply not very fun. The only thing holding me back from the X5M is the nightmare repairs which I have read about on X5 forums.