r/BMWX5

we have 2 2025 bmws in our garage. having 2 of them and both of us a drivers of each is bad enough!!!!always bluetooth connection issues.. question is, she set her phone up as her key. when she walks to the kitchen which is near garage her car will light up and such. i haven't programmed my phone to mine as a key yet. can someone tell me what all features using the phone allows? will this be a double pain having 2 in the garage and walking past with phones? and how can you leave someone in the car with it running while you quickly dash into a store?

Considering a G05 X5 to replace our 2023 Outback. Does anyone have experience with rear-facing car seats behind a 6’ (or taller) driver?

Our Outback has great rear seat room. I can have my seat in the normal position (fairly lanky/33” inseam) and still plenty of room/not touching car seat.

Been waiting for a cargo mat from the dealership forever. Giving up. Which mats do you guys recommend. Please let me know. Thanks.

I’m thinking of buying a 2025 or 2026 used X5.
Car max has a 2026 with 25k miles for $55k and a 2025 with 30k miles for $51k.

1. Is it worth an extra $5k for the 2026 with 5k less miles

2. Should I just wait until the 2027 model comes out later this year? I will still be looking at the same years, just wondering if the price for a used car typically drops a lot when a new model redesign comes out?

Willing to buy my first ever bmw. In this case the bmw x5 45e hybride 2020/2021 with approx 70/80k KM.

2 questions:
- what are the things to watch out for while buying this car?

- which options are a must have on this car?

I found a clean 22 X5 M50 with the options I want, but the carfax showed the oil was only changed at the factory recommended 10k intervals until now (~70k miles). Given that the N63 engine is more trouble-prone than the B58, would that stop you from buying it? It's being sold by a dealer so ordering an oil test or any analysis like that isn't feasible.

BTW, the primary reason I'm going for the M50i is because I'm an audiophile and I want the Bowers & Wilkins audio system. I've heard it against the HK and it simply blows it away, so I've decided I won't buy an X5 without it. While I would prefer the x40i with the B58 for better mileage and reliability, the B&W was only offered on it for the first two years of G05 production, so I've only seen one for sale in the wild and that was a while back.

So - back to topic - what would you do? And is 70k too high of a starting point to get into a vehicle I plan to keep for a few years, but would not be my sole daily driver.

On my 2025 BMW X5, if I step out of the running car for 30 seconds while my wife stays inside with her own key fob, the car still blasts the horn because my key walked away. There doesn’t seem to be any option to disable this.

This seems like a very normal family use case on a hot day when you want to keep the A/C running while grabbing something quickly. I understand bmw might not supported family use.

Does everyone just accept this behavior, or has anyone else been annoyed by it? I’m honestly surprised BMW doesn’t at least provide a setting to disable the horn when another authorized key is still inside the vehicle.

It appears that my charger is overheating regularly now that it's summer in the northeast. I'll usually get an interruption notice after about a 40-50% charge on hot days. Once it cools off I can get it to resume by unplugging the charger and immediately plugging it back in.

My question is, has anyone figured out a way to restart the charging remotely? It would be nice not to have to deal with the manual reset every time.

I'm using the Flexible Fast Charger and a 240V NEMA 14-50 outlet.

Any other things worth trying to avoid having to unplug/replug every time I need a full charge?

By habit and the owner not knowing, I am replacing a lot of basic stuff at 141k miles on a 2004 e53 6 speed. Has an evap leak and running lean in back 1 and 2. The Evap leak I’ll smoke test for.

Things I am doing:

-maf
-intake boot
-upstream and downstream O2s
- thermostat kit with a metal one (actually needs to be replaced it’s moving the tiniest bit on the highway towards the cool side)
- water pump kit with a metal one
- radiator hoses
- spark plugs
- ignition coils
- front cv axles (needs to be replaced
- a rebuilt vanos system bolt on ready
- valve cover gasket
-ofhg
- grommets
- new rotors and pads (they’re squeaking)

and some other junk I can’t remember. I had the money. Figured I’d give the old girl a tune up since I don’t have records on those. Should I do the radiator or will there be an obvious sign to replace that, you think? Currently it doesn’t have a lot of vent fins.

So I have to compromise with visibility in order not to look like a total doofus on the road? Lame.

So I’m having minor body work done (should have taken MAYBE 2 days) but it’s going into the long weekend. Something felt off, I went into the app to look at my vehicle, and the location has been turned off! I turned it in valet mode before handing keys over. But this is insane. Please tell me I’m over thinking something here and they didn’t take my car home for the weekend!

King's College Professor of Finance, hedge funder, and former investment banker Patrick Boyle lays out why the Germans are in big trouble which also explains the noticeable drop in quality

What’s the best way to max the MPG? I understand the difference between the Hybrid vs hybrid eco pro but dont know the specifics, like should I drive in 75+ mph, prefer Highways or normal city roads.

Also trying to understand if I have no charge, going only ICE will the regen braking alone charge it?

Also I heard that it optimizes hybrid system if you use navigation does that include Apple CarPlay or only the built in?

Got the car already, love everything the Tech/luxury is crazy and got a great depreciated deal for low miles!