When BMW specialists have developed its first SUV, they did not aspire to win the laurels of his creation of a new off-road hero. For these purposes, a holder of German company then still had a time-tested Land Rover. X5, in contrast, had to remain true to the traditions of Bavarian brand, that is to be a powerful, dynamic, aggressive king of asphalt ... After a few years, and now it is time that "arrogant Bavarian royal blood" have to replenish a secondary market. Well, it's time to look under the mantle of partiality?

Introduced the world the fall of 1998, BMW X5 appeared on the Russian open spaces within a year. And the machines were taken not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also ... Primorye (in the end it there was quite a lot). This surprises a few less, if we consider that the production of SUVs calculating the Bavarians have placed in the American Spartanburg. And from America, as you may guess, the way to Vladivostok, simpler and shorter than the capital.

"Bavarian", even used, is still very expensive toy. Thus, Bonded machine at the port of Helsinki offers no less 33 - 35 thousand dollars. Prices for "Moscow" cars start at 40,000, but finding the money for hassle-free car - a great success. The main stream of the same car offered in 47 - 55 000. The most expensive one found the proposals "drawn" on 77 thousand dollars for a "packaged" and "obveshennuyu" nowhere on the same three-year.

According to experts, today in Russia "is written" somewhere 2,5 - 3000 BMW X5. About half of them came to us through authorized dealers. By the way, so we specifically focusses on the question of the origin of the car. Unlike many other brands when buying an SUV from BMW is very important to know the entire biography of the car (preferably backed by a "medical history" from a service center). This is not only really makes life easier to the buyer (affirming path of honesty and lack of a "chronic disease"), but also a guarantee of legal purity of the car. The latter is particularly important given that the BMW X5 - one of the saddest leaders of criminal statistics. That's why when buying a car is recommended to check the completeness of the keys. If there are less than three, it is an occasion to think about. The fact that the key to the X5 - not just a disc with grooves. Each key is mounted separate chip, the signal immobilizer. Repeat it in a normal shop is impossible, and making additional sets - it is long and troublesome. This requires the car owner, a full set of documents and the actual machine. All this must be brought before the eyes bright authorized dealer, and only after that last sends an order for a new key in Munich. Have to wait two or three weeks. And another interesting point: since all keys are unique, then any of them, or rather, all possible (except those that are held by the rightful owner) can be blocked. To do this, all the same as that for creating a new set, with the only difference being that in this case, all work is done on site the same day. Well, in order to completely exclude the possibility of randomness, you can simply replace the security system "in the collection" - the keys, the larvae of castles, block immobilizer, etc. A new set will cost 422 euros, and another 60 will have to pay for the work.