BMW X5 3.0d SE 5dr Auto (2007)

BMW X5 3.0d - Feels so safe, love it

I think my attitude to cars changed quite a bit when I had my babies. I just wanted something huge and safe to bundle them into. The BMW X5 is nothing if not huge! It's ok to get the kids seats into the back, bit of a hassle and it could be easier. That might be something I look out for on a next car. But for the sheer safety factor it's hard to imagine another car feeling any safer.

We sat in a couple of X5s in the showroom, and had a look at the option of the special seats that can pop up into the boot. Now the BMW X5 is a very big car and the boot is great, really massive, but those seats are a bit silly really. They wanted something like another thousand for those seats in the back so we didn't bother. I mean they were so small and dinky. We wouldn't want the kids back there anyway so it would only be people travelling with us, and those silly little seats wouldn't have been any good for anyone bigger than a kiddy. But really, that silliness aside, it's a massive massive car, never runs out of space ever. We often get our bikes in there with the two kids seats that attach to the back of them.

I suppose the cost of running it is quite high. Diesels are supposed to be better for that but it's still getting through a tank pretty quickly. Thankfully that isn't really too much of a problem for us but it's worth considering. We've not had repairs need doing yet, but then it's still inside the original warranty so that's not a problem anyway. I don't know that much about cars to be honest but it all feels well put together.

I'm a little bothered by the position of the satnav sometimes. The display is tucked into the dash, in the centre of the car, which makes it a little hard to look at whilst you're driving. It would be nicer if it was maybe on top of the dash, so you didn't have to look so far away from the road.