Used 2012 BMW X5 M for sale near Los Angeles, CA

From start to finish, a good experience. Received a detailed quote from Adam Vrabec. Drove to dealership in Chattanooga from our home in Atlanta area. Paperwork and showing was handled by Owen, who did a great job. The process was transparent and quick. Brandon in Finance smoothly assisted us through the many pages of documents to sign. We love our 2024 Mercedes! Great experience!

I went from a E55 AMG to this, more on a hunch than anything cause I have had a few M cars and the quiet word was this thing is a monster. Well it didn’t disappoint, first of all it is bullet proof, I have been driving it for 3 years and drive it like I stole it every day. The one event that made me a believer was when my wife and I were traveling out of state at night in the winter when we were cut off by a drunk driver on an interstate under construction. I had to swerve hard right off the highway directly into huge potholes at 70 mph. The car slammed through a half a dozen 10” deep holes bottoming out on each one, at one point my wife cried out and I looked right while desperately hanging on to the wheel and saw her stuck on the ceiling with her head crooked. By the time the car straightened its self out (I was just hanging on) and slowed down I freaked out, the slamming through the frozen potholes made me believe I just destroyed the undercarriage. I gently guided the car off the highway and inspected the underside and didn’t see anything hanging off so we slowly drove to our destination an hour away. The next day I called a alignment shop and took the car in, told them what happened and they said they would look it over and let me know the damage. They called and said that the right front wheel needed a minor alignment, that’s it! Later on the front tire developed a separation and needed to be replaced. I have owned and still do own big 4x4 trucks and I guarantee you none of them would have faired as well as this X5M did. So now it’s my forever ride, what’s even better is now the tuning packages are affordable and for $1,500 my X5M is putting out 700 hp and is an absolute monster. I easily walk most anything out there cause the AWD system is flat out magical, very little tire spin, just brutal head snapping acceleration, if I have a passenger I have to warn them if I am going to hammer it cause it will hurt them if they aren’t ready. I had a chance to line up with a E55 which I used to think was about as quick as they come when modded, no way, the M obliterated it to 100, by then were are hitting warp and have to back down. To top it all off this thing will absolutely embarrass much more sporty cars on the back roads, once you learn the dynamics it’s an absolute hoot to toss around and power slide through turns. I have toned it down a bit and usually reserve the performance for highway driving, my wife has a nice Mercedes and it doesn’t even compare in performance or driving dynamics. The big plus is in 60000 miles of driving it has been almost flawless in maintenance.