Are They Really Worth It?
This technology is still in the growth stage and continues to be considered a viable alternative to fossil fuel consumption. Let's face it, if your auto runs on electricity exclusively, then you are not emitting any gases at all. Environmentally speaking, this is terrific. Let's face it, if your vehicle runs on electricity exclusively, then you are not emitting any gases at all. Environmentally speaking, this is perfect. But wait a minute - how do electric automobiles get their power? From batteries which must be continually recharged. And how do you recharge them - by plugging the vehicle into a power outlet. And how is the electricity in the outlet being produced? This being the case, are you really helping the environment when you plug in your electric car? Are you really cutting back on non-renewable fuel consumption; hardly. Until the product is self-sufficient or its energy source is clean, buying an electric automobile is like putting a band-aid on a knife wound - it doesn't really help much at all. Ah - but the Hybrids, the hybrid automobiles are the answer - well maybe.
Bimmer fans in the Philippines waited until 2001 to have the E53 X5 in our roads. Initially offered by PGA Cars (who also distributed Land Rover previously, and currently Audi, Porsche, and Lamborghini) in its earlier years, with BMW Philippines taking over distributorship rights which resulted to adding various variants. Similar to the world market, sales discontinued in 2007, with its successor platform being introduced in the same year. After almost 8 to 10 years of age, an E53 X5 would have resale prices between P1,400,000-P2,400,000, roughly the price of a brand new mid-size SUV. The price range covers up different model years, state of condition (mind you, there exist careless type owners of luxury vehicles), and various engine configurations (gasoline V6 and V8, and diesel engines are the choices). It would be wise to get a pre-owned example to be safe. Insufficient maintenance records are a nightmare for those who own a car from a luxury brand. I want to remind you maintaining one is almost the equivalent of three Toyota Vios's. If fueling up, go with a reputable gasoline station that has new and clean stock of fuel.
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I did not drive any far than 1 mile.. If they hooked things up improperly, then I suppose they could've dinged your oil pan. Hopefully that's not the case, but I'm sure it happens. I would think they'd be pretty careful when hooking up the van for a tow. A quick question though. Where is the alternator located? Did they have to take anything out of the engine compartment in order to install it? It's possible that if they had to take things out in order to access the alternator, then they might not have tightened things back down completely when they put everything back together. Good luck man. Hope the types of oil leaks section helped. Where was the leak? I suppose if it's inside your engine and they have to rebuild the engine to fix it then maybe. But otherwise, no I don't think that's reasonable at all. Could you give me a little bit more information please. 3000 to fix an oil leak. Excellent. I hope it works out for you. Man, that's too bad that a 2002 might already need an engine rebuild. You never know whether stop leak will help a situation like that. You could always give it a try since it's cheap and can't hurt anything. But it sounds like you have something a little more major going on. If they've already replaced the valves and gaskets and you're still experiencing problems, then there's not a whole lot else they can do really except for some major engine work unfortunately.
