I’ve got a 2007 X5, and you’re right — the iDrive from that era sucks. I think it got better in 2010. I love my car, but that’s one thing I’d absolutely change. So I’ll probably replace the 2007 X5 with a 2012 or 2013 model.

Those are dirt-cheap in the UK because... 9-year-old econobox. If you were talking about a 3-door 130i, then we’d be talking about something special. I think as soon as that car is sold, the Feds are going to swoop in and crush it.

This strikes me as exactly the type of thing that would excite Mike Brewer and Edd China. “Neither of the power windows worked when we bought the car, but I replaced a fuse — only 5 pence — and now you can cruise in style!”