Sure our 2008 BMW X5 is a city dweller, and sure it's probably more suited to the racetrack (we did order the sport package) than the unpaved road, but what the heck, lets go off roading.
Okay, so it's not exactly the Rubicon, but a good hour of this deep silt had our X5 workin'. To keep moving we had the stability control system off and the truck's big 4.8-liter V8 near the top of the tach. Never got stuck, though, and the truck's all-wheel drive system never tried to eat itself or lock up in befuddlement.
We also have high praise for the Beamer's air conditioning, expecially its recirculation feature which kept the dust and the 105 degree desert heat on the truck's outside.
Tune tomorrow when I actually try to put a full grown human being in the X5's third row seat.
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief @ 12,936 miles
m_thrizzle says:
05:16 PM, 07/ 7/08
Looks like you guys had fun! I doubt it, but does the X5 have an in-cabin remote tire pressure deflator/inflator?
cx7lover says:
05:24 PM, 07/ 7/08
I thought you guys didn't get the sport package????
dragonflight says:
08:02 PM, 07/ 7/08
What car were you guys using to take the photos from? Looks a bit like the Tundra hood peaking out there..
bimmerjay says:
09:22 AM, 07/ 8/08
m_thrizzle, it doesn't, just TPMS.