Completed a six day, 2000 kms tour of the south-west of Western Australia. Drove through some pretty heavy rain, strong winds and deep puddles. 150 kms was on dirt roads, some heavily pot-holed and corrugated. The X5 was such a comfortable vehicle for this trip. No issues whatsoever - she ran like a Swiss clock. The recently installed Magnaflow x-pipe made the exhaust a bit loud early in the morning at one of our hotels, however the other early risers were Variety Club Bash drivers (charity fun-run of vintage cars) who came over for a chat and to share their travel stories.
Took a bit of an effort to clean and detail the car upon our return, but this is exactly what I bought the beast for. Very impressed with the car's performance and the missus was all smiles too (even when we were going a fair bit faster than the posted limits).

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08/06 build 4.4i Stirling Grey over black