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Originally Posted by bfeng
If you plan to tow with an X5, you should stick with those equipped with the air suspension. When I was shopping I specifically only looked for diesel plus 3rd row seats to make sure I had the torque and air suspension. It took quite a bit longer to find the right one to buy, but the X5 works great without bandaids and compromises.
Trying to tow with significant tongue weights without air suspension or WD would be a problem with most vehicles, not just the X5. You can sag out the back of a pickup too.
For that matter I’m surprised pickups don’t come with an OEM rear air bag setup for ride height leveling. These aren’t cheap vehicles anymore.
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I bought mine for a steal- $4300 for my 35D. After a delete and a wheel bearing, I'm around 7k deep in a wonderful SUV that's still rated to tow 6000. This deal came along and I couldn't pass it up, as much as I would've loved to have the leveling suspension. I'm going to make do, and try to improve my car's setup, becasue it's rock solid reliable, and I plan on driving it for the next 150-200k miles. At the rate I'm going, that'll be 4-5 years, so I'd like to tailor it to my needs a bit. Most of my tows are only 50-70 miles each way, depending on which track I go to, but I'm going to make 2-3 distance trips, one of them being about 1000 miles each way. The X5 handled fine at highway speeds, I'd trust it to do it perfectly fine how it sits now, but if there's a way to improve the squatting, I'll give it a shot!
At the end of the day, I do wish the random crazy good deal I got happened to have the SLS, but beggars can't be choosers!