Got a chance to take the X5 on a 500 mile round trip over the long weekend. Smooth cruising on the highway, and the comfort seats are fantastic.
I even got a chance to do a little off roadin' in the X. The northern beaches heading up towards the VA-NC border have no paved road access, so you drive on the beach if you want to go that way.
The X did great, although I did not let any air out of my tires because it's mostly hard pack sand, a lot of people were deflating theirs in their Exploders and Tahoes. BTW, the Tahoe is the most popular vehicle down on the Outer Banks, but I did see another guy driving through the sand in his X5.
It's a wild horse sanctuary, and these guys were just chillin, not paying the humans any mind at all.
I saw this X5 at a shopping center in Corolla, near where we were staying. My ride is in the background.
I don't decry the body kit, cause it looks real good, but I'll never agree with slapping that M badge on an X5.
Had to stop off and get the Outer Banks fudge for everyone back home as gifts, and here's the X in front of Jockey's Ridge, the largest sand dune on the east coast, and the area where Wilbur and Orville did much of their early experimental flight attempts.
Finally back on the mainland, and here's one of those sights you see off of Highway 158 that reminds you that you ain't in the big city no more.
JV