If the belly of the X5 is sitting on the sand because the powder beach sand is 300mm deep the only thing that works is our old trusty G60 1978 Nissan 4 wheel, it pulls a amy tank out.

The Q7 Audi air suspesion lifts it to 260mm, 212mm for the E70 is just not enough. I have to hit the cuttings onto the beach at around 80kph to make the 150 metre's dash across the soft sand to hit the hard beach.

Low tide is ok but the wife does not like the 14km of rally driving at high tide ducking the waves that pin you up against the sand dunes.