Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Yeah. Should always carry the official BMW measuring stick to make certain that the entire river is no deeper than 500mm. Here's a little tip that I've come up with... after wading through the river with the BMW measuring stick make sure to dry yourself off before getting back into the car to drive it across. That will prevent you from getting the urge to dry yourself off with the seat heating function which unfortunately doesn't work all that well.