zumbalak..where you from man? Let me drop some knowledge on you. 1st BMW is an SAV not an SUV..So duh, yeah offroading isnt its strong suit. 2nd, Since every other SUV can do what an X5 can, why not just go with one of those? Seems to me that you're not too big on X5's, call me crazy..3rd is an X5M not a performance vehicle? what is it then? .....