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#12
06-13-2016, 04:54 PM
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Navigator. Car seats and equipment eat too much real estate. E53 won't cut it, except in an emergency...if you can get the car seats to fit widthwise.
That is a horrifying game of Tetris unto itself. Don't let them trick you (or your wife) into a minivan...front wheel drive, no fording ability, can't hop curbs...sounds terrible. Most of them cost close to an Expedition and get nearly as bad mileage anyway.
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06-13-2016, 05:39 PM
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Our two standard poodles and gear almost take as room as the kids used to, so unless I'm taking the boat with us, we use a hitch platform and cargo tote on the back. The roof box - the "streamlined" Thule none the less - really knocks the fuel mileage down when I use it.
2002 X5 3.0 304,150 miles 2014 428i 19,000 miles 2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles 2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles 1970 Firebird - Under restoration
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06-13-2016, 06:20 PM
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Not a fan of the hitch tray but let's talk, as I was about to look into OE rails with a Thule Box !
Doesn't help that the freaking 75 qt cooler dimensionally is almost the same as a cheap 120qt cooler. Sometime we resort to a soft bag cooler - polar bear as in means on gaining some inches :-)
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06-15-2016, 09:31 AM
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2006 Infiniti G35 2001 BMW 3.0I E53 X5 Build date 08/2000 SOLD Lotus Europa 1970 Destroyed by fire Lotus Europa 1970 S2 Renault Powered Lotus Type 52 1970 Twincam Webers Powered PORSCHE 911 Targa 1982 The Garage Queen Audi Avant donated to Kars for Kids BMW 525IT Sold Audi 4000CS Quattro Sold Jensen Healey Lotus Powered Sold Opel 1900 Sold Triumph Spitfire 1971 Sold Triumph Spitfire 1968 Sold Plymouth "Cuda" 340 Six pack SOLD
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06-16-2016, 02:03 AM
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Roof cargo box works great for me. Load car with 4 people 2 sometimes 3 dogs with us... go to river or dirt roads between and under trees and it is great with pleanty of room to hold everything uptop so theres room for us with the dogs...
Only thing i forgot or wasnt thinking bout it and got stuck under a parking space overhang... Went straight under but couldnt get out without taking it off then putting it back on. That was the only time i hit something haha but it was my fault completly not a flaw with a cargo box...
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06-16-2016, 02:04 AM
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2001 e53 5mt Stainless steel headers UUC short shifter Lowered on bc racing coilovers
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06-16-2016, 02:46 AM
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Struggling with a similar utility question....going 1 of 2 ways:
- buying a small utility trailer to tow with x5 - selling x5 and buying a truck (if I can find one at the right price)
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Installed! e53 OEM trailer hitch and wiring harness. No longer for sale
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06-16-2016, 10:53 AM
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Come on, guys, cut JSoto some slack! I have used mine to pull a UHaul trailer to move kids, etc., apartments. If I needed regular use, I'd go for the low profile cross bars and an aerodynamic roof box [since I'm tall enough to reach it .....] and save the hitch for bike racks, etc. On the mini van issue - some funny TV ads for the Chrysler Pacifica these days featuring a very funny guy, actor/comedian Jim ?, who we have seen in comedy clubs. Can never remember his last name.
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