X5 off-roading

[lamantonio]

It totally answered my question as to wether the x5 can go under a heavy splash of water undersneath!!
I had asked this some time earlier!!
Great Performance - prooving!!
Anyhow...did the X5 come out OK ?
did read that anywhere...

[JCL]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

I believe X can go bumper deep into water, at least that's what i have seen in one of official videos.

That is some serious off-roading. Show it to range rover guys.

What are they doing looking at license plate?

They are hooking on the winch cable to extract the vehicle. Check out the left rear wheel, it has dropped in to a hole in the riverbed. Gotta be careful if you can't see the bottom under the water, you never know what you will hit.

Brave move in an X5; I have done similar river crossings but in a cheaper vehicle, and always with at least one winch amongst the group. Hope you don't get problems with items like vents that let water in to components that shouldn't have water in them.

Thanks for the pics.

[rogerkiu]

Hi all, thanks for your comment! Actually, I found that x5 is pretty good for light off-roading (even a bit harder), but must be carefull of the ground clearence. Do not drive X into water deeper than 500mm, it will damage the video module, radio module and air supply control unit which are located in the lower trunk. I always drive my X for light off-roading like climbing hills, running through mud, etc... The most important thing is to keep rearly low speed saying below 8 KM/H. I am using 17" rims and Dunlop AT20 tires. The tires are not good enough but just merely ok.

Regarding the activities in the pictures, I drove my X into a river where I guess the water was around 500-600mm. After I got out from the river, the 'Selflevl susp. inact' got on, onboard monitor was dead and the radio worked unstable. I got my X to the dealer for inspection, dealer told me that my video module, radio module and air supply control unit which controls rear suspension unit were dead and must be replaced due to flood. Except these 3 things, every thing runs without any problem. So I think if my X had 200mm groud clearence more, then everything should have been ok. I hope that the new 2007 X5 could have 220mm or more ground clearence, 240mm will be the best.

[apetrov1x5]

great pictures man!!! you are very brave to do that in a X!!!

[X5 Sport]

Thanks for sharing

Remind of that film Risky Business

"Who Is the Submarine Commander"