How capable is the X5 offroad?

[film1623]

[quote=JCL]Hmmm, not my experience. How deep was the snow, higher than mid-grill? Which Pirelli winter tires? I went through drifts up to bumper height quite easily, without X-drive but with proper winter tires. Did you try disengaging DSC to permit limited wheelspin?[
/May be a foot an a half of snow with Scorpion Pirelli tires.The DSC was on. I am living in quebec city and snow is present every day.This morning we had 12 inches...quote]Mario

[JCL]

Originally Posted by film1623

May be a foot an a half of snow with Scorpion Pirelli tires.The DSC was on. I am living in quebec city and snow is present every day.This morning we had 12 inches...Mario

There are five Pirelli Scorpion tire versions, according to Pirelli Canada. Four are rated all-season, and only the Ice and Snow version is a full winter tire. That tire is biased more towards performance than snow traction, again according to Pirelli. We have them on our new X3, and they work well, but the X3 is quite a bit lighter than the E70, and weight is the enemy.

Apart from that, you may want to disengage DSC to permit limited wheelspin (as recommended by BMW), if you are stuck in a drift

Good luck

[mrkbbd]

I went to drive out on the beach one time in soft sand and the front end immediately sunk, luckily I was able to reverse out but with high-performance tires it pretty much sucks in really soft stuff

[jimsaq]

practically any fully inflated tyre sucks on sand, you need to drop the pressures to about 18psi

[watrob]

Originally Posted by X5audi

Yep, that's called axle travel, and it's a must on all off-road-focused vehicles (RR, Wrangler, etc.). I'm surprised the X5 even has it.

Hi, Its not the axle travel I am talking about, its the fact that the sensors of the Adaptive Drive keeps the X5 body level so when a wheel drops into a hole the body does not follow it. This actually gives you a little more ground clearence which the standard X5 does not, that maybe only a little but it all counts.