Huh???? My kids LOVe the bottom tailgate!!!! They think that it's a special feature just for them to goof around on. It can take plenty of weight!

(We are too gentile to have had trucks in our family.)

weird, mine feels pretty solid
manual says it can take 200kg

440lbs, that's pretty good. I said it was flimsy because of how lightweight it is plus all you really see on the inside is plastic and the 2 hydraulic (?) pistons that appear to carry the bulk of any weight. Also thought it was made lightweight because of that.

Purpose of Split Tailgate
 

For a skier and anyone that needs or wants to sit at the back of his SUV to put on his boots or just mess with the equipment he is carrying the split tailgate gives hime a clean place to sit instead of the wet and dirty rear bumper. I have a RAV4 which is an excellent cheap car but I have to carry an old piece of carpet to sit on while I change from my driving shoes into my ski boots. The alternative is to run around with dirty pants all day. The BMW X5 seems to have made the tasilgate the right size for me. Too bad I can't afford one.

How did you find this 6-year old thread and why respond without owning the vehicle?!
Are you researching one?

Talk about a necro bump.

But hey, that is what I use mine for. Although it is an E53 instead of an E70

http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/v...psoy04izgf.jpg

I love the split tailgate. I only wish the interior portion were carpeted like the Range Rover. My plastic lining is becoming scuffed, whereas the carpeting on 11 year old Range Rover still looks new.

^ I have the carpet on my pre-LCI '08... ?

I put the OEM plastic luggage liner in instead because I'd rather throw stuff in, slide stuff around, be more careless with liquids, etc. without having to worry about messing the carpeting up. My carpeting under it is still pristine. ;)