Does anyone go camping and offroad with thie X5?Do not mean rock climbing. Post pics

Fatandre · 09-26-2020, 01:00 PM

Do any of you go offroad and camping in the x5?
I am considering one or a Land Rover Defender.
I live in Iceland and would be doing a lot of traveling on gravel roads and such.
I would also like to put on some mora meaty tires.

Paladin1 · 09-26-2020, 02:52 PM

Might want to review this thread (Thx @GrussGott - linked the original!):

https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1561030

Pateeke81 · 09-27-2020, 04:33 AM

I would go for a Defender in your situation. That is more suitable for off road use (diff lock, tyre options,...)

The X5 is a road suv with some off road capabilities due to xdrive.

buze · 09-27-2020, 04:52 AM

I take mine on pretty nasty tracks, and fords. I have some land in Wales that is only accessible via "4x4" and I used my X3 before, and my X5 now. Sure, I'm careful about the paint and I tiptoe around a few particularly rough bits, but it works pretty well.

Hill descent and 360 cameras help a lot. Altho, it is a VERY heavy car so on wet rock/grass you have better be light on the brakes and know your inertia.

I probably would stay clear of deep mud, as the tyres (P zeroes) are definitely not going to work, but for wet/rock/stones etc it works fine.

Fatandre · 10-09-2020, 03:16 PM

Sounds interesting. What I am mainly thinking is some gravel and rocky roads

hyde · 10-09-2020, 03:27 PM

They removed the off-road package from 2021 so make sure you can get plates if there are any large rocks involved. I wonder if they still have off-road package in other countries.

dnd2984 · 10-10-2020, 07:35 PM

X5 will suit you well in Iceland. Are you going to be taking it on F roads all the time?

SmartSaves · 10-11-2020, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyde

They removed the off-road package from 2021 so make sure you can get plates if there are any large rocks involved. I wonder if they still have off-road package in other countries.

I see it available in Canada. By the way, I hear some chatter ..... there are some issues with DSC and air suspension in this package, I cannot substantiate the issue.

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Fatandre Private First Class 102 Rep 188 Posts Drives: BMW 850 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Iceland iTrader: (0)	Sounds interesting. What I am mainly thinking is some gravel and rocky roads __________________ BMW 850 (BDS)
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dnd2984 New Member 5 Rep 21 Posts Drives: Merc C63, F95, and XC90. Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	X5 will suit you well in Iceland. Are you going to be taking it on F roads all the time?
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