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      10-23-2020, 07:08 PM   #1
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Vehicle is about 20 months into a 36 month lease with about 9000 miles at the start of the trip. The wife and I folded down the back seats, filled up the cargo area with suitcases, food, cooler, folding chairs and lots of wine. Headed for the mountains of North Georgia for a week of hiking and waterfall hunting.

We drove the 600 mile trip south in about 10 hours with 3 stops. Used Adaptive mode and the Active Cruise Control whenever possible at a set speed of between 72 and 79 mph depending on the speed limit. Averaged 26.5 mpg at an average speed of 73 mph. From Hagerstown we used I81, I26 and I40 with the last 100 miles or so on two lane roads in North Georgia. Stayed at a condo in Helen, GA.

While in North Georgia we met another couple and the 4 of us spent each day hiking in various areas looking for waterfalls. Visited a total of 6. One day I tried out the offroading capability of the X5 by going up a logging trail about 6.5 miles with an elevation climb of about 1000 feet. The trail was loaded with rocks and washouts of various depths with some muddy areas. The vehicle performed very well. The descent was very easy using the hill descent feature.

The trip home we used Eco mode to see if there is any real savings in fuel. We did average a bit more at 28.1 mpg but there was some variation is speed so I don't know if the Eco mode really made an difference.

Overall quite pleased with the vehicle. We drove a total of about 1700 miles for the entire trip. As a side note, there was lots of people NOT wearing masks in many areas in North Georgia. We wore ours whenever we were in contact with any people including some of the hikes where we met others hiking on the same trail.
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Very nice. We're about to embark on our own road trip from Chicago to Norfolk, VA in the 40i. I'm well below the mileage on the lease so this'll be a good opportunity to stretch its legs.
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