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      01-04-2020, 12:09 PM   #1
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Winter Road Trip 2019

Trip included San Diego to Las Vegas, Duck Creek Village Utah, Zion National Park (UT), Bryce Canyon (UT), Zebra Slot Canyon (UT), Flagstaff (AZ), Sedona (AZ), and Lake Havasu (AZ).

The X5 is a diesel with some goodies on it including exhaust, tune, intercooler, custom intake, trans tune, and a few other goodies. Haven't dynoed yet but should be ~350whp 550wtq.

Driving around Utah between 3,000 - 8,500ft elevation I was able to get ~650 miles on a tank which is a hand calculated 30.3mpg! I am pleased with this considering the elevation/elevation gains, I had a cargo box strapped to the roof, and I was on a wide 295/40/20 set of Michelin Alpin LA2s which are a great snow tire but terrible for rolling resistance, one of the worst actually.

For those with a keen eye you might notice I retrofitted some Camaro ZL1 wheels. 20x11 square, forged, 28lbs each, made by Alcoa. Far superior to anything BMW offers in 20" sizing.

Love this thing!
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Great thread - thanks for posting. Looks like a fun trip and the 35d looks great
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great trip and pictures, thx for sharing!
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Looks like a fun trip and nice find on the ZL1 rims!
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Nice pictures but how practical is the roof box and how does one uses it?
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Great thread - thanks for posting. Looks like a fun trip and the 35d looks great
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great trip and pictures, thx for sharing!
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Looks like a fun trip and nice find on the ZL1 rims!
Thanks, glad you like them.
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Nice pictures but how practical is the roof box and how does one uses it?
Extremely practical, a life saver if you need more space. A well designed box doesn't add that much aerodynamic drag which is nice and my Yakima Skybox offers 16cu/ft of cargo space, for reference the e70 has 18.5 with the second row seats up and 62 with them down. We have 2 dogs that accommodate the rear seat so going from 18.5 to 34.5 is a huge difference. In there I fit 2 snowboards, bindings, boots, 2 pairs of snow shoes, a dog crate, dog bed, presents, 2 helmets, Goggles, gloves, winter jackets, 2 pairs of winter boots, and 3 other pairs of shoes. I wear a size 17 so my boots/shoes take up about x2 the space as "normal" shoes. The rear cargo area was filled up to the back of the seat so I still had rearward visibility which is important to me.

Not the best pic but you get the idea


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- EOS Port Injection Manifold, Fuel-It: Stg 2 LPFP +Lines +Ethanol Sensor
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