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      12-27-2010, 03:50 PM   #5
Finnero
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Drives: X1 sDrive 1.8D
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Finland

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I have my own X1 for one week only (nice Christmas gift to myself), also have plenty of driving experience of different BMWs as a renting cars in Germany and on the German roads and in the German forests. So here I have some words to share regarding the off-road abilities.

x5 which I drove last March went above and beyond. No comments and nothing to add. It just goes along the road and with no any road at all. Look at the photos below

I have took this picture before entering to the forest
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The next one was taken at the end of this forest trip
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Nothing to complain about beside of some euros charged by the renting company for cleaning the car.

X1 which I own:
sDrive 1.8D, Manual
Tires: 225/50-17 Nokia 7 XL RFT

I don't like how it goes on the heavy snowy roads. Especially on these days when we have "tons" of snow in Finland and the roads are not very clean.
When you are about to take the acceleration lane before entering the highways, you have to run the car on the first gear and 3500 RPM to speed it up, otherwise the engine stalls (lucky it has stop-and-go and you only need to push the clutch to start it over).
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