Just twice with the X5. First time was when I rented a 34' Genie hydraulic boom lift on a trailer. (If you are going to put up Christmas lights, got to do it right). The rental yard didn't think I could tow it, having never seen a BMW in their yard, and so gave lots of thumbs up. It towed fine, but it was rather long. The second time was when I towed a 20' x 8' tandem axle flatdeck heavy equipment trailer that a parade float was built on (it was essentially empty, and we were going 10 kph). The X5 handled the parade fine.

Random thumbs up used to happen regularly with the Z4, and even more so with my Morgan +4 sports car.

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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue