<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HUMMERDOGG:
OOPS, just looked it up and it seems the X5 just gets by with a GVWR of 6000... "Hair of your chinny chin, chin..."
GVWR are listed below at this link:
http://www.gonecamping.net/stories/tow_ratings.html
Sorry mambodoc for leading you astray. Hopefully this tax deduction doesn't influence your decision between H2 and X5...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Those weights listed on GoneCamping are tow limits, not Gross Vehicle Weight Ratings. Two different things I thought. GVRW is roughly the curb weight (empty vehicle except for fuel) plus payload/cargo weight. But the site is not clear. Looking at the right side, they indicate they are listing GVWR. The list itself looks like tow limits. Are they in fact the same thing? I don't think so, but if the are, then the info is inaccurate, at least for the X5.
I thought the X5 GVWR was around 6,400. A woman who works for me has a BMW X5 4.4i. We just looked inside her door jamb and, sure enough, the GVWR is 6,405. It may vary slightly for the model above and the model below the 4.4i (or not vary at all) but it definately is NOT 6,000 as listed on gonecamping.net.
If the X5 was exactly 6,000 pounds it would not qualify since the GVWR must be in excess of 6,000 pounds, not 6,000 pounds or more.
Nancy
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