Flower Power! BMW X5 M50i Is a Phenomenal Landscape Rover
Heaven on Earth
The flowers are another hour’s drive away, 30 miles into the park at 30mph. What awaits in those hills and dales adjacent to the Atlantic coast, is utterly spectacular. Literally billions of flowers cover the valleys. With the sun behind you, it’s difficult to believe what actually you see, smell and sense.
A carpet of flowers of every imaginable colour as far as the eye can see, makes for a literal dreamland. There are red hartebeest, zebra and wildebeest; tortoises, even puff adders and Cape cobra. But the flowers are Postberg’s proud end of winter stars.
The reserve is not a big place and you tend to be in the car for hours, sitting in awe to behold it. X5’s most comfortable fudge-colored ventilated 20-way power multi-contour front pews cosset you all day long. The dark anthracite headliner adds to the mood.
Touch the button to open the power panoramic moonroof and brighten it up. Or pick one of 12 ambient lighting hues after dark. The 4-zone climate control and active-charcoal microfilter were overshadowed this time. Just leave the windows down — toxic natural perfume overwhelms too.
X5 M50i is versatile–Practical, too.
X5 is versatile and practical too. Our spectacular lunchtime picnic out of the cavernous trunk proved how handy that 40/20/40 split rear velour carpeted cargo area really can be. It has a handy remote release too.
Never mind it’s good looking. Even in such stunning surroundings, X5 M50i’s Shadowline trim, aero kit and 20″ bi-color star-spoke wheels wrapped in all-season run-flat rubber even looks the part in this literal heaven on earth.
Tempus fugit, as they say. Even the flowers need to sleep and before we knew it, the day had slipped away. It was evening as we went through the gate at the last possible moment. The sun was setting as we turned for home.