is it wrong that i cant sleep?

Dangerous said:
I know you will be all shocked but the video is almost done! :eek: I extended my holiday and have been editing for about 4 days now :D
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not counting my chickens yet! lol

i think an f-reg sierra is a slightly different market segment to a new M5, but thanks for quoting one thing thats similar about them ;)
 
Nice buy Tomo , I hope we see more of that E60 in your hands than we did whilst Spie owned it........

I cannot tell you how green with envy I am!

Spie said:
My poor car :(
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You don't want it back already do you? ;)
 
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eidolon said:
Surely you'd expect the opposite though. If BMW sell a car with 500BHP+ then surely the gearbox should be capable of handling the power (and some more to allow for those who want to mod it)

I'd understand if it was 250BHP which was then modded to produce 500BHP, then I'd expect the gearbox to be a potential weak spot as it wasn't designed for the additional power.
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The original mapping for the engine/box actually uses a set of limiters to keep torque levels down to safe levels in the lower gears. The DMS remapping removes some of these.
 
Alibaba99 said:
The original mapping for the engine/box actually uses a set of limiters to keep torque levels down to safe levels in the lower gears. The DMS remapping removes some of these.
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Now, I don't mean to tell BMW how to design a car (well....maybe I do actually) but surely you design in some kind of safety margin with a car like this? If your engine produces, say, 500NM of torque then you fit a gearbox that can take that plus a chunk more. You don't fit a gearbox that is absolutely marginal as to if it can take the torque or not.

I'm fairly certain that the gearbox BMW use can take the torque though. It's just the ridiculous supercomputer controlling it that screws things up. I'm still waiting for BMW to give a reason that makes sense for not allowing the manual 'box as an option for the UK/Euro market, given that the US and Canada can have it....
 
car is back at Sytner City now. will come back to me either later today or tomorrow with a diagnosis. hopefully it will be back to me soon! :)

i will appreciate it so much more having been in the zafira for a week!
 
TomO said:
car is back at Sytner City now. will come back to me either later today or tomorrow with a diagnosis. hopefully it will be back to me soon! :)

i will appreciate it so much more having been in the zafira for a week!
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Awww so much that you wont kill on your next trip out there? :p
 
eidolon said:
Surely you'd expect the opposite though. If BMW sell a car with 500BHP+ then surely the gearbox should be capable of handling the power (and some more to allow for those who want to mod it)

I'd understand if it was 250BHP which was then modded to produce 500BHP, then I'd expect the gearbox to be a potential weak spot as it wasn't designed for the additional power.
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Not so, trucks are big power (and bigger torque!) and you can easily trash a transmission / driveline with abuse.

Thats not to say trucks have weak transmissions, far from it, you just have to treat them properly.

I see no reason why a 507 BHP BMW would be any different.

I'm surprised BMW did'nt use the track useage as a warranty claim "get out" , good on them that they did'nt!
 
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Vibez said:
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Holy thread revival batman
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Did you read the thread?

TomO was having his car sent back from Germany, which takes some time and then it needed diagnostic work, not such a holy thread revival tbh!

He's probably just looning around in the Noble and not bothered by the M5 anymore!
 
wonder_lander said:
Did you read the thread?

TomO was having his car sent back from Germany, which takes some time and then it needed diagnostic work, not such a holy thread revival tbh!

He's probably just looning around in the Noble and not bothered by the M5 anymore!
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The l00n had to have a new clutch :p
 
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