cidair

After a 3200 km drive on the German autobahn I?m still very impressed by my 545. It?s just a terrific and wonderful car to drive. The topspeed limiter kicks in at 256 km/h ( once or twice even 258 km/h ). Fells like there are an extra 15 km/h in there!

cidair

It was hard to keep the average speed above 125 km/h. Too much traffic.

cidair

I missed the moving Map feature of the Prof Nav very much on this trip.

Still waiting for the retrofit - 3 months now


Fuel consumption at full throttle = 26.4 l / 100 km ( ~ 11 mpg ).

jonboy

cidair

congratulations on what must be one of the best pics posted to date, 155 mph on HUD and crystal clear - well done!

jonboy

cidair

Thanks! It was a little bit of and effort to get it right

Mack1

cidair,

I notice your HUD displays everything in km, not miles. Our car is fully loaded with pro NAV;however, everything in our car reflects miles to include the HUD. How did you change those settings? Secondly, one of the best autobahn to test the car without traffic is autobahn #63 from Wiesbaden to K-town.
The wife has just reached 1000 miles on the car and has only driven 130 mph due to bad traffic on autobahn 3 and 6. Hopefully, next month I will get a chance to really test the car on 63. Several years ago I had a 911 turbo that i really loved driving on 63 at speeds above 280 kms (german spec).

The wife told me she heard a little noises coming from the comfort seats at 130 mph.

Did you hear any sounds from the comforts seats with your radio turned off at 256 km?

Mack1

Desert530

cidair,
you mentioned something about having the 8.8" screen instead of this small one that you have. Is it possible to do that, and how costly is it?

cidair

I started to get some squeking noises from the drivers side door. Nothing from the comf seats.

The 8.8" screnn / Prof. Nav costs appr. 900 USD to retrofit in Sweden.

gdavis

I'm impressed! That is truly an amazing speed! Not only did you do it, but the 5 series demostrates incredible control....

Wow.

Can you do that one in Sweden??????

(We can't here!!!!!)

Tuga

The 250 Km/h (speedometer) are very easy to reach in this kind of cars.
I usually reach it in a 730d E65. Several times side by side with other cars (M3) and other 250 km/h machines.
The thing is that if you want a little more, it's very easy in Germany (and not much expensive) to take out the speed limiter of 250 km/h.
Believe me, you will reach 265 Km/h....
I tried once a E39 M5 with and without the speed limiter.
Before the change it will go to 255/260 after the remove 290/295 in the speedometer.
The same with M3, 525d, 530d, .....
Enjoy it.