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08-25-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiPhill' post='653985' date='Aug 25 2008, 03:43 PM

What mode did you use....?

I was in manual with sport mode on and DSC fully off. To be a bit more clear as to why the car was going into first, I was making a very tight inside right hand turn while in second gear. I had to break hard to hit the correct apex. So while breaking, the rpms came really far down. Once I was in the track out of the turn and unwinding the wheel, I accellerate with a roll on the throttle past the kick down. So the kick down is only into first. If i had a manual, I could keep the revs in the power band of 2nd gear with a throttle blip during the track in then roll the throttle hard with power and torque left in 2nd.

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08-25-2008, 12:12 PM

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Well done, awesome pics!

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08-25-2008, 12:16 PM

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My Ride: E61 CarbonBlack 535d, Ventilated and Heated Comfort Seats with Massage in Black Nasca Leather, Dark Poplar Wood, Professional Navi, Folding Rear Seats, Load Through, Advanced Remote, PDC, Bluetooth, Dimming and folding Mirrors, Bi-Xenons, Hi-Fi, Tinted

Nice! You challenged much smaller cars but after all why not use all the advantages of E60 aluminium chassis!

I love the 1st picture with the blurred background, sharp car and smoking tires.

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08-25-2008, 12:22 PM

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My Ride: 2011, X6 Hybrid . Alpine White , every option. 20" Conti' NON runflats,OEM trunk spoiler , LUX V3 AE's , HP Thunder Fogs , custom front bumper reflector delete........

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Originally Posted by tuco' post='653984' date='Aug 25 2008, 03:37 PM

Darn, W550, wish I knew you were coming up and I could have asked you to bring along the rear spoiler. I should have been in closer contact with you.

Like you, I had a nice hiway run last week, to Newport, Oregon and back. About 2500kms total and the car ran flawlessly. Checked one tank from Newport to Bellingham and got 33+ MPG (converted to Cdn gals) at speeds mostly of 120+ KPH.

Good stuff.

Tuco, sorry I had a brain fart !! I likely will be back up in early September I'll keep you posted !!

Hope all is well !!

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08-25-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by westcoast550' post='653983' date='Aug 25 2008, 03:22 PM

the other thing which was impressive was the overall comfort and ease to put several hrs behind the wheel. These really are great cars !!.

You know, we don't hear much about the comfort of the E60s. We frequently drive from Atlanta to Naples and Mrs. sixcard used to never comfortably make it all the way ... we would stay the night in Ocala. But now it's an easy ride for her in the E60.

She can even fard at high spped now!

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08-25-2008, 01:22 PM

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My Ride: 2011, E90 M3 Sedan. Alpine White.Competition package, Keyhole cover, fender reflectors in Alpine white, RPI Exhaust, 19

that looks like such an awesome way to really appreciate the power and handling on these cars.... congrads and hope you had fun!!! thanks for posting pics!