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Old May 5, 2004 | 02:19 AM
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[SIZE=7]My 540i seemed to have tighter more precise

tracking and steering compare to my 545i. Even when the

active steering is turned off, it still seems to be lurking in

the background. Also,the new steering seems slightly

overboosted. Anyone else notice this
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Old May 5, 2004 | 07:17 AM
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What do you mean by " active steering turned off " ?
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Old May 6, 2004 | 02:12 AM
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Active steering can be temporarily disabled and the car

should exhibit standard BMW steering characteristics...

but I think they numbed it up a bit...
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Old May 6, 2004 | 05:02 AM
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How are you turning it off?
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Old May 6, 2004 | 06:36 AM
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I do not believe that active steering can be turned off. Most likely you are mixing thing's up with the disable DSC button.

DSC will use Active Steering to correct the wheel position when the car gets to its handling limit. When you disable DSC this corrective action will also be disabled but Active Steering remains active!
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Old May 6, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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Old May 6, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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the manual says that deactivating the DSC turns off the

active steering
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Old May 7, 2004 | 03:40 AM
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I couldn't find anything like that in my manual. Are you in the US? What section of the manual is it in?
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Old May 7, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by vpbmp' date='May 6 2004, 06:19 PM
the manual says that deactivating the DSC turns off the

active steering
You're wrong
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Old May 7, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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Portuguese know best...
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