E60s in hot climates
03-04-2006, 11:35 AM
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Hello there, i read some posts on this fourm regarding differences in cars destined to hot climates. Could anybody provide me with more info on what the differences are, eg. to cooling fans. I am interested as it seems bmw do not change the car if it is destined for a cold country such as scotland... 
03-04-2006, 01:02 PM
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Someone who knows should stop buy to help soon. I know that BMW has a cold-weather package that helps a car along in the cold. And, it has various heated options (e.g., heated seats and steering wheel) to help the driver and passengers out. But, I am not sure if it offers any truly heavy duty cold-weather gear for the car, itself. And, check out Ricracing's recent thread about icy driving; you can inquire there.
Someone who knows should stop buy to help soon. I know that BMW has a cold-weather package that helps a car along in the cold. And, it has various heated options (e.g., heated seats and steering wheel) to help the driver and passengers out. But, I am not sure if it offers any truly heavy duty cold-weather gear for the car, itself. And, check out Ricracing's recent thread about icy driving; you can inquire there.
03-04-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='249863' date='Mar 4 2006, 04:02 PM
Hi:
Someone who knows should stop buy to help soon. I know that BMW has a cold-weather package that helps a car along in the cold. And, it has various heated options (e.g., heated seats and steering wheel) to help the driver and passengers out. But, I am not sure if it offers any truly heavy duty cold-weather gear for the car, itself. And, check out Ricracing's recent thread about icy driving; you can inquire there.
Someone who knows should stop buy to help soon. I know that BMW has a cold-weather package that helps a car along in the cold. And, it has various heated options (e.g., heated seats and steering wheel) to help the driver and passengers out. But, I am not sure if it offers any truly heavy duty cold-weather gear for the car, itself. And, check out Ricracing's recent thread about icy driving; you can inquire there.
Znod you deserve a noble prize for looking after everyone. We are lucky to have you on this forum.
03-04-2006, 04:23 PM
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I live in one of the hottest cities in the US (Fresno) where it's regularly over 100 for most of August. I don't think my car is any different than anywhere else. In fact I have the cold weather package on mine 
. Hey, it gets down to the 50's in the winter and those heated seats feel good 
. Hey, it gets down to the 50's in the winter and those heated seats feel good
03-04-2006, 06:18 PM
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I'm interested in knowing the answer to this myself.
Where I live, it sits in the 30-40 degree celsius range and in the 70-80% humidity range during summer. I've often found myself sitting in my car in this scorching weather and wondering if the cars are built to stand this sort of weather. Mind you, having a titanium grey car with black interior doesn't make things cooler either.
I wasn't aware that there were any mods made to enable cars to operate in their destination. You learn something new everyday...
Where I live, it sits in the 30-40 degree celsius range and in the 70-80% humidity range during summer. I've often found myself sitting in my car in this scorching weather and wondering if the cars are built to stand this sort of weather. Mind you, having a titanium grey car with black interior doesn't make things cooler either.
I wasn't aware that there were any mods made to enable cars to operate in their destination. You learn something new everyday...
03-05-2006, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneyremington' post='249916' date='Mar 4 2006, 09:23 PM
I live in one of the hottest cities in the US (Fresno) where it's regularly over 100 for most of August.
03-05-2006, 08:14 AM
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100 f...eheheh...ur lucky....100f is around 38 celsius...i wish i would stay that hot during june, july, and august,.... live in bahrain(midle east) a desert country... on a few occasions i have left other cars in the sun during mid day and when i return the temp reads 51deg celsius,that about 124 f, when u move and the wind blows at the car it can go down to about 45c....this is my first year in my e60....and i havnt yet fully tried the ac but at those tempratures i tell it will really test the cars air con...u can even feel tthe car has significatly less engine power, the heat really effects it. the roads have a lot less grip in the heat..u can be supprised how little grip there is on a dry road...., and when u are in stop and go traffic....all of a sudden you hear the engine fans running...somettimes u can stop the car...and the fan will keep runing for a few minutes to cool the car down...
03-05-2006, 08:47 AM
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waw, 51deg. sounds hot!!! never experienced that before. i can imagine this must really kill the car, the engine must get baked when you are stationary. I had no idea that the roads would be less grippy though! learn something new everyday...
03-05-2006, 09:07 AM
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We are at 6000 feet abive sea level and with hot summers for 5 to 6 months a year.
As a result BMW detuned the 530D's sold here from 160 to 150kw and no 535D.
As a result BMW detuned the 530D's sold here from 160 to 150kw and no 535D.
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Originally Posted by juventus' post='249864' date='Mar 4 2006, 05:13 PM
Znod you deserve a noble prize for looking after everyone. We are lucky to have you on this forum.