How many Sport package 5's do you see on road?
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Originally Posted by CVTBenhogan' post='857177' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:01 PM
Well another big difference is the staggered wheels if you get the V8. The suspension is tuned slightly different. The sport has a stiffer feeling out the box and ars only kicks in at high corning loads. I could be wrong Maybe its the runflats and the lower profile tires? Is also possible there are bigger brakes with the sport too? Their massive babies.
Btw. Before the lci. The sport pack was the best option for the money. Bar none.
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Btw. Before the lci. The sport pack was the best option for the money. Bar none.
CVT
FYI .. the 535i (regular sport package) also comes with an OEM staggered runflat setup (8.0" front and 9.0" rears). For some reason though the 2010 535i M-sport comes with 18x8" all around .. I'll never understand why. The 550i though comes with 19x8" fronts and 19x9.5" rears NON-RUNFLATS .. the way bmw and god intended.
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I see a lot of V8 cars mostly non sport and the 6 cylinder cars are mostly non sport as well.
My car has both SP and LP so I have the comfort seats. I have gotten a little confused by some of the posts here. My car is an '07 so what exactly constitutes the SP? I know the 7 spoke wheels, steering wheel and lowering/stiffer springs but what else, or is there anything else? I haven't seen anything about ARS for my production year.
My car has both SP and LP so I have the comfort seats. I have gotten a little confused by some of the posts here. My car is an '07 so what exactly constitutes the SP? I know the 7 spoke wheels, steering wheel and lowering/stiffer springs but what else, or is there anything else? I haven't seen anything about ARS for my production year.
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I see a lot of V8 cars mostly non sport and the 6 cylinder cars are mostly non sport as well.
My car has both SP and LP so I have the comfort seats. I have gotten a little confused by some of the posts here. My car is an '07 so what exactly constitutes the SP? I know the 7 spoke wheels, steering wheel and lowering/stiffer springs but what else, or is there anything else? I haven't seen anything about ARS for my production year.
My car has both SP and LP so I have the comfort seats. I have gotten a little confused by some of the posts here. My car is an '07 so what exactly constitutes the SP? I know the 7 spoke wheels, steering wheel and lowering/stiffer springs but what else, or is there anything else? I haven't seen anything about ARS for my production year.
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When I'm in Atlanta (especially on the northside) I've noticed more V8's (mostly 545i's). But that's no surprise since that's where most of the money is.
In my neck of the woods it's almost all 525's and 530's non-sport. I've only seen one 535i and it had next to NO options. Its kinda funny since its the same color as mine - I've parked right next to it once and the differences between the two are glaring. I've only seen one 550i where I live and only one "M" when I took my car in for service.
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As the little boy said in "The sixth sense:" I see non-sport E60s. 
Seriously, seems that in this corner of the country I see mostly X-drive E60s and the few RWDs seem to be mostly non-sport. We have our own version of the Grand Canyon on our roads and anything over 17" would pretty much guarantee at least one cracked or bent rim a year.
Seriously, seems that in this corner of the country I see mostly X-drive E60s and the few RWDs seem to be mostly non-sport. We have our own version of the Grand Canyon on our roads and anything over 17" would pretty much guarantee at least one cracked or bent rim a year.
