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Old 08-14-2004, 11:31 AM
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check the power increase on the 525d!!!!!!!!
http://www.kempower.be/indexd.htm

Has anybody got experiance with kempower? Since it is a chip it will be difficult because they are in belgium and i am in the UK.
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With all the software problems the E60 has at present i personally would not re-chip or re-map, i would go for a box !
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I feel the car has got enough grunt, tuning does not seem to be justified.
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Originally Posted by 530dse' date='Aug 14 2004, 09:41 PM
With all the software problems the E60 has at present i personally would not re-chip or re-map, i would go for a box !
Software problems are not chip problems...
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yes, there are not that many software problems. just tmc and mp3 which will be solved in september/october.
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And the radio freezing, I-drive freezing, satnav freezing
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i dont have them problems.
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[quote name='Iceman' date='Aug 14 2004, 09:20 PM']
Software problems are not chip problems...

And theres me thinking you have to rewrite the software for the chip!
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Originally Posted by 530dse' date='Aug 15 2004, 04:12 PM
And theres me thinking you have to rewrite the software for the chip!
Well, not the idrive software, and that's the software with the problems, isn't it ?
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I should imagine that all the software programed into the vehicle is linked in one way or another.


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