My 2006 530i sounds just like an E46 M3

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07-21-2005, 07:57 AM

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My Ride: 2006 530i Sport Silver Gray - Black Leather - Anthracite Maple Manual Transmission Premium Audio Cold Weather Package Rear sunshade Sirius Radio Autobahnd Roadblock (3M) film kit

I have always thought my car sounded very nice - almost exotic. Yesterday, at a four-way stop sign, an E46 M3 convertible pulled away from the stop sign just before I did and ran the revs up quite a bit. I pulled away just seconds after it did - making a point to accelerate similarly, and the sound was -identical-. Pretty cool that BMW would tune a non-M car like mine to sound just as good. Just thought I'd share.

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07-21-2005, 08:12 AM

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One thing for sure is that BMW is very good at making their 6 & 8 cylinder engines & exhaust notes sound very good. (nice & deep especiaIIy at idle & low revs)!

I have 2 friends that own C & E class Mercs that admit that in comparison their cars sound like tractors.

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07-21-2005, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BMW#5' date='Jul 21 2005, 11:12 AM

One thing for sure is that BMW is very good at making their 6 & 8 cylinder engines & exhaust notes sound very good. (nice & deep especiaIIy at idle & low revs)!

I have 2 friends that own? C & E class Mercs that admit that in comparison their cars sound like tractors.

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That's okay. Infiniti cars sound like fire trucks.

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