The Swedish elk test -
10-24-2005, 04:52 PM
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My friend (who is Swedish) just returned from Europe and I guess everyone is talking about
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
10-24-2005, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by wulff1' date='Oct 24 2005, 07:52 PM
My friend (who is Swedish) just returned from Europe and I guess everyone is talking about
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
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10-24-2005, 11:51 PM
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No: the conditions of this test are suspect (car overloaded).
I was twice in real emergency situation avoiding obstacles at speed over 130 kph, and trust me, the car is realy stable and safe.
I was twice in real emergency situation avoiding obstacles at speed over 130 kph, and trust me, the car is realy stable and safe.
10-25-2005, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by wulff1' date='Oct 25 2005, 01:52 AM
My friend (who is Swedish) just returned from Europe and I guess everyone is talking about
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
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Certainly not from the magazine in question (Teknikens V?rld).
10-25-2005, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by moema535d' date='Oct 25 2005, 08:32 PM
[quote name='wulff1' date='Oct 25 2005, 01:52 AM']My friend (who is Swedish) just returned from Europe and I guess everyone is talking about
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
how the E60 fully loaded failed the dreaded elk test.
His father has one on order but in Sweden the 5-series has become the butt of jokes -
Any update on if BMW made any conclusions about the test car?? Was it the runflats, or the small tires on the test car?
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Certainly not from the magazine in question (Teknikens V?rld).
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[/quote]hmm... I thought every one there drives a Volvo. So naturally any other cars will be a joke.
10-25-2005, 05:40 AM
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Not every one of us drives a Volvo 
To balance things a bit, the magazine in question (Teknikens V?rld) tend to be pro BMW in general. I've read several readers letters complaining about them been to pro BMW (Probably Volvo owners
)
However BMW may have relaxed the DSC programming a bit to far to obtain maximum safety (I've been really sideways with my M3 out of an roundabout at ~80 Km/h
)
I and may other enthusiasts can live with that because we like the driving experiance it provides but the general focus here in Sweden (by both press an authorities) is road safety thats probably why this gets so much attention.
At least the BMW didn't end up on it's roof as the Mercedes A-class did when it first were introduced
To balance things a bit, the magazine in question (Teknikens V?rld) tend to be pro BMW in general. I've read several readers letters complaining about them been to pro BMW (Probably Volvo owners
)However BMW may have relaxed the DSC programming a bit to far to obtain maximum safety (I've been really sideways with my M3 out of an roundabout at ~80 Km/h
)I and may other enthusiasts can live with that because we like the driving experiance it provides but the general focus here in Sweden (by both press an authorities) is road safety thats probably why this gets so much attention.
At least the BMW didn't end up on it's roof as the Mercedes A-class did when it first were introduced
10-25-2005, 06:21 AM
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