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My Ride: 2005 545i SMG Alpine White/Black Leather, Sport, Logic7, Cold Weather, Navigation
I hit 161mph in my SMG 545i on the way to florida from NY on I-95. It displayed it on the HUD. The RPM was only at about 4,500 in 6th gear which means it probably would hit at lease 175 without a governor... just my 2cents. By the way, that drive was the best drive of my life.
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From: BROOKLYN,NY USA
My Ride: E60 "Stripper"
Now C6 "Stripper"
Bugs bugging you guys? I've done about 120 easy, but i'm concerned about road debris from tractor trailers and people who can't keep themselves straight in the left lane (i.e. Belt Parkway/BQE) kicking up crap from the shoulder & striking my ride at high speeds. No the colgan bra probably wouldn't even help.
Jesus,
I've seen dead dogs, hubcaps, bumpers, chicken cages, milk crates, etc. floatin' around out there. 
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i think that iceman has is limiter off.
check with him.
check with him.
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Originally Posted by Alpine545' date='Jun 23 2005, 01:00 PM
I hit 161mph in my SMG 545i on the way to florida from NY on I-95. It displayed it on the HUD. The RPM was only at about 4,500 in 6th gear which means it probably would hit at lease 175 without a governor... just my 2cents. By the way, that drive was the best drive of my life.
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161mph on the dash is about 155 in reality I woud say. somewhere I saw an article with the comparison of dash speen vs real spead by laser radar....
The higher the speed the beggier the difference, in very high speed it can be difference up to 10mph
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From: Chicagoland
My Ride: 545i, Steptronic, coldweather, comfort seats, Logic 7, front/rear seat heaters, navigation. sirius
Originally Posted by PeterJoyce' date='Jun 23 2005, 11:50 PM
I dont think so because every car in US is supposed to have a 155 mph limit, right?
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Vettes, Vipers, Porsches and quite a few other will go to terminal velocity.
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Originally Posted by HaTe In Ur EyeZ' date='Jun 23 2005, 04:04 AM
if you have the head up display, it should tell you exactly how fast you are going.
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My Ride: 2003 X5 3.0----->gone
2004 Porsche Cayenne S : Gemballa front and back bodykit, fabspeed bypass pipes, Gemballa exhaust pipes, full option, 20" factory sport design rims------>gone
2005 545i 6-spd manual---->de-badged, CDV removal, Autosolutions short shift kit, resonator removal, premium package, PDC, xenon, almost full options, hardwire V1 install ....looking for mods...
2007 550i 6-spd----> Premium package, sport package, Logic7, heated everything, Rogue Engineering SSK, CDV removal, hardwire V1 install, aFe cold air intake, Custom Magnaflow exhaust....
Dammit....guess people like me will never be able to fully *discover* our top speed since we have no HUD...
Yeah my car does 155mph in 5th gear at 5K rpm so i guess there is still some more to it!!!
Yeah my car does 155mph in 5th gear at 5K rpm so i guess there is still some more to it!!!