Top Speed
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Yeah of course u'll not try to top speed the car on bad roads, or dangerous roads but given a rather empty highway u can try that. Anyuway my question is: can't we get the speed indicators from tuners for e60? to allow a higher top speed?
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Originally Posted by M-at-Home' date='Jun 27 2005, 03:53 PM
E60 530D 2004 - topspeed 257 km/h = 159 mph on PDA GPS,
on the dash about 263 km/h
on the dash about 263 km/h
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Wow it's seriously quick. Is it standard? Any mods? I ask because i NEVER drove an e60 and my 535d is on the way. Wow...so the 535d must be a bit faster even then a 530d (ignoring the limiter). I know from my own experience the limiter has it's breaches and allows you from time to time to go a bit faster than the limit. T
That's why i ask if there's a way to change the tachometer, speed dials to a higher marked ones. Maybe from hamann or ac schnitzer or smth?!?
Any of you guys know smth about this?
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I read somewhere that in the E39 M5 you could hit 155mph in 5th then change up to 6th and it would go way over the limiter. (Or 4th then 5th if only five speed box)
Might work in 545i manual.
Might work in 545i manual.
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Yeah, well, I don't really want to go over my 120mph limit, 'cause of that stupid whistling noise from my windshield that the dealer won't fix! Besides, I'm going home right now to do my traffice school on line!!! 
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Jun 28 2005, 03:12 PM
I read somewhere that in the E39 M5 you could hit 155mph in 5th then change up to 6th and it would go way over the limiter. (Or 4th then 5th if only five speed box)
Might work in 545i manual.
Might work in 545i manual.
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Its a 6 speed... and where did you hear that?? I've never hard of that and I've been following the E39 M5 too closly since 1999... maybe I missed it!
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Yep like I said...I hit 155mph in 5th gear at 5000RPM.....should there be no limiter...i would still have 1500rpm in fifth and the whole of 6th gear to play around with, and I'm guessing I would be able to surpass the 170 mph mark....175 maybe????? thats what im curious to find out.....i'm addicted to speed....