the way E60 was meant to be
11-16-2012, 06:38 PM
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11-16-2012, 08:41 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
Disagree if you want but I'm telling you what I'm telling you that pertains to my car 2004, which is fully loaded and has every option besides the cold climate options. Honestly I don't have time to figure out the differences on different models etc, but putting it in "sport" mode only changes the steering stiffness on my E60. If i put in D/S mode then it changes shifting band. Never had a problem with throttle lag so I couldn't tell you. Perhaps it's different because I upgraded all my software in 2011 to v46. Who knows..... who cares.
11-17-2012, 11:07 AM
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I went out riding today for the first time and tested it. Yes, there is absolutely a difference between DS and Sport mode. In fact if you put them in Sport and DS, DS overrides the Sport control and you get 6th gear.
All i can say is when i hit that button the car drives and feels like i got out of one car and got in another on every level. Very impressed for a cheap mod. I damn near spun the car all the way around in sport mode with DSC on going around a corner with a mildly wet road.
All i can say is when i hit that button the car drives and feels like i got out of one car and got in another on every level. Very impressed for a cheap mod. I damn near spun the car all the way around in sport mode with DSC on going around a corner with a mildly wet road.
11-17-2012, 11:31 AM
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re-re-installed, correctly this time
As you can see my plate and iDrive knob could use refreshing, but i'm going the cheap route for now. While installing the button I found that the cover plate has shifter related electronics built into it that probably also come on the new piece. That may help explain the high price.
11-17-2012, 11:59 AM
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Is there a how to on removing the radio faceplate to get behind there easier, I want to try this but I think theres to much to remove to have access to the back of the dsc control module!
11-17-2012, 01:53 PM
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Apparently the button will control DTC & DSC regardless of what's on written on it. There was a thread about it:
https://5series.net/forums/e60-discu...ged-name-6363/
Last edited by bmwfive; 11-17-2012 at 01:57 PM.
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11-17-2012, 02:44 PM
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Go back and read the thread through. Someone posted the full instructions on removing all of this with pictures in a PDF. Towards the first few pages i believe. Hope that helps.