My M5 has arrived!
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I have been able to do it 10 times in less than 5 minutes (at traffic lights) , with no problems whatsoever.
dont blame me thou, i live in a country where everything is not as supposed to be, here the first bmw m6 was delivered on the 22nd June , way before general release. And now we have 7 m6s and only 2 m5s ...
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anyways i "test-drove" the m5 on a closed curcuit, and since i was not allowed to do LC (of course, considering it was a car for a customer) , i tried the above method which had i had learned from my m3. No luck though, the revs just started building up from idle and the car did accelerate , but nowhere as ferociously as it would with LC...
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Wow, M6's since June?
Must be nice for those 7 lucky owners...well, the 2 M5 owners are lucky too.
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So, what country do you live in?
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Originally Posted by Centurion' post='197391' date='Nov 13 2005, 12:32 AM
Is this a quicker way to get the car to accelerate? In other words, do you notice better quarter-mile times with this method over doing the 'real' launch control method (holding the shifter forward, fully depressing the gas, then letting go of the shifter)?
I have been able to do it 10 times in less than 5 minutes (at traffic lights) , with no problems whatsoever.
dont blame me thou, i live in a country where everything is not as supposed to be, here the first bmw m6 was delivered on the 22nd June , way before general release. And now we have 7 m6s and only 2 m5s ...
![Wacko](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/wacko.gif)
anyways i "test-drove" the m5 on a closed curcuit, and since i was not allowed to do LC (of course, considering it was a car for a customer) , i tried the above method which had i had learned from my m3. No luck though, the revs just started building up from idle and the car did accelerate , but nowhere as ferociously as it would with LC...
Must be nice for those 7 lucky owners...well, the 2 M5 owners are lucky too.
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So, what country do you live in?
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in bulgaria ! at least i am proud to say i had the first m3 there (strangely enough) it was imported on the 6th May 2003 for my birthday.
I must say anyone that thinks of visiting will be quite astonished, we have 4 mclaren slrs, 6 maybach 62s , around 10 bentley conti gts, 2 carrera gts...
as for the 5 series, there are at least a thousand now , and considering the city is not big (1million) i see about 50 of them everyday , so ive decided to go with a 4.8is (soon when i get the money)
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oh and the first m6 was delivered at a cost of 178000euro so the guy could be first
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he also paid 120000 for the new merc s500 which was meant to be a demo vehicle for eastern europe,
but he bought it on the 7th august.
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='198070' date='Nov 14 2005, 07:46 AM
in bulgaria ! at least i am proud to say i had the first m3 there (strangely enough) it was imported on the 6th May 2003 for my birthday.
I must say anyone that thinks of visiting will be quite astonished, we have 4 mclaren slrs, 6 maybach 62s , around 10 bentley conti gts, 2 carrera gts...
as for the 5 series, there are at least a thousand now , and considering the city is not big (1million) i see about 50 of them everyday , so ive decided to go with a 4.8is (soon when i get the money)
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oh and the first m6 was delivered at a cost of 178000euro so the guy could be first![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
he also paid 120000 for the new merc s500 which was meant to be a demo vehicle for eastern europe,
but he bought it on the 7th august.
//edit
sorry to be offtopic![Wink](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/wink.gif)
I must say anyone that thinks of visiting will be quite astonished, we have 4 mclaren slrs, 6 maybach 62s , around 10 bentley conti gts, 2 carrera gts...
as for the 5 series, there are at least a thousand now , and considering the city is not big (1million) i see about 50 of them everyday , so ive decided to go with a 4.8is (soon when i get the money)
//edit
oh and the first m6 was delivered at a cost of 178000euro so the guy could be first
![Smile](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/smile.gif)
he also paid 120000 for the new merc s500 which was meant to be a demo vehicle for eastern europe,
but he bought it on the 7th august.
//edit
sorry to be offtopic
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Winter wheels are on! 19" seems very small compared to the 21" Hartges ![Whistling](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/whistling.gif)
Now 255?s - before 295?s :thumbsdown:
Now it?s a long 4 months before the 21" wheels will be on again!
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Now 255?s - before 295?s :thumbsdown:
Now it?s a long 4 months before the 21" wheels will be on again!
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Originally Posted by Stealthblue' post='200540' date='Nov 19 2005, 08:34 AM
Look at it the positive way... at least you didn't have to downgrade to 18's! ![Laughing](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/laughing.gif)
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I wouldn?t dare! It drives very bad now with the " small " wheels and wintertyres! :thumbsdown: