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      09-02-2011, 04:57 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Bmill View Post
According to the M5 product manager they are planning on having blue calipers on all the M5's and possible future M cars. Also the lead engineer stated in the test the ceramic brakes perfumed worst in all situations except repeated very hard braking.... Longer stopping distances... But the market demands them!
Yup, I've never understood the demand for ceramic brakes. I know a lot of racers (am one myself), and we all use steel brakes. Why would you need ceramic brakes on a street car?

I guess they keep the brake dust down, but that's a lot of money to pay for clean wheels.
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