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Originally Posted by Bmill
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!
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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.