Questions to LCI & CP owners

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by bimmer-boy

Hi John, do you have them
Wired permanently open? Or is it remote?

Wired Permanent

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by mstmng

i agree with B1 and i also agree with John, only due the ROADS fact in UK, which are terrible
my car never drives straight in uk, when i take hands of steering wheel to check my alignment
as soon as i hit french highway it drives straight
checked it many times with x6m, my m3 and my m5
all my friends have same issues

c'mon John, Germany is just couple hours drive away
and UK has LOADS of amazing race tracks

I am too Old for race tracks now,
Still like to blast now and then though.

[mstmng]

Originally Posted by johnbmw6

I am too Old for race tracks now,
Still like to blast now and then though.

u r never old, as long you are driving an M

[B-1Pilot]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Your car always looks lower at the rear than mine, moving or not

Perhaps it's acceleration or luggage?

No luggage, just me and the passenger....

In this picture its because I am going about 48 MPH on a 30 degree banked curve

I also think the CP wheels and silverstone color give a bit of a illusion of the car sitting a bit lower.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by johnbmw6

In all honesty the M5 is overkill here no doubt.
There is not many places we can exploit the car at all, thats probably why I said what I said.
I will never be able to run this car to it's max. But I still want one.
You are not picking a fight just expressing what you believe , if I lived in a country that I could fully use this car I just May have been tempted by CP.
PS) the exhaust did not sound that much different to me.

Agreed M5 is overkill in the UK, I'd go further and say even 550i / 535d are excessive, but it's still good to have plenty in reserve

CP is firmer than non CP; if that's not the experience you are after non-CP is still a very special car.

I drove the pre lci m5 fairly hard (I don't believe the non-CP lci sounds any different) and now that I've stopped babying the CP, exhaust is definitely louder IMO. Have not used full throttle yet, however, goes from quiet to almost thunderous under load.

[utahm5]

[bimmer-boy]

Originally Posted by mstmng

wheels might be growing on you me and 100s other people, but they are NOT forged and weight MORE than 343M, which are FORGED

so i find it very stupid move from bmw

Wasn't there another thread on here, saying that the 343 weren't forged either?

Or was that just b*******

[Neil McRae]

according to BMW both the launch of the he car and the brochures they are forged. weight would suggest it also.

[bimmer-boy]

Originally Posted by Neil McRae

according to BMW both the launch of the he car and the brochures they are forged. weight would suggest it also.

So you saying the 343's and 601's are both forged?? Is there no official word from bmw?

[dhirm5]

Originally Posted by bimmer-boy

So you saying the 343's and 601's are both forged?? Is there no official word from bmw?

Best current info is that the 601M's are around 5 lb heavier at each corner than the 343M in the M5 application.

There is no confirmed info beyond that, though most take this to mean that the 343M is forged, and the 601M is not.

At the end of the day, You're not going to notice 5lb regardless unless you are actually tracking the car, and even then I question whether you could.

HOWEVER - I agree it is odd and backwards that BMW would deliver a heavier wheel with an inferior manufacturing tech with their "Competition Pak".

[Neil McRae]

Originally Posted by bimmer-boy

So you saying the 343's and 601's are both forged?? Is there no official word from bmw?

i meant the 343s

601s i doubt it owing to the weight of them.