09-04-2014, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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Wish we had Couple of options in M5
Dropped my car for the 1200 mile service...
So far i was thoroughly impressed and more than happy with the purchase.. heard it will get better after this service. But i wish we had the option of ading ceramic controls and Auto H Auto H, may be technically not feasible but adding ceramic controls to this cabin would have added that extra fineese to it. Last edited by ImperialBlue; 09-04-2014 at 10:02 AM.. |
09-04-2014, 10:05 AM | #2 |
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Why would you want Auto Hold? The F10 M5 already holds the car from rolling back on hills when you take your foot off the brake.
For the other feature of the Auto Hold where it applies the parking brake for you while you are driving like in heavy bumper to bumper traffic, the DCT doesn't act like an 8spd Auto BMW transmission. Once you've come to a complete stop the M5 will not begin to move forward automatically. Creep mode I actually find useful in heavy traffic. Creep mode can bring the car up to 6mph I think. So it makes no sense to have Auto Hold with the DCT transmission. Ceramic controls would be nice though, but I'm sure that it adds more weight to the car which is the last thing the M5 needs.
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I did the retrofit a while ago. Ceramic controls are not available from factory and the retrofit is very expensive if you want to change all buttons. The HVAC unit must be replaced to swap out the control buttons (and coded) . http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showpos...1&postcount=15
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It IS surprising that the ceramic controls are not even an option. I would have gotten them. Same concept of full leather. It's a necessity for me to feel like I'm in a $110k 5er, vs a $50k 5er. But that's just me.
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The ceramic controls are very nice - strange why they don't provide it as an option. I can't believe it has anything to do with weight.
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