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Car Forum / BMW Cars / December 2004Hello and Owner of a new (to me) 530i
Hi, Wanted to make my first post to the group. Purchased a 2002 530i Sport/Premium about 3.5 months ago. What a wonderful machine! I found the 528 a little too sluggish, and the 540 more than required...the 530i fit just right. Happy motoring! Bo  Signaturewww.estix.com Well, good for you. No doubt a nice car. You have a manual or auto? - GRL > Hi, > Wanted to make my first post to the group. Purchased a 2002 530i > Sport/Premium about 3.5 months ago. What a wonderful machine! I found the > 528 a little too sluggish, and the 540 more than required...the 530i fit > just right. Happy motoring! > Bo Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you want to. Bo Signaturewww.estix.com > Well, good for you. No doubt a nice car. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> just right. Happy motoring! >> Bo > Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you > want to. Do you still bother? I played with mine as you do with a new toy, but then forgot it. Sports mode with liberal use of kickdown gets the settings where I like them when pressing on. Signature*Why is it that rain drops but snow falls? Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you >> want to. > > Do you still bother? I played with mine as you do with a new toy, but then > forgot it. Sports mode with liberal use of kickdown gets the settings > where I like them when pressing on. I do. I usually drive the car in Sport mode, but when I get on a twisty road where I can play it stays in Selectronic mode. Sport mode is good, but it can't anticipate the need to be in a lower gear when entering a corner so as to be ready to power out of the corner. SignatureThe instructions said to use Windows 98 or better, so I installed RedHat. > I do. I usually drive the car in Sport mode, but when I get on a twisty > road where I can play it stays in Selectronic mode. Sport mode is good, > but it can't anticipate the need to be in a lower gear when entering a > corner so as to be ready to power out of the corner. Trouble is, on the sorts of roads I like to do this in, you're looking at second gear corners. Touch the rev limit, and it changes up regardless. On a manual, you'd simply ease up slightly to maintain it at peak power. Perhaps it's just the 528 where the two are so close. Nanny state gearboxes... Signature*A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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