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Old 09-16-2004, 07:07 AM   #1
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Default Auto Motor Sport Road-Test :E60 Bmw M5

For the people who don't speak german
The main points were:

- no negative points, except consumption
- the best overall performance package ever
- perfect engine, very low noise in the interior, loud and aggressive from outside
- perfect transmisson, the fastest gearbox ever seen
- extremely fast accelerating, even more extreme at 180+ (km/h)
- extreme brake-force, even at many highspeed-stops, no fading
- consumtion was about 15 l/100km


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Old 09-16-2004, 08:19 AM   #2
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To be honest I don't think that 15l/100km is bad at all for a car like the E60 M5.
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Old 09-16-2004, 01:58 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by philios55

- extreme brake-force, even at many highspeed-stops, no fading
Interesting in the Autocar review they said the exact oposite:
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16867

according to them the 2 piston and single piston calipers fitted to the M5 fade and are not enough for the job.
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Old 09-16-2004, 03:03 PM   #4
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if my calculations are correct.. that is about 15 miles to the gallon? not horrible considering its a racing V10... although its not good either..

damn, i wish i payed attention in german class
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Old 09-17-2004, 02:09 AM   #5
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Default Re: Auto Motor Sport Road-Test :E60 Bmw M5

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Originally Posted by philios55

- extreme brake-force, even at many highspeed-stops, no fading
Interesting in the Autocar review they said the exact oposite:
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16867

according to them the 2 piston and single piston calipers fitted to the M5 fade and are not enough for the job.

Just like M3 E46 I think the brakes are enough for dailyuse but taking the cars to track, after a few laps the brakes will be fading. I know M3 owners changing the brakes to Mov-it.
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Old 09-18-2004, 04:42 PM   #6
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The E49 M5 also has fairly underrated brakes for the size and speed of the car, but they are perfectly adequate for normal road use. Only track sessions or pretty extreme driving on the roads would cause fading. It appears (from the autocar article, which i trust) that the E60 suffers from the same.
Im pretty sure that the fact that it is only twin piston calipers on the front has nothing to do with the brake fade, that is purely down to the pad composition, and the effective cooling area of the brake discs. And the discs are monsterous, so im guessing that a simple change of pads to a harder or carbon metallic compound would cure the fading problems, for track days just they'd be a bastard on the road.

Bear in mind that the tests of the E49 M5 complained about fading brakes, and the Ring Taxi runs different pads only, it does get through them, and discs rather rapidly though!
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