E60 M5 Speed Limiter?
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Hello there fellow M owners!
I have a E60 M5 that was Ordered from Germany (I'm ex forces) in UK spec and I was wondering if being a German Vehicle will it be limited to 155? Like all UK vehicles.
I ask this as i attend many track days and top speed events in various vehicles and always hit the limiter @155-160 with plenty of rpm's left to play with.
Does anyone know if it will be limited? Or will I have to take a trip to the chaps at DMS for a software update (and a remap while I'm there) haha :-)
Thanks in advance!
Mark
I have a E60 M5 that was Ordered from Germany (I'm ex forces) in UK spec and I was wondering if being a German Vehicle will it be limited to 155? Like all UK vehicles.
I ask this as i attend many track days and top speed events in various vehicles and always hit the limiter @155-160 with plenty of rpm's left to play with.
Does anyone know if it will be limited? Or will I have to take a trip to the chaps at DMS for a software update (and a remap while I'm there) haha :-)
Thanks in advance!
Mark
Thanks for the prompt reply guys!
The trick you mentioned with the gearing has never really worked for me. I've attended a couple of Vmax200 events, firstly in a E46 M3 and then recently in my 996 911 and still "only" reached a terminal speed of 160mph :-(
I'm going to call DMS later on today and book her in for some work ;-)
Will a remap invalidate my extended BMW Mondial Warranty?
Mark
The trick you mentioned with the gearing has never really worked for me. I've attended a couple of Vmax200 events, firstly in a E46 M3 and then recently in my 996 911 and still "only" reached a terminal speed of 160mph :-(
I'm going to call DMS later on today and book her in for some work ;-)
Will a remap invalidate my extended BMW Mondial Warranty?
Mark
I managed to reach 175 mph in 6th gear in mine-i was so busy concentrating on keeping it in a straight line that i thought it had hit the limiter but in fact it was just revved out and i still had another gear! That M5 was ordered by Mark Blundell from new and as an ex F1 driver i'm assuming they took the limiters off for him in the factory? It certainly went well....
Contigo and Batmanreturns,
I take it that you both attended Brunters to obtain your speeds then?
Which events did you go? Mine were Vmax200 and VmaxBlack. I remember an M6 and M5 back at Vmax200.
I believe the M5 had Evolve plates on and hit 190? Think it had many mods though including Headers & remap?
I may have spoken to you both on the day, great event. A must for every petrol head with a fast toy! Lol
Drifting onto another subject here, but I've just had a quote for Mondial Warranty at £105 p/m Fully Comp with £100 excess.
Is this good?
I may need to start another thread lol.
Mark
I take it that you both attended Brunters to obtain your speeds then?
Which events did you go? Mine were Vmax200 and VmaxBlack. I remember an M6 and M5 back at Vmax200.
I believe the M5 had Evolve plates on and hit 190? Think it had many mods though including Headers & remap?
I may have spoken to you both on the day, great event. A must for every petrol head with a fast toy! Lol
Drifting onto another subject here, but I've just had a quote for Mondial Warranty at £105 p/m Fully Comp with £100 excess.
Is this good?
I may need to start another thread lol.
Mark
MarkDab said:
Contigo and Batmanreturns,
I take it that you both attended Brunters to obtain your speeds then?
Which events did you go? Mine were Vmax200 and VmaxBlack. I remember an M6 and M5 back at Vmax200.
I believe the M5 had Evolve plates on and hit 190? Think it had many mods though including Headers & remap?
I may have spoken to you both on the day, great event. A must for every petrol head with a fast toy! Lol
Drifting onto another subject here, but I've just had a quote for Mondial Warranty at £105 p/m Fully Comp with £100 excess.
Is this good?
I may need to start another thread lol.
Mark
Depends how many miles on the car. I pay 86 pcm with 0 excess on a car with 52k miles (E61 M5)I take it that you both attended Brunters to obtain your speeds then?
Which events did you go? Mine were Vmax200 and VmaxBlack. I remember an M6 and M5 back at Vmax200.
I believe the M5 had Evolve plates on and hit 190? Think it had many mods though including Headers & remap?
I may have spoken to you both on the day, great event. A must for every petrol head with a fast toy! Lol
Drifting onto another subject here, but I've just had a quote for Mondial Warranty at £105 p/m Fully Comp with £100 excess.
Is this good?
I may need to start another thread lol.
Mark
Bigglez said:
Depends how many miles on the car. I pay 86 pcm with 0 excess on a car with 52k miles (E61 M5)
55,000 miles on mine. It does sound a lot of money especially as I will only use the car at weekends but its peace of mind I suppose, there's many expensive parts to go wrong :-(
Mark
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