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Originally Posted by Kasyd
Sorry but this must be a Brisbane thing.
I've put some real good km's on my X5 and have travelled all over NSW, Victoria & SA and I can honestly say that I have NEVER experienced this issue watrob. 
I can let go of my wheel at any speed including most road surfaces without my wheel wanting to take a turn on it's own. |
Well your a lucky one!
What size wheels are you running!
Are your running Adaptive Drive!
And I am talking about roads with camber on them not flat freeways?
My X5 e70 was the first in the country back in June 2007 with adaptive Drive & Active steer. BMW brought another one into Australia mid August for me drive & test, surprise, surprise, it actual drove left worse, hence a new X5 Jan 08 production, this one was not as bad but still ran left.
And for your info the rear diff on the X5 is 2% out, as manufactured on the assembly line, again suited to LHD, which needs to be adjusted by the rear castor, otherwise if not done the X5 will actually drive left a lot worse
And finally every X5 has a shorter wheel base on the lefthand side, fact, and no adjustment available, again suited the LHD. And any engineer worth a pinch of salt and any wheel alignment expert will tell you this should be the other way around for a RHD car.
And to prove I am no dill, here's a chassis I built, by the way when I took it to the wheel alignment shop it was only 3 degrees out and I used a piece of string! not a 600mil assemble line.
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X5 M50d White
| 20" Rims
| Adaptive Drive, Self-Lvl Susp
| Act/Steer
| HUD
| Xenon, Adapt Lights
| H-Beam Ast
| Rear/Side Camera
| Panorama S/roof
| Auto Tailgate
| Comfort, Active, Ventilated, Heating, Lumbar, Navada Perforated Leather Seats
| Comfort Access
| M-Steer Wheel w Pdle Shift
|Sports 8-Speed
| Active Crus Stop/Go
| Proff Nav + TV, DAB
| 16 Spk Ind Audio
| USB
|Internet-eMail-SMS-Apps
| 4 Zone Air
| Speed D/play
| Towbar
| 20% Tint
| 5mm Castor Bushes
| Yellow Calipers, Ceramic Pads
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