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Originally Posted by ABMW
The majority of speed should be bled off before entering a corner, in most situations.
Trail braking or light bleeding of speed into the apex of the corner is a good technique, and can even assist in the stability of a car at speed (which may be what you're referring to), but it's little more than keeping the pads in contact with the rotors to a degree in which you're bleeding off a few miles per hour (10 to 15 mph. for instance).
Though, any type of material braking (30 to 40 mph) into the apex of the corner can confuse the stability control, and can create some interesting "interventions" that can take you by surprise if you're not expecting them.
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That transfer from braking to acceleration has to be done very,very gradually in a car as heavy and with a high centre of gravity as an X5. I'd wager that most people would find it hard to do on the open road, I certainly would!