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Old 02-09-2013, 12:01 AM
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i have personally taken the E53 2002 4.6iS to the 140 MPH mark (based on speedometer, which is optimistic, in reality it had to be in the vicinity of 135 MPH) sustained for a couple of minutes.

The car felt totally planted on the road, the engine was working nice and smooth, i felt that there was more power available, but when my vision became "tunnel vision", I simply chickened out!!! besides, the road was NOT designed for those speeds, as i felt the side winds, and the up/down movements were much more pronounced than, say when you are going just at 70 MPH...
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E53 X5 4.6iS
147K mi - Sold May 2013
Tireprints left in:
USA, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Russia

E53 X5 4.8iS built 2005-10-17
66200 mi - June 2012
96000 mi - June 2013
112000 mi - June 2014
OEM fire extinguisher
OE first aid kit
OE tow hitch
OE TV module
OE aspheric mirror
K&N air filter
black/white badges
rear camera
4-channel video recorder

Here is the list of things I have done to the X
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