2500 miles in 1 week
Well, just got back from France. Drove via the channel tunnel from home to a place in France 500 miles south of Paris.
The X5 went like a dream. No problems at all. Cruised at 110mph on the French motorways, went semi off-roading also. The tunit box performed amazingly giving loads of top end power, which made over taking a dream. At one point the micro road pilot (speed camera detector) read 135 mph - which is very accurate (GPS based) the speedo read a little more (almost 140 - well within tolerance). Not bad for a car that is only supposed to go 124mph or so. Obviously, this is down to the tunit box.
The engine preffered to cruise at about 95mph - didn't seem strained at all and left lots of extra go for the occasional overtaking. First time I have really had a good opportunity to use cruise control and it worked really well.
Car is in at BMW tomorrow to get new wheels - the 168's. Will post some picks later in the week.
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06-04-2006, 09:15 AM
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