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Old 02-03-2012, 01:24 AM
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As suspected

tri turbos are coming ..starting with M diesel performance range .. will be interesting to see Aus pricing on these ..I reckon $150k for the X5 50d ... which once again is a big ripoff compared to our US counterparts (even through they won't get the X50d in its current format, more likely next gen X5 will get the try turbo for US market)
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Old 02-03-2012, 01:32 AM
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It will be interesting to see what the non-M 50d does in terms of power and torque, if there is one.
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$150K?? geez... if its the same as an X5M (save the power plant) I can kind of relate... but from what I've read they're quite watered down these M performance cars?
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Back to the OP topic, yes I'm sitting in mine now! Black march build 40d, innov, side view, heated seats front n rear, third row, self lev, tv, pro nav, soft close, 21" 239, oyster, tinted, pro hifi. I will mod the dp filter and have it tuned......just after I test drive a 50d
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Old 06-15-2012, 09:25 PM
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It will be interesting to see what the non-M 50d does in terms of power and torque, if there is one.
Hi Fraser,

My M50d is in pre-delevery, had the 5mm caster bushes made got them yesterday and I am awaiting on the hand made ceramic pads. The M50d runs the brakes off the X6 V8 Hybrid that was sold in the USA, so they had to get the pad blanks to put the ceramic material on.

They said in an email today that the pads are hugh as the front rotors are 385mm in diameter.

Anyway no long now, probably another 10 days.
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Why the castor bushes? My 40D with 21"s will tramline a bit on grooves on the road, but other than that I haven't experienced the "pull left".
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Why the castor bushes? My 40D with 21"s will tramline a bit on grooves on the road, but other than that I haven't experienced the "pull left".

I would say first off, you have'nt got the Adaptive Drive suspension components which causes camber drift and also the lefthand side wheel base is shorter than the righthand side by about 5-7mm on the X5.

The X5 is setup to be driven on the other side of the road (lefthand drive), so when you drive on our side (Australia) on a lefthand cambered road it drives left, its fine on a dead level road.

The X5 has no adjustment, not like the Merc's that have castor kits for Australia. If you drive your X5 on the righthand side of a normal Hwy where the camber goes to the right you will find the x5 will drive straight and not go to the right, thats the castor setup of the 5mm shorther wheelbase on the lefthand side of the X5' wheelbase.

Now when you drive on the lefthand side of the road with a lefthand camber the x5 drifts left, it should stay straight, to fix this you need to lengthen the lefthand side and shorten the righthand side wheelbase, hence a castor kit.

And I have had techs all over the X5 some 5 years ago (RACQ & Fulcrum R&D) and had several different frontend components flown out from Germany by the BMW engineers to try to fix the problem, in the end Fulcrum developed these bushes.

My old X5 (M-Sport 35d) had these castor bushes from the day I picked it up and when I sold it 2 weeks ago it had done 73,000klm, I put new set of tyres on at 69,000klm, the ceramic pads were a third worn and the rotors were still within spec.

As you can tell I am very finicky when it comes to vehicles and expect a car sold in Australia to suit Australian standards, just putting the steering wheel on the righthand side of the car means nothing, you have to take into account that our roads have heavy camber, rotation of the motor and the way the adaptive drive torques and the fact the X5 is shorter on its lefthand side and the brand of tyre.

The average city driver would probably never realise the above, even Mercedes does not advertise the camber problem, and I have owned many Merc's. You drop the Merc off, complain it's pulling left and when you pick it up they stay they fixed it ( they don't tell you they put a $79 castor kit in). They take the chance you don't pick the fault and that not all cars pull or camber left, the average housewife hits potholes and there goes the alignment anyway, there another $150 they can make out of you at the next service.
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No adaptive drive for me, although my brother says its a good thing in his X6 - but insists the ride is still better in his HSV Senator. Have you gone the ceramic pads to try and get away from the brake dust?
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No adaptive drive for me, although my brother says its a good thing in his X6 - but insists the ride is still better in his HSV Senator. Have you gone the ceramic pads to try and get away from the brake dust?
Yes, as metioned in my previous post I did 73,000klm on the ceramic pads and they were about a third worn down, the rotors were still in spec as well, I got the BMW dealer to do the roadworthy couple weeks back when I sold it.

I have attached 2 photos, the yellow caliper was my current M-Sport 35d that I had just sold, this had ceramic pads installed.

The second photo is on the front brake on the new X5 M50d, as you can see the caliper is nearly double the size. My new M50d shows up in the next couple of days, the calipers will be removed and painted, the new ceramic pads are being hand made and should arrive by the end of the week from the US.
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Any different brake performance? And dust?
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