E60 523 ?
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quiksilver
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Re: E60 523 ?
This is standard PML practise to earn more $$$ from u. Getting very disappointed with the BMWs sold in SG. Like one of the bros said, we were blinded by our love for the UDM and did not see that the other marques had improved. Maybe its time to think about the Dark side...
vw said:
This is standard PML practise to earn more $$$ from u. Getting very disappointed with the BMWs sold in SG. Like one of the bros said, we were blinded by our love for the UDM and did not see that the other marques had improved. Maybe its time to think about the Dark side...
Re: E60 523 ?
Bros,
I have just placed the order for the 523i..sorry abt the earlier misinformation about the supposed difference between the bore and stroke on the 523i vs the 525i, guess I was too quick to believe what the salesman told me instead of checking the vehicle literature...yes, the bore and stroke are indeed the same and so are their compression and gear ratios..the only difference I can see at least is on the "Final drive ratio (xDrive)" which is 3.23 : 1 for the 523i and 3.46 : 1 for the 525i.
The 525i costs about $20k more which may be fine if the pockets are deep enough to get an additonal 41 hp. I wonder whether any modding to achieve the same hp as the 525i could be done for a fraction of this difference in price. Tried searching the net but not much information available since the 523i is a new model introduced only this year. My shipment arrives in early June which I think is the 2nd shipment..will fill you guys in on the details when I get them
Cheers
Jericho
Bros,
I have just placed the order for the 523i..sorry abt the earlier misinformation about the supposed difference between the bore and stroke on the 523i vs the 525i, guess I was too quick to believe what the salesman told me instead of checking the vehicle literature...yes, the bore and stroke are indeed the same and so are their compression and gear ratios..the only difference I can see at least is on the "Final drive ratio (xDrive)" which is 3.23 : 1 for the 523i and 3.46 : 1 for the 525i.
The 525i costs about $20k more which may be fine if the pockets are deep enough to get an additonal 41 hp. I wonder whether any modding to achieve the same hp as the 525i could be done for a fraction of this difference in price. Tried searching the net but not much information available since the 523i is a new model introduced only this year. My shipment arrives in early June which I think is the 2nd shipment..will fill you guys in on the details when I get them
Cheers
Jericho
Re: E60 523 ?
Thanx Emiffy,
For those who want a little more info on the 523i, here's an old link I managed to dig up courtesy of Ryan's posting on the Z4 2.0l model hyperlink
http://www.carpages.co.uk/bmw/bmw-5-series-05-01-05.asp
Cheers
Jericho
Thanx Emiffy,
For those who want a little more info on the 523i, here's an old link I managed to dig up courtesy of Ryan's posting on the Z4 2.0l model hyperlink
http://www.carpages.co.uk/bmw/bmw-5-series-05-01-05.asp
Cheers
Jericho
zag
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Re: E60 523 ?
Congrats on your new acquisition!
Wondering other than bigger engine hp; $20k buys you Navigation (cost $10K to retrofit) and Active steering; bigger rim.. i think it is quite a bargain provided that PML is not going to revise the 523i price further down the road as this typically their bread butter model to compete with A6 2.4 and MB E200.
Jericho said:
Congrats on your new acquisition!
Wondering other than bigger engine hp; $20k buys you Navigation (cost $10K to retrofit) and Active steering; bigger rim.. i think it is quite a bargain provided that PML is not going to revise the 523i price further down the road as this typically their bread butter model to compete with A6 2.4 and MB E200.
Re: E60 523 ?
...Loooke...we ARE on da dark side...high prices, crap service stories and experiences...*sigh*
quiksilver said:This is standard PML practise to earn more $$$ from u. Getting very disappointed with the BMWs sold in SG. Like one of the bros said, we were blinded by our love for the UDM and did not see that the other marques had improved. Maybe its time to think about the Dark side...
...Loooke...we ARE on da dark side...high prices, crap service stories and experiences...*sigh*
