BMW why do they?

"Corey Shuman" > wrote in message
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> It might be that they are trying to help you from smearing yourself
> across the road. 99% of drivers cannont handle a car over 100 mph. I've
> learned this at a few driving schools including Skip Barber. You may be
> able to drive you car in a strait line at 150 or so, and maybe even
> some light corners, but try and execute an emergency manuver or hit a
> pothole in the road at 100mph and its a whole different story.
>


.... or have the motor blow.

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> I don't think the tires have anything to do with the speed limit in the
> computer. Indeed, it appears to me that my car will reach the red line at
> about 145 (if there was no limiter), so I have to assume that an engine
> failure at that speed - both ground speed and engine speed - would be at
> best mildly problematic for most drivers, and at worst hugely problematic
> for everybody else that was anywhere nearby. I prefer to think that the
> limiter will keep the car well below redline at its maximum speed, and this
> is the only reason to have the limiter.

No, that's what the rev limiter is for.

"I would guess that pushed round corners with similar haste one would soon
come a cropper"

Actually, Top Gear or Fifth Gear, I forget which, tested the X5 against
various "real off-roaders" off and on road.
On the road the X5 handled almost exactly like the 5 series saloon
throughout various high speed emergency manouvres and chicanes. Very
Impressive!

U¿ytkownik "Ross Garrett" wrote
> If this is accurate, and I am not implying it isn't, why is Porsche free
> to sell cars without this top speed limit, or Audi allowed to pay heed
> when they want and not when they don't want?

All Audis are speed-limited as well, at least in the US. 130 mph for the A
models, 155 mph for the S and RS models, IIRC.

Cheers,

Pete

> wrote in message
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>
>
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >
> > I don't think the tires have anything to do with the speed limit in the
> > computer. Indeed, it appears to me that my car will reach the red line
at
> > about 145 (if there was no limiter), so I have to assume that an engine
> > failure at that speed - both ground speed and engine speed - would be at
> > best mildly problematic for most drivers, and at worst hugely
problematic
> > for everybody else that was anywhere nearby. I prefer to think that the
> > limiter will keep the car well below redline at its maximum speed, and
this
> > is the only reason to have the limiter.
>
> No, that's what the rev limiter is for.
>

I suspect the rev limiter kicks in at 128 mph. Just a guess ...

zerouali wrote:
> "I would guess that pushed round corners with similar haste one would soon
> come a cropper"
>
> Actually, Top Gear or Fifth Gear, I forget which, tested the X5 against
> various "real off-roaders" off and on road.
> On the road the X5 handled almost exactly like the 5 series saloon
> throughout various high speed emergency manouvres and chicanes. Very
> Impressive!
>
>

What else would you expect from a road vehicle?

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Regards

Steve G

Uhm,

well i am talking about an 2001 x5 - E53 if you like.

Mine is originally delivered to germany without the speed limitation ... the
car is an 4.4i with sports package and staggered setup....

I can tell you that this x5 (or any 4.6is / 4.8is etc) is a very streamlined
garden shed...

It has very nice handling cornering and acts much like the 5/7 sedan /
coupe counterparts (not counting M type cars)....

But still nobody tells me how fast it can go.. the limiter was at 128mph i
think - but then again i dont have it and i dont understand non-metric
measurements...

Rgds,

Henrik Ohm

"R. Mark Clayton" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Henrik Ohm Eriksen" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> theres a factory option to remove the electronic max speed limit..
>>
>> for my (x5) the option code is 0840
>>
>> What I dont know - is how fast it can actually go....
>
> I would say V1 ~220kph and V2 ~240kph. I do hope meant M5, the X5 has all
> the aerodynamics of a garden shed with a parasol on the front*...
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Henrik Ohm
>>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>>> Why do BMW limit thier cars to 155mph?
>>> John
>>>
>>
>>
>
> * the original joke was about UK police Range Rovers that had loads of
> trim removed and an uprated (higher compression than the standard low
> compression 'tractor fuel' 3500 V8). These went quite fast, but were very
> thirsty and had all the aerodynamics of a brick ****house.
>

"SteveG <"s.goodfellow"@blueyonder" <"dot> wrote in message
news
> >
> > Actually, Top Gear or Fifth Gear, I forget which, tested the X5 against
> > various "real off-roaders" off and on road.
> > On the road the X5 handled almost exactly like the 5 series saloon
> > throughout various high speed emergency manouvres and chicanes. Very
> > Impressive!
> >
> >
>
> What else would you expect from a road vehicle?
>

Ok, so an X5 isn't technically an off-roader, but perhaps a better question
would be: "What else would you expect from a BMW off-roader that is really
intended to be an on-roader?"

Neil wrote:
<snip>
>>
>>What else would you expect from a road vehicle?
>>
>
>
> Ok, so an X5 isn't technically an off-roader, but perhaps a better question
> would be: "What else would you expect from a BMW off-roader that is really
> intended to be an on-roader?"
>

Yep, that would have been a better question.

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Regards

Steve G

Fecking hell.

R. Mark Clayton seemed to think that an X5 "pushed round corners with
similar haste one would soon
come a cropper".

I was giving an example of how this is not so. It's nothing to do with what
I expect from the X5.