Hello and Owner of a new (to me) 530i

Hi,
Wanted to make my first post to the group. Purchased a 2002 530i
Sport/Premium about 3.5 months ago. What a wonderful machine! I found the
528 a little too sluggish, and the 540 more than required...the 530i fit
just right. Happy motoring!
Bo

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www.estix.com

Well, good for you. No doubt a nice car.

You have a manual or auto?

- GRL


"Bo" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Wanted to make my first post to the group. Purchased a 2002 530i
> Sport/Premium about 3.5 months ago. What a wonderful machine! I found
the
> 528 a little too sluggish, and the 540 more than required...the 530i fit
> just right. Happy motoring!
> Bo
>
> --
> www.estix.com
>
>

Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you
want to.
Bo

--
www.estix.com
"GRL" > wrote in message
...
> Well, good for you. No doubt a nice car.
>
> You have a manual or auto?
>
> - GRL
>
>
> "Bo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi,
>> Wanted to make my first post to the group. Purchased a 2002 530i
>> Sport/Premium about 3.5 months ago. What a wonderful machine! I found
> the
>> 528 a little too sluggish, and the 540 more than required...the 530i fit
>> just right. Happy motoring!
>> Bo
>>
>> --
>> www.estix.com
>>
>>
>
>

In article > ,
Bo > wrote:
> Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you
> want to.

Do you still bother? I played with mine as you do with a new toy, but then
forgot it. Sports mode with liberal use of kickdown gets the settings
where I like them when pressing on.

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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:23:04 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> In article > ,
> Bo > wrote:
>> Auto with Steptronic, it's a blast to be able to flip the gears when you
>> want to.
>
> Do you still bother? I played with mine as you do with a new toy, but then
> forgot it. Sports mode with liberal use of kickdown gets the settings
> where I like them when pressing on.

I do. I usually drive the car in Sport mode, but when I get on a twisty
road where I can play it stays in Selectronic mode. Sport mode is good,
but it can't anticipate the need to be in a lower gear when entering a
corner so as to be ready to power out of the corner.

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In article >,
Jim Levie > wrote:
> I do. I usually drive the car in Sport mode, but when I get on a twisty
> road where I can play it stays in Selectronic mode. Sport mode is good,
> but it can't anticipate the need to be in a lower gear when entering a
> corner so as to be ready to power out of the corner.

Trouble is, on the sorts of roads I like to do this in, you're looking at
second gear corners. Touch the rev limit, and it changes up regardless.
On a manual, you'd simply ease up slightly to maintain it at peak power.
Perhaps it's just the 528 where the two are so close.

Nanny state gearboxes...

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