01-29-2024, 09:34 AM | #21 | ||
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This… the steering in the E39 540/M5 is horrendous. Let’s call a spade, a spade… it is total garbage! |
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01-29-2024, 09:51 AM | #22 | |
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The M5 does the same but it is more isolated and with less feel. The limits seem so ridiculous that I will never come close, but what the AWD takes away in terms of coming even close to the limit it gives back in terms of confidence. In that way, it reminds me of the 997TT. The M5 can go full-on RWD, but I'd need a ton of seat time and the right setting to be willing to push that. How quiet the cabin is may be messing with my head here a bit too. I need to get to the bottom of the sound thing. |
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01-29-2024, 10:18 AM | #23 | |
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I’m asking for selfish reasons, but I’m glad to bounce ideas and questions off of you.
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01-29-2024, 12:58 PM | #24 |
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Dunno about your car, but on my car you can't fully disable the piped in sound without pulling a fuse.
So, that's what I did. It's an easy fix if some future owner wants it back.
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01-29-2024, 03:40 PM | #25 |
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01-30-2024, 12:28 PM | #27 | ||
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From an Audi forum. Quote:
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01-30-2024, 08:20 PM | #28 | |
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I really wish you had driven an M550 with DHP, it remains completely flat and the 4WS really makes it handle with confidence for a car in this category. I cannot say the same with my previous 540i with adaptive dampers. |
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01-30-2024, 09:24 PM | #29 | |
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But an issue was finding a car so equipped used. For that matter I could not find a single 540i that had remotely the level of equipment I wanted. Even M550i’s often were missing options I wanted. With M5’s that was not a problem. |
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I focused a lot on reading reviews and articles covering the LCI changes to the F90, but last night I read a few about the F90 when it first came out (car has not changed much since launch) and was surprised to hear how much praise it was given compared to the F10. They mention how much feel and driver engagement was added back. Man, the F10 must have really sucked.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...5-test-review/ https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2...st-review/amp/ |
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