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Interceptor
08-12-2005, 03:23 AM
Take a look here:
http://www.e39.de/data/m5_e34_4.jpg

Not bad for an old 5er, eh? :)
BigKriss
08-12-2005, 03:42 AM
Take a look here:
http://www.e39.de/data/m5_e34_4.jpg

Not bad for an old 5er, eh? :)

not bad at at all. freaking scary I'd imagine. Looks like an oil temp gauge underneath the tacho. I've only hit 200 kms. image all that wind noise. Is that the oil temp gauge. it's hitting 135? that doesn't mean much to me.
e34it
08-12-2005, 04:24 AM
Yes that's the oil temp gauge, and the temp looks way too high to me, the hottest i have ever seen mine in my M5 has been like just a tad over 100 and that was driving hard here in Sicily a few weeks ago on a 106 degree day. I cant imagine whats going on with that car.
Interceptor
08-12-2005, 05:16 AM
not bad at at all. freaking scary I'd imagine. Looks like an oil temp gauge underneath the tacho. I've only hit 200 kms. image all that wind noise. Is that the oil temp gauge. it's hitting 135? that doesn't mean much to me.
Your 535i should be able to hit atleast 235 (or 240-245 chipped). Heck, I got to 240 on the clock with a chipped 525i.

Btw., maybe his oil level is low (or somewhere near the low mark on the dipstick), he lives in Kuwait and is running away from Bin Laden :)
NickM535
08-12-2005, 08:09 AM
Your 535i should be able to hit atleast 235 (or 240-245 chipped). Heck, I got to 240 on the clock with a chipped 525i.

Btw., maybe his oil level is low (or somewhere near the low mark on the dipstick), he lives in Kuwait and is running away from Bin Laden :)
LOL.... :D

But that wouldn't explain low oil, he prob just stole some...don't they have heapsa oil over there???
Interceptor
08-12-2005, 08:12 AM
LOL.... :D

But that wouldn't explain low oil, he prob just stole some...don't they have heapsa oil over there???
Not anymore, with that Bush as the president of the World Police country :)
uscharalph
08-12-2005, 10:04 AM
How fast is that in MPH?
LMUNick
08-12-2005, 10:10 AM
180 mph
Alexlind123
09-08-2005, 08:16 PM
The owners manual says the 535ia tops out at 144mph
Randell
09-09-2005, 03:58 AM
Yes that's the oil temp gauge, and the temp looks way too high to me, the hottest i have ever seen mine in my M5 has been like just a tad over 100 and that was driving hard here in Sicily a few weeks ago on a 106 degree day. I cant imagine whats going on with that car.

why did i get the utterly useless 'mercedes-benz wannabe tarted up vacuum gauge' aka the economy gauge instead of an oil temp gauge?!
SRR2
09-09-2005, 06:59 AM
Or a semi-skilled Photoshop user....
Anthony (M5 in Calgary)
09-09-2005, 07:17 AM
Or a semi-skilled Photoshop user....

Like this one?

Note the oil temp. I've never seen mine past 110C.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/interalian/270kph.jpg
infinity5
09-09-2005, 07:44 AM
the economy gauge is the sh*t :P how else would i know driving 60mph gets me 30-35mpg in a 215HP v8?

but technically, your 525 doesn't have a dash mounted oil temp gauge becuase you probably couldn't physically drive it hard enough to ever need one without destroying something else first :) maybe if you were FI...

or else, bmw just wanted the m5'ers to feel special.
Jason
09-09-2005, 08:36 AM
the M cars have that instead