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      01-06-2015, 11:39 AM   #45
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It almost certainly is off that much, unless you have coded it to read uncorrected. BMW intentionally makes the speedo read high. On my '11 328i, a GPS indicated 130 was showing just about 140 on the speedometer. And that is the limiter, as I don't have the sport package. Note it is only the speedometer, the odometer is spot on. The limiter is dead on 130 too. Very precise, those Germans, when they want to be.

I have mine coded to show actual speed in the OBC.
does your actual speed on the OBC matches the speed from the cruise control ?
i found sometimes cruise will show 70 but digital speed will show constantly 1 or 2 mph difference
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      01-06-2015, 11:48 AM   #46
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SmallTownBoy,

what is a good deal on a lease for the M235i ? I am looking for a 2- or 3-year lease.

I sat in one the other day ... I really don't like that console they have put to the right of the dashboard. He said it is for showing the status of the various electronic instruments, and all that, which I really don't care about. It takes up space and adds weight for no useful function.

Does your car have this as well ? Do you find it useful at all ?
3 year lease $450 a month. 0 down. what offers were you given?
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      03-21-2015, 11:10 PM   #47
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bump. i asked about this at the dealership and they had no idea.

impossible to find an answer on this. i want to buy michelin pilot super sports from the dealership and have them install those tires before i take delivery.

they should remove the top speed limiter on the car for me.

think about it, if you buy the car with PSS tires and then you switch them out for run flat tires aftermarket, its not like they retro-fit the car to have the speed limited to 130.
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      03-22-2015, 02:34 AM   #48
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Interested in this as well.
bump. i asked about this at the dealership and they had no idea.

impossible to find an answer on this. i want to buy michelin pilot super sports from the dealership and have them install those tires before i take delivery.

they should remove the top speed limiter on the car for me.

think about it, if you buy the car with PSS tires and then you switch them out for run flat tires aftermarket, its not like they retro-fit the car to have the speed limited to 130.
From my understanding, it's not the tires that physically limit the car from reaching 155mph+ it's the actual car being limited due to coding done by BMW
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      03-22-2015, 07:25 AM   #49
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bump. i asked about this at the dealership and they had no idea.

impossible to find an answer on this. i want to buy michelin pilot super sports from the dealership and have them install those tires before i take delivery.

they should remove the top speed limiter on the car for me.

think about it, if you buy the car with PSS tires and then you switch them out for run flat tires aftermarket, its not like they retro-fit the car to have the speed limited to 130.
BMW has been doing this for years.

The car's limit speed (130 or 155) is set at the factory based upon the speed rating for the tires supplied with the vehicle. It's a straight liability issue. They don't want the lawsuit that would occur if the tires supplied with the car came apart at speed, and they're not going to make it easy for anyone to change it.

It cannot be changed by simple coding at the dealer. Some tunes that remap the ECU (Dinan, for one) remove the top speed limit set by the factory. Other do not. Ones that are simply a plug-on sensor map won't.

Bottom line: Order it with the All-season tires, and there's no inexpensive path to get the limiter increased.

Look at the bright side. In 2009, if you ordered the A/S tires on an N54 vehicle, not only did you lose the top speed limiter, you lost the separate oil cooler. That does not appear to be the case now.
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