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Jan 23, 2011 | 11:35 AM

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LUISGT3

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The new 5 series is tight. That's going to be a great motor to play around with, I bet.

Jan 25, 2011 | 08:39 PM

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So as far as I have found, no one is yet offering a decent tune or upgrades for decent pricing.

Someone please update this thread if you run across something.

Jan 28, 2011 | 08:12 PM

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Love this car

Everyone needs to get themselves an equally optioned 2011 550i
One of my top 4 cars! (SL63, SL55, '11 550i, GTR) (in no specific order)

Jan 29, 2011 | 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cscat

You are paying for the fact that you get to retain the factory warranty. If it was the most extreme tune on the edge of grenading the motor, they wouldn't be able to warranty it. Who purchases a brand new 2011 car and does a modification right away that voids the warranty forever? We all know how much these cars cost to repair if its not covered. We have the Dinan software on our 335i and it completely transformed the car. Recently one of the turbos seized which has been happening more and more commonly to these cars, and it would have been thousands to repair if not covered.

Like someone else mentioned, you do NOT retaing your warranty with a Dinan tune. It's suppose to be a Dinan warranty, BUT it can get very messy. You were lucky your dealer was willing to bill BMW for it because there have been other's who wouldn't do it and Dinan would say it's a bad turbo, or waste gate and refused to cover it too.

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Originally Posted by Cscat

I'm sure those are extreme cases. We had the BMW dealer that we purchased the car from install the Dinan software and oil cooler on our 335i, and a seized turbo and a couple fuel pumps later, there has never been an issue with the repairs being covered. If we had went with one of the aftermarket tuners that make slightly more power such as Burger, Vishnu, etc, we would have been screwed; or at least had to run around like mad men trying to put it all back to stock and hoping no codes came up. Dinan is peace of mind. I'd be damned if we got stuck with the bill due to a part that the actual dealer installed.

Fantasma- Great car! Show us the interior.

What you would do with a piggy back, is remove it since it's a plug and play. Then get a flash reader to clear all codes; they're about $100.

Feb 3, 2011 | 08:32 AM

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While they have not released any more info in quite awhile now, Racing Dynamics has "said" their treatment will result in 620hp. You can visit their site but it still fails to load the info on the listed as available stages/kits.

Give them a call?

Their stuff has never been cheap but I personally respect their years of BMW involvement.

edit: Here is an order number I found. How far it get's you I do not know. g/l
Order number 142 63 10 440 B

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