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BMW 530i /6100km

Probably, all BMW 530i car owners could unite the trade union and demand service discounts from the company. The fact is that any car owner involuntarily becomes a freelance employee of the PR service of the concern and is forced to daily prove the advantages of Bavarian engines on the road. One has only to abruptly rebuild or accidentally bargain with the engine - the exhaust system in the car sounds just great - individual representatives of the traffic flow immediately perceive this as an invitation to the competition. Needless to say, the BMW 530i gives a good chance of victory sitting at the wheel, if, of course, to chase the first blood - without a clinic with a trip to the oncoming lane and driveways to Red.
 
+ In a simple automatic mode, the car starts up to a hundred more than briskly. Moreover, the reserve of power is such that sometimes there is no need to defeat the engine with a kik-dowan-it is just enough to press the gas pedal more hard, and acceleration will go smoothly, without a pause. In sports mode, if you push the handle to the left, the box gives the motor the ability to spin up to 4500 rpm. If this is not enough for someone, then, for example, by switching at a speed of 60 km/h to Sport mode, twice pushing the handle forward, lower the gear from the fourth to the second-the arrow jumps to the red zone, and the acceleration will be simply reactive . It is pleasant that it will not be possible to restore the box with these experiments, it will always straighten the driver - say, it will not work out from the third program, the automatic transmission itself will cross the second.
 
+ The above experiments allowed us to evaluate ‹Emotal› The steering wheel, with cones without ten two, as well as a huge amount of driver's seat adjustments, including a platform that lengthens the pillow, which, of course, will be appreciated by drivers whose lower limbs are longer than average average.
- BMW 530i of the Kaliningrad assembly in the Dynamic configuration, as they will tell you in any dealer center of the company, - a finished work of art with an impressive list of basic equipment. In other words, factory options for this car do not exist. The same dealer will be able to change something or supplement the little things-let's say, to put wooden instead of metal panels of the interior decoration. But cut the hatch - alas. Therefore, the owner will have to be content with what is, or to steal the car with branded BMW accessories. For example, equip 530i with a rurk - $ 980 plus about $ 200 for installation
+ For the summer we retrained our car in Pirelli RBOOO tires. These sports+comfort class tires set a kind of record - the world car manufacturers recommended them more than two hundred of their models. From the latest BMW 530i records
- The title of the best car of 2002 in the United States to survey Consumer Report magazine.
 
Text Dmitry Gronsky, photo Alexey Ilyin
The car is provided for a long-term test 000 BMW Russland Trading, (095) 795-2900.
Costs (March 17 April 22)
Mileage 2000 km. Gasoline consumption - 320 liters
AI-95 gasoline ($ 0.3) $ 96
Tires Pirelli P6000 ($ 250) $ 1000
Washing liquid $ 12
Moika (3x $ 5) $ 15
In just a month $ 1123

 

Source: "Autopilot"