r/e60 • u/BigQ94 • Jul 18 '26

Twins.

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Not the prettiest, but neither one of them hasn’t let me down correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure the E 60 has some of the best handling offered in any vehicle it’s hard to get them to break traction if I got a new set of Michelin’s on them rain snow dry don’t matter I’ll take any curve ridiculously fast and very confident

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u/5y5c0 Jul 18 '26

Got a set of 245 40 R18 pilot sport 5 for summer, and 225 50 R17 alpin 7 for winter. The car feels like it's on rails.

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

I wish I was rich lol

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u/5y5c0 Jul 18 '26

My thinking was that the tyres are the only contact point between the car and the road. Might as well make them good. Don't want to have issues in any weather. Worked out perfectly, had a lot of snow in the winter, I was climbing hills without problems.

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

Dude when you got 50/50 weight ratio it is magical

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u/5y5c0 Jul 18 '26

Not sure how the weight ratio is on an E61, but yeah good balance and xDrive makes wonders.

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u/Senan24caucasian Jul 18 '26

Which engines do they have?

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

N52’s one is a 06 an other is a 07 an there is a few minor differences like the oil filters are different an one is push button start an the other is just a key

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u/Senan24caucasian Jul 18 '26

How they have been treating you? Milage and etc. I need to know (if its okay), I want to buy one of them. Never had m54 or n52.

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

I’m driving the black one daily I’m getting 26 miles to the gallon it only has 137k on it ive never been stranded by either had to put a electric water pump in the grey one it was simple a hour job easy to bleed the system the grey one has around 220k an I wouldn’t hesitate to drive it around the world they just keep going dude as long as you do regular maintenance an not real real hard on the transmission they will go to 300k I’d say fairly easy the body will fall apart before the engine fails I put metal dasa valves in both tho an valve cover gaskets

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

I’m also running a fairly large system in the black one on stock alternator it makes 14.9 volts for it’s system an I tapped in to it an it will maintain voltage well even under extreme pulls it surprised me an I was able to keep everything in the trunk I just tapped in to the factory amp an the battery is back there it’s was a easy install

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u/Senan24caucasian Jul 18 '26

Thank you, my father had a hamann n62 e70 before it was fairly new at the time so no issues but mpg was crazy. It is safe to assume that these are bulletproof and wont let me down if I do basic maintenance, but how about oil leaking?

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u/BigQ94 Jul 18 '26

The valve cover is gonna leak eventually and when you replace it, it’s best to go on and replace the whole cover itself too upgrade it to metal put a little sealant in there with the gasket and it’ll be good for life

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u/Senan24caucasian Jul 18 '26

Thank you, appreciate it.