E39 M5, Slower than a Corsa - Page 3 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

russap5 · 9th November 2009, 01:18

Our beasts are near useless in the rain. I think I could spin the tires in 6th. I'll start from a stop in 2nd just to avoid spraying the car behind me..
(oh and my foot is made of lead)

Maybe instead of a clutch stop I should have gotten an accelerator stop

Copasetic222 · 9th November 2009, 04:06

If you buy tires to perform well in the rain, you will sacrifice dry pavement performance. My e36 track car is like a totally different car when the R-compound tires come off and street tires go on to drive the track in the rain, but on a dry track, the street tires don't even come close to comparing.

M Baker · 10th November 2009, 00:00

I've driven at highway speeds in tropical downpours in California and in Washington state and the E39 M5 performs very well in the rain. It all comes down to tires as well as driving technique. As mentioned earlier, the Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 works well on this car in dry or rain. If you drive 8 months each year in the rain, like we do in Seattle, the Pilot Sport A/S Plus are a better compromise for summer/rain tires. I have used both on my M5.

In case we forget how well it handles in the rain: tiff test driving the 1999 M5 - Car Videos on StreetFire

M5VRICK · 10th November 2009, 00:04

These are the tires and this is the price from TireRack (US). I had a similar problem sliding around and it was the tires. Must keep good shoes on these baby's. Too much power when its wet. I learned my lesson going around a gradual turn with DSC ON. Scared me into buying tires the next day! Cheers

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deejaywasp · 10th November 2009, 00:55

Have the the PS2 tires and the other day it was rainy outside, (DSC on) my friend with a Skoda Octavia totally crushed me when racing dual lane on the highway on ramp up to an 120 km/h ;(

It´s the damn large amount of torque in our beasts thats rippin the tires but even with the DSC on i had no chans at all

Leezamonkey · 10th November 2009, 01:25

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Originally Posted by deejaywasp

Have the the PS2 tires and the other day it was rainy outside, (DSC on) my friend with a Skoda Octavia totally crushed me when racing dual lane on the highway on ramp up to an 120 km/h ;(

It´s the damn large amount of torque in our beasts thats rippin the tires but even with the DSC on i had no chans at all

I'm with you there, i know i've said no wheel spin in a straight line, but even a little off line is whole new ball game!! hardly any power can be put down unless you have room to go sideways!!