How do you warm up the beast? - Page 6 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

v8venom · 29th June 2009, 23:29

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Originally Posted by Sharpie12

AND YOU THINK I WAS? hah

yeah... i think he does it boost is post count. most of his posts are not only frivolous and poorly written but a obnoxiously in blue italicized font. i pretty much ignore them.

Sharpie12 · 30th June 2009, 20:12

When I started to read your post I became infuriated, thinking you were talking about me, ha. That was until I read about the part about the blue font, ha.

ruddm5 · 1st July 2009, 18:44

hello people I just got mi 06 m5 Iam having an oil leak at main back seal betwin trans and eng.

Ahmed · 2nd July 2009, 18:05

Hello people,

I will be getting my 2009 E60 M5 soon, and I wanted to know if I have to do a tyre burn-out on a cold start every morning..... you know? To get my tyres up to "operating temperature"?

hbpetrides · 2nd July 2009, 21:34

Lighting a small camp fire also helps!
Don't forget the sticks and marshmallows too!!!!

Black M5 · 2nd July 2009, 22:47

I say put the car on fire! That way, the heat around the engine will bring it up to temperature alot faster than any other technique. trust me

M5CigarSmoker · 3rd July 2009, 00:30

Well I feel this thread has finally died.

Ahmed · 3rd July 2009, 21:24

And with that, I would like to express my extreme love and affection to all my m5board buddies!

M500 AED · 8th July 2009, 10:56

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Originally Posted by Ahmed

Hello people,

I will be getting my 2009 E60 M5 soon, and I wanted to know if I have to do a tyre burn-out on a cold start every morning..... you know? To get my tyres up to "operating temperature"?

Yes of course you do, the only drawback is the mess the burn-out fluid leaves in your driveway.
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M500 AED · 8th July 2009, 11:10

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Originally Posted by M5CigarSmoker

Well I feel this thread has finally died.

It has been fun, but perhaps before we move on, we should note that BMW may have been listening.
Their latest measures to bring efficiency to driving without killing the fun will include pre-start oils and water heating using house current. This will mean you can get in a drive off in an already warmed-through vehicle.

Not a totally new idea, I used to keep the sump/oil pan of my Flintstonemobile "warm" with a kerosene heater, and my old Rover 2000 actually had an electric immersion heater inset into the engine block.

I believe some countries including Scandinavia and Canada had (have?) the option of aftermarket gasoline burning devices to warm the engine, although that was probably to ensure the heater worked well from the off.