paint94979 wrote

It doesn't though... Everyone has different tastes, my 24 X5 M with secondary catless downpipes and a valve controller sound sad, this is why I'm swapping in catless primaries. To each their own. The valve controller is really handy, factory mode, closed, or fully open. Lots of flexibility.

paint94979 wrote

It doesn't though... Everyone has different tastes, my 24 X5 M with secondary catless downpipes and a valve controller sound sad, this is why I'm swapping in catless primaries. To each their own. The valve controller is really handy, factory mode, closed, or fully open. Lots of flexibility.

yodabro wrote

Looking into 400cell gesi myself, but want to first hear them in real life on s63/s68 engine

Definitely with you on primaries, just be careful, lately in the LA/OC area, 3 of my friends got tix for exhaust mods, and they are pretty unpleasant around 900-1k. I drove yesterday catless gle63s around Van Nuys and cops are everywhere, and half of them were eyeing me down due to gas smell and pops...

paint94979 wrote

It doesn't though... Everyone has different tastes

THEROK wrote

You're contradicting, confusing yourself lol.

It would be nice to learn exactly what the factory programming does with the valves in the various modes. I'm personally done with any exhaust mods to my X5M. 100% happy.

paint94979 wrote

You're completely wrong . I really think these cars are just too quiet. Again everyone has different tastes, here ill expand further... You are happy with yours I am not see... ha.

THEROK wrote

Enjoy your soccerdadmobile chasing after the dragon into the aftermarket Frankenstein exhaust abyss.

Yupstate wrote

Definitely personal preference on this one. I'm in the camp of wanting a bit more sound but not too much. I feel like it just doesn't make sense for this vehicle to be crazy loud like a Hellcat, it doesn't suit it, but again, that's just for me.

THEROK wrote

It'd be awesome if all of us M obsessed knuckleheads could meet up and hear each others' setup. Even in the heart of LA metro, I rarely see X5Ms.

paint94979 wrote

Come on up to Marin County, I see X5 M's and X3 M's all over the place... oddly enough. Mostly driven by women, ha.

Yupstate wrote

This might be sexist but it is genuine curiosity so it is what it is. But that info above makes me wonder are they really performance enthusiasts? Or is it just going to the salesperson and saying "I want the most expensive X5 (or X3) you got!"