[ChiltiCoatl89]

An Interesting Thread I saw from the 3 Series Forum, thought it would be very interesting for all and those who enjoy their 5ers and the engines they have.

I just did it for the first time today, and you know what? felt damn good lol!

Anyone else and how often?

[fotontom]

When I acquired my 2011 528i (N52 engine and ZF 8-speed), I had it checked out. Although it only had 60K miles on it, it needed a guibo and motor mounts. As everything else was in fine condition and the car showed no signs of abuse, I took it to mean the trans has a tendency to shift hard. At lease that is my impression after driving it 2,000 miles since I bought it. Not complaining about the trans, I like it and it has great gear spacing. So I lay off the redlining.

Now, my 128i M-Sport manual trans is a different story. I do regularly redline it to make sure the bores are wearing true. Not much, maybe once a month or so. And I never power shift it. Easy does it.

[wesamjaber2004@gmail.com]

Not gonna lie when I first bought my car I told myself I wasn’t gonna beat it up or modify it as it is already fairly quick to my liking as well as a beautiful car, but then I read a thread by I believe bmw techs that have said that babying these cars are no good for them and that they should be pushed a bit to reduce carbon. Hence why city cars are in worse condition due to more traffic therefore leaving no room to be able to push our bimmers. One of my friends f30 335 has been beaten on a daily basis and he’s had no issues fully modified, 100k miles now by the way.

In my personal experience with the 535i, ever since I have went full bolt on, stage 2+ motor and stage 2 transmission tune, at 117k miles, the car feels great. I definitely limit to how much I redline but I definitely push full boost time to time from each day. Ive personally done a lot of maintenance from previous owner neglect but now that I am caught up, car feels great despite my driving habits. Don’t be scared to push these cars as they were built to be driven on the autobahn in Germany. They’re meant to be pushed full power with no complications and if you do run into issues after driving hard, you’re car has been needing maintenance to be done for a while already. So in conclusion, do your maintenance, and punch that gas.

[ChiltiCoatl89]

Should I rename and say? Hitting the rev limiter instead?

[DementedF10]

Beat the hell out of it every day.

[ChiltiCoatl89]

My first time was accidental, however happened in a few seconds lol, then I noticed how fast it was going and I let off, felt good no shaking for nothing.

[Houranimd49]

I don’t do it often at all. Because the power falls off around 5500-6000rpm so I’ll shift around then.

[SummerallGuard04]

Once a month to get the gremlins out.