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      08-15-2018, 07:30 AM   #70
Surly73
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Drives: '11 535xi 8AT KWv3 MPE MHD xHP
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Originally Posted by xXRAGHAVXx View Post
Did you figure out why it droned?
Nope - it still does. I take it off for the winter and reinstall in the summer. I was using good quality but non-BMW clamps originally. I switched to BMW clamps this year because of heavy corrosion. This summer the drone is slightly less (let's call it noticeably less?) but still there and far more present than I had on my Dinan-equipped E39 years ago.

I do also have new software (factory, but updated to latest), but wouldn't expect that to influence drone.

I think I figured out why my shifts sounded a little different with the new software - I found that even WOT in D it stays on the middle shift program and only does the most aggressive shift program in DS. On the old software I think WOT or near-WOT in D still did the fastest shifts. The middle program in D sounds "weird" to me in those conditions. I quite often hear the fast shift program if shifting manually, by comparison.
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