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Old Feb 26, 2020 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by KidWeaBoo
He said he shifted in manual mode. Have you tried this yourself? I can't imagine how much faster the GS460 would be in manual mode!
It does not matter. A 2020 BMW M5 Competition Pack rated by BMW at 617 HP, although Dyno shows it is more like 700 HP does 0-60 in 3.1 seconds. A GS430 with 300 HP is not doing 0-60 in 3.xx seconds. That is just ridiculous. He is either delusional or a troll lol.
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Old Feb 26, 2020 | 11:12 PM
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Hello,

My GS430 2006 have an issue that all the system diagnostic checks(Sport, Power steering, DIAG TIRE, DIAG VSC, ECT SNOW, air bags) on dial pops up along with this on Screen System check mode. Though finally all the lights disappears and system check mode showing all OK. The diagnostics pops up again a minute later . I am unable to trace what is triggering this check as its not popping up on a regular basis.

The screen restarts and again the checks are repeated like a loop. Very annoying as now I cant access the AC or the audio player

Please see the below video
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Old Feb 28, 2020 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Blaze876
lol this is not true. For our cars to go 0-60 in "a little over 3 seconds" we would need atleast 500 hp. The GS430 is right around 5.8-6 seconds to 60.

No it doesn't. The powerband in the car is between 2K to 5K RPM. The cars ecu will run it all the way past redline out of the powerband if you dont shift it yourself.

If you shift right you get 1st gear through 3rd in a few seconds.

Here is a youtube video where the guy did it without manual mode and its 4 seconds.

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Old Mar 1, 2020 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Spmurph
No it doesn't. The powerband in the car is between 2K to 5K RPM. The cars ecu will run it all the way past redline out of the powerband if you dont shift it yourself.

If you shift right you get 1st gear through 3rd in a few seconds.

Here is a youtube video where the guy did it without manual mode and its 4 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qwVBZFOvO4
0-60 is mph not KMh. That is what magazines and review uses. So you're still technically incorrect. It takes 6 seconds to go from 0-60 mph just like in the video you posted. No one measures 0-60kmh. It's either 0-60 mph or 0-100 kmh.
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Old Mar 1, 2020 | 06:54 PM
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Lol so the truth comes out! Dude is technically not wrong since he didn't specify the unit if measurement, just terribly misinformed on how these metrics work.
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Old Mar 6, 2020 | 11:25 AM
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I guess I missed where it says its in kph. I'm pretty sure the speedo reads in mph. I did a stop watch and got anywhere between 5 to 5.5 seconds, at least from this video.
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Originally Posted by Spmurph
I guess I missed where it says its in kph. I'm pretty sure the speedo reads in mph. I did a stop watch and got anywhere between 5 to 5.5 seconds, at least from this video.
yeah and you cant use a video to get an accurate reading. The GS430 is around 5.8-6 seconds.
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