09-09-2013, 12:53 PM | #1 |
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Props to Omar@VelosDesignwerks for my upcoming X5M tune!
Just want to give big props to Omar@VelosDesignwerks for the excellent service and price for my X5M's tune. I have yet to receive my tune but from the level of his service and from other satisfied customers - I'm very confident about this product.
I will update this thread once I get some first hand experience on it. Omar, thank you again! |
09-09-2013, 08:07 PM | #2 |
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Congrats man! I know you'll enjoy it!
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09-27-2013, 11:32 AM | #4 |
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So here's a mini-review.
Power delivery is brutal, I felt a bit down with the OEM power output and delivery but the tune definitely gives it a new life. I took the X5M to a long drive last month (drove more than 1K miles) and the best I could peak or average is 18.3mpg. After the tune, my best peak mpg is 19.6mpg and this is driving like a grandma - obviously, I got bored after a while so went back to sports shift and M mode. In real world, I was gaining about 1mpg mixed driving but this can vary a lot from temperature, location where I drove, traffic condition, number of passengers, etc - but again, I tried to compare apples to apples and 1mpg gain is very easy to achieve. Throttle response is much, much better now but I wish it is more sensitive (I have a M/T V8 E60 with SprintBooster and I really like the throttle response on the most aggressive setting). I'm thinking of putting S/B on the X5M but that would kill about 2mpg again. Downside - not sure. I would say, I was a bit nervous during the upgrade process and even while waiting it to be delivered since Velos is relatively new (at least for me). I basically bought it because of the feedback from fellow members who got the tune and from other forum sites (non-BMW) and it seems that they have good reps. Overall, I recommend the tune and Velos as a company. Very responsive team by the way. |
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