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Originally Posted by doug_999
I don’t think you realize how loud this is. Just hung up with my friend who can’t even drive with the windows down. The “performance brakes” argument is bunk. His 911 doesn’t make that noise.
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Either something is actually wrong with your friend’s car or his driving environment and/or habits just results in such freakishly loud brake noise.
Mine squeaks and squeals a bit but not any louder or worse than my former RS7 or current GT3 with steel brakes. Like others have said, manufacturers can elect to use less noisy and less dusty brake pad material by sacrificing just a little bit of performance, but since this is BMW’s top performance 5-series model, BMW decided to sacrifice nothing in braking performance with the standard brakes, which I’m totally fine with. The noise doesn’t bother me one bit.