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      11-20-2018, 12:30 PM   #67
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Honestly drone is the most subjective word in the exhaust world. What one thinks is drone, another thinks its exhaust noise. I dont have drone in this car- its far too insulated to hear anything like that and if I do hear noise, its wanted. But again drone is a subjective word.
Got it. I was thinking drone in terms of ressonance of crusing at 2k rpm and having annoying sound of ressonance and vibrations. My main concern is with vibrations cruising, and the ressonance. If there is not any, than I will take my chances. I will purchase the Remus, and find some way to import it through parts companies here. I will first leave the M Sport midpipes. If I still want more, I will do full Remus Catback.
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Got it. I was thinking drone in terms of ressonance of crusing at 2k rpm and having annoying sound of ressonance and vibrations. My main concern is with vibrations cruising, and the ressonance. If there is not any, than I will take my chances. I will purchase the Remus, and find some way to import it through parts companies here. I will first leave the M Sport midpipes. If I still want more, I will do full Remus Catback.
Ok based on your descriptors, I dont have such vibrations or resonation at cruising speeds. The car is like an insulated pod.
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Ok based on your descriptors, I dont have such vibrations or resonation at cruising speeds. The car is like an insulated pod.
I will take my chances and buy the Remus exhaust. Let's see how it goes. Remus is pretty rare here.
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I will take my chances and buy the Remus exhaust. Let's see how it goes. Remus is pretty rare here.
See Justin at Autotalent here in the US (Gardena, CA) unless you have a faster source there:

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See Justin at Autotalent here in the US (Gardena, CA) unless you have a faster source there:

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Will shoot a PM. Will first contact parts importers from here, since the importing process is pretty complex, full of bureaucratic procedures and taxation.
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See Justin at Autotalent here in the US (Gardena, CA) unless you have a faster source there:

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Will shoot a PM. Will first contact parts importers from here, since the importing process is pretty complex, full of bureaucratic procedures and taxation.
Thanks Vic, I'll PM you Carlos

We try our best to help with the import costs. Will discuss via PM!
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Just to finish, I ended up putting an Akrapovic exhaust in my car. Although it is very expensive and RPI probably sound better, the fact that Akrapovic has a dealer here and offers warranty and support (and BMW here does not void the warranty if you go with Akrapovic as you can install it at the dealer),I went for it. Cost me about 15k usd all in, but I am happy for it. Now I genuinely believe the car is perfect. Can't stop driving it
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Just to finish, I ended up putting an Akrapovic exhaust in my car. Although it is very expensive and RPI probably sound better, the fact that Akrapovic has a dealer here and offers warranty and support (and BMW here does not void the warranty if you go with Akrapovic as you can install it at the dealer),I went for it. Cost me about 15k usd all in, but I am happy for it. Now I genuinely believe the car is perfect. Can't stop driving it
Akra on the F90 cost 15k installed?
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Akra on the F90 cost 15k installed?
Brazil has crazy taxes. Fairly certain a PS4 costs near 1k USD in Brazil at the moment.
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Brazil has crazy taxes. Fairly certain a PS4 costs near 1k USD in Brazil at the moment.
Taxes here are stupid high. Prices tend to double or triple, depending on the product.
Yep. A PS4 tyre is around that, 900usd to 1.2k usd depending on size.

The actual price here is over 20k usd. I managed to get it for 15k usd because two other M5 F90 owners came in together with me for the purchase, and as we were the first, we got a discount (we were like the guinea pigs). There are now 5 M5 F90 with Akrapovic exhaust here that I am aware.

If I purchased outside the dealer it probably would have been less expensive, but then I would have lost the warranty (and I wasn't willing to take that risk).
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Akra on the F90 cost 15k installed?
Here it does. In America I think it is 5k-6k usd
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Akra on the F90 cost 15k installed?
Here it does. In America I think it is 5k-6k usd
oh, yeah didn't notice you are not in the US.
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