[Frupal]

The M850i makes 523 HP, the M8C 617. These are both prime numbers. Was this by design? I’d like to think so.

[moonM8]

Originally Posted by Frupal

The M850i makes 523 HP, the M8C 617. These are both prime numbers. Was this by design? I’d like to think so.

Intersting observation!

[limeypride]

Originally Posted by Frupal

The M850i makes 523 HP, the M8C 617. These are both prime numbers. Was this by design? I’d like to think so.

By the time you get to 617, there's a roughly 1:5 chance of landing on a prime... 523 yields slightly better odds so I guess it could be purely coincidental.

That aside: assume you're right and they did indeed do it deliberately... why? Possibly because they're a huge bunch of geeks.

[Publius]

Even more cool:

I heard on the internet that the BHP of every BMW made since 1997 (a prime number, of course) can be expressed as the product of 2 or more primes!

Originally Posted by limeypride

By the time you get to 617, there's a roughly 1:5 chance of landing on a prime... 523 yields slightly better odds so I guess it could be purely coincidental.

That aside: assume you're right and they did indeed do it deliberately... why? Possibly because they're a huge bunch of geeks.

[limeypride]

Originally Posted by Publius

Even more cool:

I heard on the internet that the BHP of every BMW made since 1997 (a prime number, of course) can be expressed as the product of 2 or more primes!

// not gonna validate that but right or wrong… holy shit, Batman! And I thought I was geeky.

[Neptune7]

Originally Posted by moonM8

Intersting observation!

I think they use the PS unit for power which would produce a more "rounded" figure of 625.

[Ozzie8]

Originally Posted by limeypride

By the time you get to 617, there's a roughly 1:5 chance of landing on a prime... 523 yields slightly better odds so I guess it could be purely coincidental.

That aside: assume you're right and they did indeed do it deliberately... why? Possibly because they're a huge bunch of geeks.

Dear 37 23 41 11 97 53 61 23 7 11,
That is fascinating!

[limeypride]

Originally Posted by Ozzie8

Dear 37 23 41 11 97 53 61 23 7 11,
That is fascinating!

Cute cipher, 47 101 101 23 11 //08.

53 61 23 41 11 numbers are fascinating indeed but I'm not sure Publius' and my hope that BMW incorporated them in power output figures will pan out... one can only hope.

[Publius]

Hey, I'm willing to bet $617 that my claim is correct.

Originally Posted by limeypride

Cute cipher, 47 101 101 23 11 //08.

53 61 23 41 11 numbers are fascinating indeed but I'm not sure Publius' and my hope that BMW incorporated them in power output figures will pan out... one can only hope.

[limeypride]

Originally Posted by Publius

Hey, I'm willing to bet $617 that my claim is correct.

Yup, you're right; my bad—it must be true if Wikipedia says so.

[bloozemanAZ]

... and I thought I was a geek (my wife somewhat reminds me on a daily basis).

[ikonn]

Originally Posted by Neptune7

I think they use the PS unit for power which would produce a more "rounded" figure of 625.

Hmmn, I’m not so sure. While 523 HP rounds to a nice even 530 PS and vice versa, 617HP rounds to 626PS and 625PS rounds to 616HP. Not really any explanation there for the M8s.

Therefore I’ll go with the prime number speculation!