[petalmasher]

I'll be picking this up from Germany this July

http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...tionId=6518522

Since I will be trading in the X1 that she never drives to get this, I had to let her pick the color. The dealer mentioned that when I get it back home they can do a dyno tune that will bring it up to around 290 hp without voiding the warranty... what are the reasons not to do it? I mean, if it were objectively better in every way BMW would just do it in the factory, wouldn't they?

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by petalmasher

I'll be picking this up from Germany this July

http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...tionId=6518522

Since I will be trading in the X1 that she never drives to get this, I had to let her pick the color. The dealer mentioned that when I get it back home they can do a dyno tune that will bring it up to around 290 hp without voiding the warranty... what are the reasons not to do it? I mean, if it were objectively better in every way BMW would just do it in the factory, wouldn't they?

Not that i am saying you should get the dealer tune, but BMW like every other car manufacturer do not push their cars to their limit for many reasons including reliability, emission, mpg and most importantly they want to keep an HP difference between the different engines N20, N55 and S55 so people would still buy the more expensive models.