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      01-25-2017, 07:51 AM   #1
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2017 BMW 5 series Back To The Track event video

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This is a collection of video clips I recorded at BMW Launch Event in Austin, TX. It starts slow, so if you want to jump to the exciting stuff - here are the clips with times:

Street driving with adaptive cruise control
5:26 - City Accident Prevention
6:10 - Remote Parking
7:57 - 530i on a slalom course
10:00 - Mercedes E300 on a slalom course
12:48 - Hot lap on a racetrack with a professional race car driver
16: 23 - Two laps on a racetrack
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      01-25-2017, 11:34 AM   #2
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      01-25-2017, 07:58 PM   #3
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Great post, indeed. Thank you!
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Well done and thank you for sharing with us! Definitely had a blast when I was there.
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That first guy driving with both hands on top of the steering wheel is really bugging me lol especially as he attempts to drive on a track
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That first guy driving with both hands on top of the steering wheel is really bugging me lol especially as he attempts to drive on a track
If you mean me by the first guy - yes, I know, I am holding the wheel wrong, old habit, and no, I did not attempt to drive on the track, I actually drove on the track.
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Ahhh very informative. Thank you for sharing
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I loved this event would pay to do it again
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Dam, looks like fun. How does a guy get invited to an event like this?
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Nicely done videos. Especially for what was essentially a one - take style format.

If the instructor in the passenger seat at the auto-braking area task was named Sarah.. I know her and recognize her voice lol.


Oh the technology ! Cars that shift themselves, brake themselves , accelerate themselves , turn themselves, and stay in their lane by themselves !!

Thanks for the demos, it is indeed luxury driving (or should I say navigating ??!) at it's finest.

I can't wait to meet my first HPDE student that wants to use DCT and the DRIVING ASSISTANT on track ... for better lap times .. of course


Well at least with the driving assistant on... perhaps I'll feel safer !!
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Dam, looks like fun. How does a guy get invited to an event like this?
I believe that OP is an employee of a BMW dealer and that this was a sales training event on the new vehicles
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I believe that OP is an employee of a BMW dealer and that this was a sales training event on the new vehicles
Correct, I am a CA/ISM at BMW of San Francisco. You can find a lot of photos people post from this event - Back To The Track, or check #backtothetrack on social media.

The event is still going, most CA's and Geniuses go from across the country. I think they go through about 90 people a day.
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Correct, I am a CA/ISM at BMW of San Francisco. You can find a lot of photos people post from this event - Back To The Track, or check #backtothetrack on social media.

The event is still going, most CA's and Geniuses go from across the country. I think they go through about 90 people a day.
The training was a blast! Very pleased with how well the G30 handled a hot lap around COTA!
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