ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Wow, fantastic motor!! just watched it on Pulling Power, bit of a crap show but the M5 looked awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Just make sure you dont et the chocolate brown one, it looked awful in the flesh! Otherwise not a bad looking car!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activa Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Agreed,the M5 looked fantastic unlike the amateurish presenters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 How's about a 1 series with the M5 engine. Go on, say it, you know you would. Just sign at the bottom:- Dear Mr BMW I would like to order a with the rather interesting engine adjustment. Regards Mr A Smitten ...................... (sign here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 NEVER!!!!!!!!!!! its not just the engine I like the looks of the M5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 even though they came from that pen??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 no no no, the M5 was desined with a pen, the was knocked up using a crayola!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 M5 looks alright. I guess you're not moving out of your parents house for a while then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 [ QUOTE ] no no no, the M5 was desined with a pen, the was knocked up using a crayola!!! [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Beez, how wrong you are!! assumptions are so very often WRONG!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Where you moving? Last I heard, it was Leeds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 No way!! I am not going anywhere near Leeds!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 There goes my second guess - Bradford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 nope ANYWAYYYYYYYY I still want a M5!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Get one. You can live in that - it's big enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_m Posted July 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 just one problem, no 63,000 problems actually!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Great power. Great traction. Great technically. I was just under whelmed by the looks and know for a fact I'd be bored after a week. It just wasn't as fun as I thought it should be. It's a Q car, I know. Just not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Have to agree, magnificent engine but the looks are far too bland for me. I'd rather have an RS4 any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4tdi130 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 You call the M5 bland and say you'd prefer an RS4?! Audi would win just about any blandness competition they were entered in to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activa Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 [ QUOTE ] You call the M5 bland and say you'd prefer an RS4?! Audi would win just about any blandness competition they were entered in to! [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Fair enough, don't disagree with you but I just feel that the M5 looks like any other 5 series and for me an RS4 with £10k still in my pocket, would be my preference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR32 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Who DOESN'T want a new M5?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Who DOESN'T want a new M5?!! [/ QUOTE ] Me. I wanted one, dearly, right up until the local dealership let me borrow one for a day. It has three flaws, two major, one minor. The minor flaw is that over the 70 miles that I drove it, it ate £25 of petrol. Although I wasn't light on the gas pedal and the experience was probably worth £50. The first major (and I mean MAJOR) flaw is the gearbox. Please BMW, please please please put a proper clutch pedal and gearstick in it. I'm not a baby, I can change gear even with a big engine. Instead you get this horrid automatic clutch mechanism that couldn't change gear smoothly if its life depended on it. As far as I'm concerned, I've now given up on all forms of flappy paddles for the next decade or so. The next major flaw is that it's boring to drive. I'll say that again: it's boring. Imagine a 5 series with a gas pedal that goes further down. Now you have an M5. No hairy moments, no wind in your hair, no feeling that you are at one with the machine. You give it orders, it carries them out so efficiently that you kiss bye bye to your licence. Something was missing - ok it was phenomenally fast for a limo, but where's the sparkle? In fairness, it should be said that the other car is a 911... our relationship is somewhat So, I wanted it dearly right up until the moment I started driving it. If you want a one line summary, I was sitting in the garden with the M5 on the drive (sitting on someone else' tyres ), I looked at the blue sky and thought "oooh! - I could pop out in the 911". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4tdi130 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 You can't really compare an M5 to a 911 though, they are completely different beasts. If you were in the market for a saloon car, what would your choice be? I can't imagine anybody would have a 911 and an M5 on their shortlist, they are chalk and cheese to the extreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 There you have it then...... As the Vicar used to say, "here endeth the lesson"!!! From my point of view, I'm not in the market for an M5 but I'm sure your driving experience will be interesting to those who are considering an M5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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