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I hear you, and I had the 550 before this car. I guess I was hoping that the F10 535 would be capable of matching the power numbers generated by the E60 535 (N54) with the stock trans. On the E60 platform it was fairly easy to take a 535 and generate more power than an M5 can. In the F10 the trans seems like the weak link, yes it is reliable, efficient, and overall sturdier than the 6HP that was on the E60. However, BMW chose the weakest possible model of this trans for the 535.
BTW, to replace my old 550 I did look at F10 550s. As I stated before, I have 3 friends that lemoned their 550s, and another that had $28k worth of work done last year under CPO + another $9k done this past January that had to be "good willed" by BMWNA on his 750. I love the V8, but it simply was not worth the headache for me. Considering this is my 3rd 5 series, I think I am pretty aware of each model's capabilities.
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