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      12-10-2011, 04:42 PM   #34
MBrown1003
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Drives: 2014 F10 M5
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Massachusetts, USA

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Originally Posted by Stephan735i View Post
Gorgeous car! I love 6speed V8 5series and will one day import a 550iM/6 F10 from North-America. BMW don't sell them anywere else.

Have you driven a E60, E39 or E34 V8 6speed and can make a comparison?

I have a registry of all 540i/6 E34 and couldn't help check all 550i/6 F10 and can therefore tell that you own the only Dark Graphite II/Everest Gray with M Sport Package of the to this day 462 built 550i/6 F10.

Regards Stephan
I've had the following:
  • 1992 E34 525i (5-speed)
  • 1997 E39 528i (5-speed)
  • 2000 E39 540i (6-speed)
  • 2002 E39 M5 (6-speed)
  • 2007 E92 335i (6-speed)
  • 2008 E90 M3 (6-speed)
  • 2011 F10 550i (6-speed)

While the M3 may have been a few ticks faster to 60 mph/100 kph, the F10 is the smoothest of all of the cars I've had, and the most effortless. Where you had to rev the M3, the 550 just has gobs of power, regardless of the revs. And if you drive it at all aggressively (accelerating from about 3,500 RPMs in third gear, for example), there had better be a lot of room in front of you, because you will be going fast QUICKLY.
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2014 F10 M5
Previously...
Threes: '08 E90 M3, '07 E92 335i,
Fives: '11 F10 550i, '02 E39 M5, '00 E39 540i/6, '97 E39 528i, '92 E34 525i
Others: VW, MBz, Peugeot, Toyota, Olds
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