[bmwombat]

Hi all,

Have just ordered my new Carbon Black 535d M-Sport with the following spec:

• M Sport Package includes:

BMW Individual High-Gloss Shadow Line
BMW Individual headliner anthracite
Interior trim in Aluminium Hexagon
M Aerodynamic Package
M sport suspension
M leather steering wheel
Sport seats for driver and front passenger
M door sill finishers
19" M light alloy wheels Double-spoke 351 M

• Sports Automatic Transmission
• Adaptive drive
• Integral Active Steering
• Alarm System
• Comfort Access
• Climate Comfort Windscreen
• Rear Camera
• Sunroof
• Anti Dazzle Mirrors
• Active Seat Ventilation
• Comfort seats (includes Lumbar Support & Electric seat adjustment)
• Seat heating Driver & Passenger
• High Beam Assist
• Lane Departure Waming
• Lane Change Warning
• Surround View
• Digital Tuner DAB+
• 4-Z0NE Air conditioning
• Auto tail gate
• Black front Grill
• Additional 12V sockets
• M rear spoiler

Am considering also adding:
• Voice Control
• Night Vision
• Parking Assistant
• HiFi Loudspeaker system (this is the next step up from the standard system but is NOT the top of range HiFi System professional)

Would certainly appreciate any thoughts from the community about the usefulness of adding the extra options (I still have a week or so to play with the final configuration of my order).

[bimmer man]

looks good, but you forgot navi pro. and head-up display (HUD). Navigation in conjunction with HUD's amazing. I also will upgraded to the new digital instrument panel. And on a 535d should upgrade to the hifi, hifi pro. I have had many BMWs but 535d Xdrive that I have now is the ultimate BMW with an incredible engine and traction. Was on the German autobahn in the summer and had a speed 260 km / h and it was not stop there. You made a good choice. Is there anything you wonder. just ask. Congrats. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=648543

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by bimmer man

looks good, but you forgot navi pro. and head-up display (HUD). Navigation in conjunction with HUD's amazing. I also will upgraded to the new digital instrument panel. And on a 535d should upgrade to the hifi, hifi pro. I have had many BMWs but 535d Xdrive that I have now is the ultimate BMW with an incredible engine and traction. Was on the German autobahn in the summer and had a speed 260 km / h and it was not stop there. You made a good choice. Is there anything you wonder. just ask. Congrats. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=648543

Navi Pro & HUD are standard on the 535 in Australia; should have mentioned them I guess. The digital instrument panel is also standard here but I'm strongly considering the stereo upgrade. Thanks for your thoughts. By the way your car looks ace! Very nice ride.

[rhinosaur]

Originally Posted by bmwombat

Hi all,

Have just ordered my new Carbon Black 535d M-Sport with the following spec:

• M Sport Package includes:

BMW Individual High-Gloss Shadow Line
BMW Individual headliner anthracite
Interior trim in Aluminium Hexagon
M Aerodynamic Package
M sport suspension
M leather steering wheel
Sport seats for driver and front passenger
M door sill finishers
19" M light alloy wheels Double-spoke 351 M

• Sports Automatic Transmission
• Adaptive drive
• Integral Active Steering
• Alarm System
• Comfort Access
• Climate Comfort Windscreen
• Rear Camera
• Sunroof
• Anti Dazzle Mirrors
• Active Seat Ventilation
• Comfort seats (includes Lumbar Support & Electric seat adjustment)
• Seat heating Driver & Passenger
• High Beam Assist
• Lane Departure Waming
• Lane Change Warning
• Surround View
• Digital Tuner DAB+
• 4-Z0NE Air conditioning
• Auto tail gate
• Black front Grill
• Additional 12V sockets
• M rear spoiler

Am considering also adding:
• Voice Control
• Night Vision
• Parking Assistant
• HiFi Loudspeaker system (this is the next step up from the standard system but is NOT the top of range HiFi System professional)

Would certainly appreciate any thoughts from the community about the usefulness of adding the extra options (I still have a week or so to play with the final configuration of my order).

Great spec! Congratulations!
There's some conflicting information, though… Judging by your post you have sport seats within the M-package and comfort seats added below. I would say you chose the latter but maybe you could clear that one up?

As concerns the extra options, I would only care for voice control and the HiFi Professional sound system (which is not the top-of-the-range system any longer, btw).

[bmwombat]

Yeah the comfort seats replace the sports seats. WRT the voice control do you know if you can speak web addresses to enter them using it?

BTW does anyone have any views about the usefulness of the optional Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)? I'm thinking that it'd be very useful to be able to monitor the pressures in the run flats (which are the only tyres you can get here on 5ers in Australia) to make sure they stay at the right pressures - I learnt my lesson with my 1st set of RFTs 2 cars ago when they wore out in less than 10,000 Klm's due to my not checking they were kept at the correct pressure (cost me $A2600 to replace 4 tyres - the dealer wanted $A3200 for the set!!!!).

[ajohansen]

Use your money on a better hifi and leave the night vision. Imo the night vision is not worth the money, and my opinion is that the person recognition system is full of flaws!

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by ajohansen

Use your money on a better hifi and leave the night vision. Imo the night vision is not worth the money, and my opinion is that the person recognition system is full of flaws!

Yes...I'm tending towards that view too. There's a few other threads on this forum that aren't very complimentary towards the Night Vision option...thanks.

[bmwombat]

Hi all,

Have now made my final decisions as to the final spec I want for my new Carbon Black 535d M-Sport:

Standard spec is (because I know this differs from country to country):
• Auto Start/Stop function
• Brake Energy Regeneration
• Driving experience control incl. ECO PRO mode
• Electric Power Steering with Servotronic
• Active headrests, front
• Driver and front passenger airbags with occupant detector
• Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) incl. Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), CBC and Brake Assistant
• Head airbags for front and rear
• Side impact airbags for front passenger
• Cruise Control with brake function
• Head-Up Display
• Park Distance Control (PDC) - front and rear
• Bi-Xenon Headlights with headlight washer system
• Exterior mirrors, aspheric, electrically adjustable with active heating
• Fog lights
• Rain sensor and automatic driving lights control
• Ambient lighting
• Automatic air conditioning with 2-zone control (replaced by 4-zone A/C)
• Bluetooth preparation
• Control Displaywith 10.2" colour monitor
• Stereo Speaker System (replaced by HiFi Loudspeaker system w/205W amp etc.)
• Interior mirror with automatic anti-dazzle function
• Intemet functionality
• Multifunction leather steering wheel (replaced by M steering wheel)
• Navigation System Professional
• Radio BMW Professional with CD drive
• Through-loading system
• USB audio interface
• Dakota leather upholstery

Options added are:
• M Sport Package includes:

BMW Individual High-Gloss Shadow Line
BMW Individual headliner anthracite
Interior trim in Aluminium Hexagon
M Aerodynamic Package
M sport suspension
M leather steering wheel
Sport seats for driver and front passenger (replaced by Comfort Seats)
M door sill finishers
19" M light alloy wheels Double-spoke 351 M

• Sports Automatic Transmission
• Adaptive drive
• Integral Active Steering
• Alarm System
• Comfort Access
• Climate Comfort Windscreen
• Rear Camera
• Sunroof
• Anti Dazzle Mirrors
• Active Seat Ventilation
• Comfort seats (includes Lumbar Support & Electric seat adjustment)
• Seat heating Driver & Passenger
• High Beam Assist
• Lane Departure Waming
• Lane Change Warning
• Surround View
• Digital Tuner DAB+
• 4-Z0NE Air conditioning
• Auto tail gate
• Black front Grill (dealer fitted)
• M rear spoiler

Have now added:
• Voice Control
• Parking Assistant
• HiFi Loudspeaker system
• Window tinting (darkest street legal - dealer fitted)

Looks like delivery late December.

[bimmer man]

have you not DAB Radio in Australia. It's is recommended in Europe.

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by bimmer man

have you not DAB Radio in Australia. It's is recommended in Europe.

Yes - I've ordered the Digital Tuner DAB+ option. We only have it in the capital cities but that's where I live anyway so it'll be good to have.

[tnikolov]

• Cruise Control with brake function

Is this the one that follows the car in front? If not, get that one.. its superb for heavy traffic and highway driving...

[bmwombat]

No it's the std cruise control. I don't want the version you're referring to as we have that feature on our other car (Lexus IS250 Sports Luxury - it came standard) & after the 1st few times I used it on the highway I absolutely hated it & we haven't used it since for over3 years + I don't drive in peak hour traffic anyway. I hear what you're saying but I guess it all comes down to personal preference anyway. Thanks for the thought tho'.

[tnikolov]

Originally Posted by bmwombat

No it's the std cruise control. I don't want the version you're referring to as we have that feature on our other car (Lexus IS250 Sports Luxury - it came standard) & after the 1st few times I used it on the highway I absolutely hated it & we haven't used it since for over3 years + I don't drive in peak hour traffic anyway. I hear what you're saying but I guess it all comes down to personal preference anyway. Thanks for the thought tho'.

Was it not good on the Lex? Cause I also have it on my Land Cruiser (same manufacturer as Lexus) and I hate it there also, I think its useless. But in my F10 I love it.. it does the job extremely well, you can regulate it pretty good from the steering wheel, it displays a lot of info on the HUD, etc

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by tnikolov

Was it not good on the Lex? Cause I also have it on my Land Cruiser (same manufacturer as Lexus) and I hate it there also, I think its useless. But in my F10 I love it.. it does the job extremely well, you can regulate it pretty good from the steering wheel, it displays a lot of info on the HUD, etc

Definitely didn't like it on the Lexus. Also it's a AUD4700 option (+ some taxes) here so it's very hard for me to justify it given my prior experience with my Lexus.

[rhinosaur]

Originally Posted by bmwombat

No it's the std cruise control. I don't want the version you're referring to as we have that feature on our other car (Lexus IS250 Sports Luxury - it came standard) & after the 1st few times I used it on the highway I absolutely hated it & we haven't used it since for over3 years + I don't drive in peak hour traffic anyway. I hear what you're saying but I guess it all comes down to personal preference anyway. Thanks for the thought tho'.

I totally agree with your preference. I tested the Stop & Go function and decided to ditch it and stick with the barebones brake function only. I hated the feeling that the car would accelerate/decelerate on its own rather than with direct inputs from the driver.

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by rhinosaur

I totally agree with your preference. I tested the Stop & Go function and decided to ditch it and stick with the barebones brake function only. I hated the feeling that the car would accelerate/decelerate on its own rather than with direct inputs from the driver.

yep...that was the major issue I had with the same feature on my Lexus IS250 SL. I want to be in control of the braking/accelerating.

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by bmwombat

Hi all,

Have now made my final decisions as to the final spec I want for my new Carbon Black 535d M-Sport:

Standard spec is (because I know this differs from country to country):
• Auto Start/Stop function
• Brake Energy Regeneration
• Driving experience control incl. ECO PRO mode
• Electric Power Steering with Servotronic
• Active headrests, front
• Driver and front passenger airbags with occupant detector
• Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) incl. Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), CBC and Brake Assistant
• Head airbags for front and rear
• Side impact airbags for front passenger
• Cruise Control with brake function
• Head-Up Display
• Park Distance Control (PDC) - front and rear
• Bi-Xenon Headlights with headlight washer system
• Exterior mirrors, aspheric, electrically adjustable with active heating
• Fog lights
• Rain sensor and automatic driving lights control
• Ambient lighting
• Automatic air conditioning with 2-zone control (replaced by 4-zone A/C)
• Bluetooth preparation
• Control Displaywith 10.2" colour monitor
• Stereo Speaker System (replaced by HiFi Loudspeaker system w/205W amp etc.)
• Interior mirror with automatic anti-dazzle function
• Intemet functionality
• Multifunction leather steering wheel (replaced by M steering wheel)
• Navigation System Professional
• Radio BMW Professional with CD drive
• Through-loading system
• USB audio interface
• Dakota leather upholstery

Options added are:
• M Sport Package includes:

BMW Individual High-Gloss Shadow Line
BMW Individual headliner anthracite
Interior trim in Aluminium Hexagon
M Aerodynamic Package
M sport suspension
M leather steering wheel
Sport seats for driver and front passenger (replaced by Comfort Seats)
M door sill finishers
19" M light alloy wheels Double-spoke 351 M

• Sports Automatic Transmission
• Adaptive drive
• Integral Active Steering
• Alarm System
• Comfort Access
• Climate Comfort Windscreen
• Rear Camera
• Sunroof
• Anti Dazzle Mirrors
• Active Seat Ventilation
• Comfort seats (includes Lumbar Support & Electric seat adjustment)
• Seat heating Driver & Passenger
• High Beam Assist
• Lane Departure Waming
• Lane Change Warning
• Surround View
• Digital Tuner DAB+
• 4-Z0NE Air conditioning
• Auto tail gate
• Black front Grill (dealer fitted)
• M rear spoiler

Have now added:
• Voice Control
• Parking Assistant
• HiFi Loudspeaker system
• Window tinting (darkest street legal - dealer fitted)

Looks like delivery late December.

Just missed out on the October build slot - bugga! Delivery has now slipped to 3rd week in Jan. 2013 - ah well! Still it gives me time to add some more options:

• Tyre Pressure Monitor
• Music Interface for Smartphone

Am also investigating whether or not I can swap out the 351M rims for either 312 (ferric gray) or 356s.

[Bimmernerd]

Congrats, an impressive spec! I think you made the right decision about the adaptive cruise control and night vision. Both options are ridiculously pricey (as most of BMW:s options BTW).

I would strongly recommend the second best HiFi Pro system (Dirac 600W). It is well worth the extra money compared to the others. The 351M wheels look great but I have already had two accidents when parking to close to the curb - a disadvantage with low profile tires and 19" wheels

[bmwombat]

Originally Posted by Bimmernerd

Congrats, an impressive spec! I think you made the right decision about the adaptive cruise control and night vision. Both options are ridiculously pricey (as most of BMW:s options BTW).

I would strongly recommend the second best HiFi Pro system (Dirac 600W). It is well worth the extra money compared to the others. The 351M wheels look great but I have already had two accidents when parking to close to the curb - a disadvantage with low profile tires and 19" wheels

I have already spent $A1300 upgrading to the 205W system; Here in OZ the 600W system costs $A2900 & the top of the range B&O system costs $A13,000!!!! Do you really think it's worth for me to pay another $A1600 (on top of the $A1300 I've already spent) for an in-car stereo system? I am actually interested in feedback on this from anyone - also I don't spend every day in the car as I work from home so don't have a daily commute or customer visits to do.

[rhinosaur]

I have HiFi Professional (i.e., the 600 W system mentioned by Bimmernerd) and I am extremely happy with it. I listen to some heavy stuff (e.g., Tool) and this is the first system where I don't need to reduce loudness or bass to avoid distortion or vibrations. Sound is crystal crisp, very well balanced in x,y,z dimensions and you have an equalizing mode.

5 stars

[viffer]

Originally Posted by rhinosaur

I have HiFi Professional ...

5 stars

Happy to hear that. I have ordered the same system for my F11 535i. About 700 GBP in the UK. I considered the B&O (despite the very high cost) but in the end decided not to order it without a back-to-back comparison with the HiFi pro. Comparison demo not available - no dealer round here seems to have a B&O-equipped car.

Cheers, Richard.

[rhinosaur]

Honestly, the HiFi Professional beats the B/O by miles in a cost vs. benefit comparison. The former is already very good and less than a third the price of the latter.

I would also add that my impression is that the HiFi Professional system received some recent improvements. When I tested a car January this year (a mid-2011 built 535d Touring, I believe) I could definitely feel that the sound was spatially centered too low, to a point where I doubted if I should go for it or not. In my car (MY 2013) this is not an issue at all.