R Lee
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Went to a have a look at a BMW M5 and M6 last week.
The M6 as lovely as it is, isn't my kind of car. I'm only small and my head touches the roof lining when sat at the back, so that car was dismissed.
The M5, was nice (car below). Looked lovely and had a mean stance to it. Also had a decent boot space, which I need. So, I arranged a test drive this afternoon.
Anyway, verdict:
BMW's notoriously horrible to use iDrive, is... Shit 
Cabin felt a bit too plastic compared with the higher market cars associated with this marque.
And... this may be a bit of a surprise... the 5.0l V10 felt boring  I hammered it up and down a dual carriageway, but it just didn't seem like it was my kind of car. Yes, the engine and exhaust sounds gorgeous, but it felt too smooth. No torque? The speedo kept on climbing... and that was it.
I didn't like the gears too. Gear changing felt clumsy and the auto mode felt like it couldn't decide which gear to be in.
Finally, the HUD was distracting and looked too cartoon like.
So... Utterly disappointed 
C63 AMG to test next week though. Hopefully it'll give me the thrills i'm looking for 
edit: e60, not e90!!!!!!! 
[Edited on 10-02-2009 by R Lee]
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Jambo
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Id like a shot in one, did you press the magic button??
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Martin_C
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did u dae a donut init mate, a herd there gud et em.
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mwg
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Strange I always thought they were meant to be a hell of a car!
Audi RS4 or RS6...?
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R Lee
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I've always thought that they're meant to be great cars too.
Perhaps it just didn't feel like it was for me. You know, when you drive a car, you can feel something special. This didn't do it for me.
Martin, can't do doughnuts on a dual carriageway. Did have a semi race against a police training car though. He fucking hammered it too
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R Lee
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RS4, perhaps. Sat in one at their showroom. It wasn't bad 
RS6, feels too big. Sat in one at Hadwins (is it still called that?)
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Joe
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Surely an RS6 Saloon is no bigger than an M5?
Admitidly they are pretty big though.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by R Lee
RS4, perhaps. Sat in one at their showroom. It wasn't bad
RS6, feels too big. Sat in one at Hadwins (is it still called that?)
Lake District Audi now!
I had an A6 Avant from there yesterday and yeah its a big old bus!
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Martin_C
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quote:
Originally posted by R Lee
I've always thought that they're meant to be great cars too.
Perhaps it just didn't feel like it was for me. You know, when you drive a car, you can feel something special. This didn't do it for me.
Martin, can't do doughnuts on a dual carriageway. Did have a semi race against a police training car though. He fucking hammered it too
A friend did on the M8 once in his 300zx, I don't think it was intentional
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R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Martin_C
A friend did on the M8 once in his 300zx, I don't think it was intentional
Do you remember my little cousin, Tina? When we had a little photoshoot with Icy-man. Well, anyway, she did the same on the M8. Took out 20 yards of barrier and wrote off her car. She's just a shit driver
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Martin_C
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Tina...Christina? Had a silver corsa b, now has a corsa vxr?
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R Lee
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Originally posted by Martin_C
Tina...Christina? Had a silver corsa b, now has a corsa vxr?
No no no... Little Chinese girl with glasses at the time. Not surprised if you don't remember. It was a few years back.
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Martin_C
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Can't remember, I've got a crap memory as it is.
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deano87
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Dad had a courtesy car 530i M Sport and we thought the iDrive was piss easy to use. He can't use a calculator, but could the iDrive
I can't believe a V10 seemed boring  did you have it in warp factor mode, so it actually had over 500bhp?!
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Nath
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They do sound the absolute bollocks
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Steve X16XE
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It's an E60 not E90. The E90 is the new 3 series.
I had a little play with this beasty. I had him untill the lights turned to green
Like the plate? It's back to standard now as i'm guessing he kept on getting pulled for it.
[Edited on 10-02-2009 by Steve X16XE]
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
It's an E60 not E90. The E90 is the new 3 series.
May be it was an M3 with V8, hence why the V10 seemed boring 
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fir3vip3r
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
It's an E60 not E90. The E90 is the new 3 series.
May be it was an M3 with V8, hence why the V10 seemed boring
or maybe he just found the v10 boring?
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Steve X16XE
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But the M3's are E92 
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R Lee
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It was the M5. That exact car in the picture above.
It wasn't slow... and i didn't get to throw it into corners, but i'm just saying, hammering it down the dual carriageway just seem... bleh. My brother sat in the back thought i was taking the piss too. He said it was quick. I just didn't feel the excitment.
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Steve X16XE
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I think it's down to the size of it. In my little Corsa i'll be doing 40 and my mate will think i'm booting it. However, in his CL500 we can be doing 120 and it feels slow.
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Cosmo
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That at William Loughran?
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R Lee
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Yes, Cosmotronic
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R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Certainly was
There was a lady in the showroom today. Quite hot.
Lady: What kind of leather is this?
Salesman: Pig... hahhahahahahahaha
Lady: What?
Salesman: No, its cow really... Mooooooooo
Lady: Oh, I don't like cows
She was sat in a Bentley ffs
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