What's The F10 M5 Like To Live With Real-world ?

[beanoir]

tomtom said:

Folding seats and through load are both a must have for me.

Can someone who has an M5 tell me if the fold down thing in the middle of the seats is just an arm rest or, if there is a flap there like on the car below, does it mean it has the through load?

Its an arm rest, with cup holders and storage compartment. You get the hole through to the back from there if you tick the ski hatch option, which I did on mine.

[tomtom]

As I suspected. Thanks.

[Welshbeef]

beanoir said:

Its an arm rest, with cup holders and storage compartment. You get the hole through to the back from there if you tick the ski hatch option, which I did on mine.

The non ski hatch as described above is standard throughout the F10 series - ideal holders for a Happy meal drinks when kids are in the back.

[Als911]

After months of looking and watching the market I was lucky enough in May16 to get myself a
63 plate M5 Competition with Full Leather and all the toys (Fully Loaded as they say) and had
Done less than 10k miles.
It was £95k list in October 2013. The Full leather and alcantara roof make a huge difference to the
Interior.

Edited by Als911 on Saturday 11th February 22:20

[Pioneer]

Very nice. I'm going to look at this one tomorrow. Has a lovely spec although Comp Pack would make it perfect

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[JMBMWM5]

Pioneer said:

Very nice. I'm going to look at this one tomorrow. Has a lovely spec although Comp Pack would make it perfect

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Be careful, I would stick with BMW sales for that kind of outlay on an M5, This lot have very mixed reviews.

[Pioneer]

JMBMWM5 said:

Be careful, I would stick with BMW sales for that kind of outlay on an M5, This lot have very mixed reviews.

I did notice that. I spoke online with them last night and was going to head over there in an hour or so. If the car is a good one though it would be a shame to miss it. BMW AUC don't seem to have anything at this price with similar spec.

[Als911]

Pioneer said:

Very nice. I'm going to look at this one tomorrow. Has a lovely spec although Comp Pack would make it perfect

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Great spec, really like the B&O speakers, doesn't have full leather but I'm sure your aware of this.
Extended leather on M5 is the standard option. The give away is full leather has a stitching on the dashboard.

Great colour MCB, but I'm biased. :-)

[Number9]

Hi Al,
How is she treating you? I'm back in Oz again now but am yet to find a suitable replacement (although I may have been eyeing up a Cayman GT4 through the Porsche dealership window earlier today!!)

Als911 said:

After months of looking and watching the market I was lucky enough in May16 to get myself a
63 plate M5 Competition with Full Leather and all the toys (Fully Loaded as they say) and had
Done less than 10k miles.
It was £95k list in October 2013. The Full leather and alcantara roof make a huge difference to the
Interior.

Edited by Als911 on Saturday 11th February 22:20

[Als911]

[quote=Number9]Hi Al,
How is she treating you? I'm back in Oz again now but am yet to find a suitable replacement (although I may have been eyeing up a Cayman GT4 through the Porsche dealership window earlier today!!)


Hi Rob,
Just loving the car, used it much more than I expected. Plus took it to Classic LeMans with the family for ten days.
So that has helped pile the miles on, Cars now done 18k miles :-))

GT4 I hear it is a fabulous,
Never driven one myself but from what ive heard you won't be disappointed.

Hope all goes well for you in Oz, weather is sure to be better than here. :-)

[ds666]

Pioneer said:

Very nice. I'm going to look at this one tomorrow. Has a lovely spec although Comp Pack would make it perfect

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

And????

[Pioneer]

ds666 said:

And????

I didn't go. Woke up with every intention, but the day soon went south due to two toddlers not playing ball. Tried calling them a couple of times but couldn't get through. May try and get over to them during the week. My local main dealer said they have a White one coming in which is similar spec which can be had for just shy of £40k. Think it has HK instead of B&O but otherwise very similar

[JMBMWM5]

Pioneer said:

I didn't go. Woke up with every intention, but the day soon went south due to two toddlers not playing ball. Tried calling them a couple of times but couldn't get through. May try and get over to them during the week. My local main dealer said they have a White one coming in which is similar spec which can be had for just shy of £40k. Think it has HK instead of B&O but otherwise very similar

IF you like white go that way, bit safer.

[Number9]

Very glad to hear the car is treating you well. The weather here is certainly different, not necessarily better! Yesterday was the hottest day on record in a number of places - a few places not too far from us hit 48.5 degrees!! Thankfully we had to make do with a chilly 38 degrees. If you are ever this way, let me know.

Cheers,

Rob

Als911]umber9 said:

Hi Al,
How is she treating you? I'm back in Oz again now but am yet to find a suitable replacement (although I may have been eyeing up a Cayman GT4 through the Porsche dealership window earlier today!!)


Hi Rob,
Just loving the car, used it much more than I expected. Plus took it to Classic LeMans with the family for ten days.
So that has helped pile the miles on, Cars now done 18k miles :-))

GT4 I hear it is a fabulous,
Never driven one myself but from what ive heard you won't be disappointed.

Hope all goes well for you in Oz, weather is sure to be better than here. :-)

[clio007]

Als911 said:

Great spec, really like the B&O speakers, doesn't have full leather but I'm sure your aware of this.
Extended leather on M5 is the standard option. The give away is full leather has a stitching on the dashboard.

Great colour MCB, but I'm biased. :-)

Those discs look interesting. Is that scoring?

[Pioneer]

clio007 said:

Those discs look interesting. Is that scoring?

Not sure. Will take a look when I go to see it. It's going into BMW this week so they should pick up on that

[BMWBen]

Pioneer said:

clio007 said:

Those discs look interesting. Is that scoring?

Not sure. Will take a look when I go to see it. It's going into BMW this week so they should pick up on that

Is that what they told you? Having dealt with this dealer I'd recommend you take that with a pinch of salt... That and anything else they tell you. Unless you've got concrete proof of anything they say it's probably untrue

[Pioneer]

BMWBen said:

Is that what they told you? Having dealt with this dealer I'd recommend you take that with a pinch of salt... That and anything else they tell you. Unless you've got concrete proof of anything they say it's probably untrue

Hmm, that's not good. What happened to you? To be fair to the dealer they did say I could speak directly to the BMW main dealer whilst it's there having a service and health check done. They have some nice cars, most on SOR I expect but it looks like a few people have had good experiences and trust them. My intention was to see what BMW say and then buy a warranty direct through them if they're happy to put one on it. From experience, some bad dealers sell good cars and vice versa. Wouldn't be happy being misled though ref. anything to do with the car. Genuine mistakes I can understand.

[BMWBen]

Pioneer said:

BMWBen said:

Is that what they told you? Having dealt with this dealer I'd recommend you take that with a pinch of salt... That and anything else they tell you. Unless you've got concrete proof of anything they say it's probably untrue

Hmm, that's not good. What happened to you? To be fair to the dealer they did say I could speak directly to the BMW main dealer whilst it's there having a service and health check done. They have some nice cars, most on SOR I expect but it looks like a few people have had good experiences and trust them. My intention was to see what BMW say and then buy a warranty direct through them if they're happy to put one on it. From experience, some bad dealers sell good cars and vice versa. Wouldn't be happy being misled though ref. anything to do with the car. Genuine mistakes I can understand.

I did actually buy an F10 M5 from them, but it was touch and go. They seemed to be willing to promise absolutely anything to get you to buy but either try and wriggle out of it or not actually do it and try and get away with it. Most of their stock is on SOR so this one probably is too, and perhaps the owner has agreed to service it so it's actually ready for sale. You won't know until it happens.

I've got a few niggles with mine after the sale which they have actually been helpful with so far (again, at this stage words not action yet) so I'm still reserving judgement.

To be fair you shouldn't ever just blindly trust any business, let alone a car trader, but they were exceptionally infuriating.

Edited by BMWBen on Monday 13th February 22:15

[Elysium]

Pioneer said:

Very nice. I'm going to look at this one tomorrow. Has a lovely spec although Comp Pack would make it perfect

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I also looked at that advert but didn't get a chance to view the car. I liked the idea of the B&O, but they are asking quite a premium given this is a 63 plate car and out of warranty (registered 31st Jan 2014).