f10 M5- how physically large a car is it?
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mattb46 said:
Hi All
As a former owner of a much loved E39 M5, I have been looking to buy a 2013/14 £35k F10 M5 for a few weeks now but whenever I have nosed around one, I have always been struck by what a physically massive car it seems. The car would be our main family car and so my wife will need to drive it regularly. Unfortunately she is not that confident a driver and I suspect she will hate its size (the lanes around us (Sarratt, Herts) are quite narrow). For this reason my head says discount it and look instead at something like a S4/RS4 which will be less physically intimidating. However the heart says "do it, she'll adapt".
Thoughts, experiences?
I know the area around Sarratt very well. The M5 does feel very wide indeed when driving around the country lanes - it's fine on marked roads (like the road across the Common), but can get a bit hairy when the space closes in because of bushes at the roadside encroaching a bit on the road etc (e.g. the bit of Chipperfield Road before you get to the Land Rover dealership), or using the narrower lanes (e.g. the lanes going up to Rickmansworth, behind Loudwater estate). As a former owner of a much loved E39 M5, I have been looking to buy a 2013/14 £35k F10 M5 for a few weeks now but whenever I have nosed around one, I have always been struck by what a physically massive car it seems. The car would be our main family car and so my wife will need to drive it regularly. Unfortunately she is not that confident a driver and I suspect she will hate its size (the lanes around us (Sarratt, Herts) are quite narrow). For this reason my head says discount it and look instead at something like a S4/RS4 which will be less physically intimidating. However the heart says "do it, she'll adapt".
Thoughts, experiences?
For a nervous driver, it might become a bit of a nightmare because of the need to anticipate/keep away from aggressive loons flying around the lanes.
All that said, my wife was nervous/unhappy about moving from a Golf to an X5 and soon got used to it, though with the odd grumble about country lanes - now she wouldn't be happy with a regular saloon.
bennyboysvuk said:
For comparison, (according to Google) it's 5cm wider than my wife's A4, which itself feels wide on country lanes. When a large car comes the other way, it almost requires you to be wing-mirror scractchingly close to the hedge.
You'd expect that though as the F10 is more akin with the A6 rather than the A4. Perhaps just me then but having had A8's, RS's, E60 M5 & a GT-R, the M5 feels like a normal mid sized car & i've never to dater thought it was on the large side, either on country roads, in cities or when parking.Had my F10 M5 over a year now, felt massive when I got it, still feels pretty big now if I'm honest. My missus has an x5 and it feels much smaller when driving than the M5. Also, for such a big car, I find the rear leg room a bit disappointing.
Apparently the new one , whilst having xdrive option which would be great, is going to be bigger, which definitely puts me off the next m5.
Apparently the new one , whilst having xdrive option which would be great, is going to be bigger, which definitely puts me off the next m5.
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