RE: Spotted: BMW M6

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Luke.

10,997 posts

250 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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300bhp/ton said:
Quite like the look of these. Saw a nice blue one on Friday while on the way home.
What happened to the rest of your post?

carinaman

21,298 posts

172 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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They've grown on me too, though I spent a few minutes killing time admiring a black one with brown tan leather a couple of years ago.

WCZ

10,531 posts

194 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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good value for money second hand

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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It really is a bit of an ugly duckling but for some reason I'd love an M6. Proper muscle car thumbup

JapFreak786

1,524 posts

157 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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If you buy one, delete the rear backboxes, unleashes that V10 sound, best £200 i've spend on my E60 M5 biggrin

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

190 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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JapFreak786 said:
If you buy one, delete the rear backboxes, unleashes that V10 sound, best £200 i've spend on my E60 M5 biggrin
Wow £200 for some straight pipe. Someone saw you coming...

VladD

7,858 posts

265 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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I'd love one of these, but had a dreadful experience with an E38 750i, it cost me a fortune. I'd imagine the cost of being unlucky with one of these would be even more hideous.


Soooooooo tempting though.

Rawwr

22,722 posts

234 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Comparison with the 530d is interesting because the M6 sounds like one at idle. smile

X5TUU

11,941 posts

187 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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I would have one of these in a heart beat

BlackPorker

379 posts

175 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Rawwr said:
Comparison with the 530d is interesting because the M6 sounds like one at idle. smile
True. But that comparison doesn't apply at 8,000 rpm. tongue out

Rawwr

22,722 posts

234 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Hence qualification of 'idle' smile

Guvernator

13,160 posts

165 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Have to agree with some others and say I prefer the E60 M5, same epic V10 engine but in a more practical body and I think it's prettier than the M6 too which is just very ungainly from certain angles (although who'd have thought we'd be calling a bangle era BMW pretty!)

In fact I'll probably need to move to a more practical 4 door car next year and I am having a very tough time thinking of another 4 door saloon which can generate as much excitement while still being relatively family friendly, only a Jag XF-R perhaps?

JapFreak786

1,524 posts

157 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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300bhp/ton said:
JapFreak786 said:
If you buy one, delete the rear backboxes, unleashes that V10 sound, best £200 i've spend on my E60 M5 biggrin
Wow £200 for some straight pipe. Someone saw you coming...
I was quoted over £350 by other exhaust places!
It doesn't just include removing silencers and welding in straight pipes, the M5 you basically replace the exhaust on each side from the rear diff to the bumper,including new tailpipes and bending of pipes etc

I preferred to get it done quicker than do it myself and faf around, cost me £200 and took 1.5 hours to get it done

plenty

4,690 posts

186 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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A shame they didn't offer these in the UK with three pedals.

Paddymcc

938 posts

191 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Almost bought one from BMW over a year ago and ended up buying a 997 instead. What a mistake that was.

British Beef

2,216 posts

165 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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plenty said:
A shame they didn't offer these in the UK with three pedals.
Im with you there, big shame!!!

treetops

1,177 posts

158 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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So it looks horrid, drinks fuel, is quick but in real world pointless, depreciates like a burning zepplin, is likely to go wrong and costs a fortune to fix.

I'm out.

farbbm

306 posts

190 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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161BMW

1,697 posts

165 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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I would love one of these purely for the engine in that BMW Coupe

TobesH

550 posts

207 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Well you could slot the V10 into an E30 biggrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9dwf80-XGk