F10 520d M Sport Auto - Magnificent, what a bloody car!

F10 520d M Sport Auto - Magnificent, what a bloody car!

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anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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Wills2 said:
AMDB9 said:
HoHoHo said:
cerb4.5lee said:
roofer said:
slippery said:
All these four pot diesels do make the 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 cylinder petrols all the more special though. Hearing one is turning into a rare treat. smile
Amen.
yes
Yep yes

My F10 is as good as the 520d but with a 4.4 V8 TT biggrin

Now that's MUCH better hehe
Yes it is but my 6.0 Litre V12 Aston Martin DB9 can kick your V8 in to orbit....but that was not the point I was making. BMW hve built a very good package in the 20d and that was what this thread was about wink
A friend had a DB9 and we did some runs against my e92 M3 and we were neck and neck (40-XXXmph), the F10 M5 would pull away from a DB9 in a straight line.

The noise from the V12 is beautiful and so is the car, lets not let the thread get into a pissing contest.

Too late!!!

slippery

14,093 posts

238 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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A DB9 is a lovely thing, a drop dead gorgeous GT with a soundtrack to die for, a fair turn of speed and it's ageing very gracefully indeed. Enjoy it for what it is, but don't go picking a fight with an F10 M5 in one, because you'll be limping home to lick your wounds! The Beemer driver will probably get less marriage proposals from strangers though! laugh

HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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slippery said:
A DB9 is a lovely thing, a drop dead gorgeous GT with a soundtrack to die for, a fair turn of speed and it's ageing very gracefully indeed. Enjoy it for what it is, but don't go picking a fight with an F10 M5 in one, because you'll be limping home to lick your wounds! The Beemer driver will probably get less marriage proposals from strangers though! laugh
Spot on hehe

I was only joking but I've clearly hit a bit of a nerve wink

F10- M5

0 - 40 kph 1.4 s
0 - 80 kph 3.1 s
0 - 100 kph 3.9 s
0 - 130 kph 5.8 s
0 - 180 kph 9.7 s
0 - 200 kph 11.7 s
0 - 60 mph 3.7 s
0 - 100 mph 7.8 s
0 - 150 mph 18.3 s

V12 Vantage

0 - 40 kph 1.7 s
0 - 100 kph 4.2 s
0 - 200 kph 13.8 s
0 - 300 kph 53.7 s
0 - 60 mph 4.3 s
0 - 100 mph 9.5 s

I see they gave up on 0 - 150 hehe

slippery

14,093 posts

238 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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And the V12V is quicker than a DB9. Anyway, back to the four pot oil burner..... smile

HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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slippery said:
And the V12V is quicker than a DB9. Anyway, back to the four pot oil burner..... smile
Yep wink

It is as it happens a bloody good package and with a half decent spec probably one of the best daily hacks you can buy or lease yes

AMDB9

Original Poster:

2,714 posts

206 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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Don't need an M5 when I have a 520d hehe

slippery

14,093 posts

238 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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@ HoHoHo: If you have to have a new car i totally agree. I usually end up buying something older for mile munching duties, spending what I'd otherwise spend on depreciation on petrol instead, but that's another debate entirely! smile
I have no doubt that the 520d is a very impressive overall package when compared with its direct rivals and they seem to fare very well on the emissions front for BIK purposes too.

Edited by slippery on Sunday 9th March 12:39

HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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AMDB9 said:
Don't need an M5 when I have a 520d hehe
I know frown

E65Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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AMDB9 said:
HoHoHo said:
cerb4.5lee said:
roofer said:
slippery said:
All these four pot diesels do make the 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 cylinder petrols all the more special though. Hearing one is turning into a rare treat. smile
Amen.
yes
Yep yes

My F10 is as good as the 520d but with a 4.4 V8 TT biggrin

Now that's MUCH better hehe
Yes it is but my 6.0 Litre V12 Aston Martin DB9 can kick your V8 in to orbit....but that was not the point I was making. BMW hve built a very good package in the 20d and that was what this thread was about wink
It really can't. I've not been in an M5 but have been in a DB9 and the new M6....the M6 is on another level with regards to performance. It certainly wouldn't kick it into orbit, quite the contrary.

smashy

3,030 posts

157 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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Just been sittinng outside a coffee shop in chiswick west london ..........seen 3 astons no M5s....

........astons ....are so 3 series...........

he he ,actually they look flippin beautiful

AMDB9

Original Poster:

2,714 posts

206 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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Yep the 3 series is a pretty lovely looking motor ;-)

smashy

3,030 posts

157 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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AMDB9 said:
Yep the 3 series is a pretty lovely looking motor ;-)
Good one ,lol

Pickled Piper

6,334 posts

234 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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So back on topic.

Took the 520d Msport for the first longish journey yesterday, about 200 miles. Was getting low fourties in terms of MPG.

The engine is great for a four cylinder and coupled with the automatic box makes for good process. However, it does have that tractor noise when pulling away from a standing start and is rough when extended hard through the gears. This is something the 6 cylinder in my previous 730d did not do. You could describe it as "creamy" in comparison.

On balance, for me, MPG is not that important. I would be happy to forgo some of the economy for more refinement and power. I think a 530d or 535d would have been nearer the "sweet spot".

So I will just have to slum it smile in the 520d for two years.

pp

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Interesting to read. Given we have pretty similar bases of comparison (Aston V12 (and I used to have a DB9 (I'm a lawyer and I did Maths A Level, so I can use triple brackets biggrin)) and X5 40d), I'm interested that you don't feel that the 520d's acceleration is a little sluggish. I'll have to try one.

HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Pickled Piper said:
So back on topic.

Took the 520d Msport for the first longish journey yesterday, about 200 miles. Was getting low fourties in terms of MPG.

The engine is great for a four cylinder and coupled with the automatic box makes for good process. However, it does have that tractor noise when pulling away from a standing start and is rough when extended hard through the gears. This is something the 6 cylinder in my previous 730d did not do. You could describe it as "creamy" in comparison.

On balance, for me, MPG is not that important. I would be happy to forgo some of the economy for more refinement and power. I think a 530d or 535d would have been nearer the "sweet spot".

So I will just have to slum it smile in the 520d for two years.

pp
My wife has a new 120d M Sport and the only point that lets it down is the 4 pot diesel rattle which as you say is nonexistent in 6 cylinder diesels.

She potters around on the school run never on long runs and gets nearly 50mpg which is brilliant.

AMDB9

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2,714 posts

206 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Another spectacular run today in mixed traffic

Wills2

22,669 posts

174 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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So how did the car end up on its side?


HoHoHo

14,980 posts

249 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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Wills2 said:
So how did the car end up on its side?
Far too powerful and nothing more than the laws of physics when going around a corner wink

Wills2

22,669 posts

174 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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HoHoHo said:
Wills2 said:
So how did the car end up on its side?
Far too powerful and nothing more than the laws of physics when going around a corner wink
Or a rapid build up of fuel economy destabilising the car.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Wednesday 12th March 2014
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51.8mph is not mixed traffic. Sounds like a gentle A road/DC bimble to me. Good figures though.