Interesting Wall Street Journal F10 M5 review..depressing.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014241278873246...
I finally sold my M6 last year and part of the reason was that I had nowhere to really enjoy it the way it should have been used. So, I had a car capable of 200MPH ( it was delimited), and I lived in place with speed limits of 65 , though empty roads.
I drove it 1000km in the last year, and it was just a bit sad to have something so capable, such a stunning engine, but so few opportunities. For the first time in eons I have no M car.
I finally sold my M6 last year and part of the reason was that I had nowhere to really enjoy it the way it should have been used. So, I had a car capable of 200MPH ( it was delimited), and I lived in place with speed limits of 65 , though empty roads.
I drove it 1000km in the last year, and it was just a bit sad to have something so capable, such a stunning engine, but so few opportunities. For the first time in eons I have no M car.
Contigo said:
M5 in too fast for American roads SHOCKER! 
What is depressing RDMcG? The fact you sold or the fact that it's too fast for the roads?
The latter..I really had endless roads to travel and it was a magnificent long distance runner, but the sense that I was basically taking a racehorse for a pony ride was tough. It is not a track car (I did that) so ended up being something I had fantastic fun with in Germany and then nostalgia in Canada. I had it six years. Did 6000 km in the first three weeks in Germany and 26000 km in the next six years. Great car, but it was the ned for me of a non-track high powered car fir use here. It would rev to 8250 and lived at about 1500What is depressing RDMcG? The fact you sold or the fact that it's too fast for the roads?
. I think that the point of the article was the huge mismatch between capability and availability of fast roads.RDMcG said:
The latter..I really had endless roads to travel and it was a magnificent long distance runner, but the sense that I was basically taking a racehorse for a pony ride was tough. It is not a track car (I did that) so ended up being something I had fantastic fun with in Germany and then nostalgia in Canada. I had it six years. Did 6000 km in the first three weeks in Germany and 26000 km in the next six years. Great car, but it was the ned for me of a non-track high powered car fir use here. It would rev to 8250 and lived at about 1500. I think that the point of the article was the huge mismatch between capability and availability of fast roads.
Very true and it's definitely not an out and out track car as you say but more a very capable cruiser that can also be used for the odd track day. What struck me about the article is the same feeling I had about the F10 that is is a great car as a cruiser, effortlessly quick and capable but just a bit numb compared to the V10 E6x that it replaces. I'm sure the chassis and everything else is more advanced and modern but jumping back into my E61 after the long test drive it just felt more special and raw. . I think that the point of the article was the huge mismatch between capability and availability of fast roads.HoagieLomax said:
Strange how BM themselves thought the E39 540i was 'fast enough' to denounce the M5 back in 1998 and now it's up to nearly twice that output!
For pure fun I preferred the E39 M5 to the E63 M6 but I loved the V10. If I were living in Germany I would hve something like an M car again. Gassing Station | M Power | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff