Picking this baby up on saturday!

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Child mode on: three more sleeps and i get to drive it!






excited!

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derestrictor said:

An imperfect gem but when it comes together (which is more often than not) a veritable dollop of illicit festivity.

Well apaprently a veyron is a perfect gem, but that doesn't seem to help it capture everyone's hearts. Ironically, perfection seems to be a turn off for some.

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Combover said:

SEX!!! And in a decent colour too. Good work.

thanks! The colour is the one thing i had doubts about to begin with but in the flesh it seems to work very well. Very happy you mentioned it!

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spurs-442 said:

Fantastic looking car mate. which model is it? 630/645

why you little....

Edited by isee on Wednesday 10th June 08:53

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derestrictor said:

They tend to be non-photogenic: I genuinely approach mine after work some nights and, parked up by a kerb, wheels angled slightly away and to the road, the twighlight dancing up the bonnet and flanking those flamed surfaces, it really, really works.

In fact, it almost looks semi-concepty.

I agree it made me weak at the knees when i actually approached it.
Another thing that does not translate into pictures very well is the colour. You get the general idea of the colour but it looks a lot more "fun" in the sun.

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Porkie said:

BAD picture!

Great car. Great colour!

Enjoy

yup will try to take some nicer pics once i have the car.

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macp said:

Beautiful car I also guessed it was an M6 from the wheels.

It's funny how easy it is to tell them apart once you have done some research just before buying one.

The sidemirrors, no fog lights, quad pipes (obviously), carbon roof etc etc


Up until very recently I could not tell apart a 996 from a 997. Having done some research to potentially buy one, I can now tell the difference from any angle and think they are two very different looking cars.

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Beedub said:

gorgeous car, ive got a z4m and people say the same abt not looking to different from the others in the range, a few choice mods and shes looking awesome now!! a nice set of light weight alloys, nice supersprint exhaust system, gruppe m induction kit. job done!!

I really like the z4m's look and would have gone for one if parcticality was not an issue at all.
I would leave the M6 as stock as possible though. Even if it means it get's mistaken for a 645i.
Colleagues asking why the fk i went for an M6 over a more fun and modern and better looking M3 or a 911 and the only way to explain it is how people love some classics like the e-type or a mustang. This is what I got with the M6 I just love it in a way people love a classic car. Not for its stats on paper.

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swerni said:

lovely car sir.

Bit too sensible for my tastes but an absolute stunner!


enjoy

Yeah I still haven't embraced going for lairy cars. maybe next time when i can have more than one

thanks

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swansea v6 said:

How does the M6 compare, driving wise, to the M5?? Have driven an M5 an that was stunning, although it is big car it seemed to shrink around you???

i felt i needed to give extra front clearance when doing tight turns (the nose feels longer).
it felt a didn't need to coerce it as much to get moving as an M5 (in my M5 i either accelerate too slow or too fast from traffic lights). It felt more safe to corner at speed, but that could just be psychological and strangely i felt more comfortable inside... I am not sure if the driving position is actually any different but i could never dial in the seat exactly how i wanted it in the M5.

Yes it lacks 2 doors, a sunroof, handles in the roof and rtear leg room, but it's not as reviewrs say: less car for more money. It feels so much more classy than a saloon.
Another thing is the centre console. In the m5 i have an area of textured plastic below the the dvd slot and above the ashtray that looks like a cheap blanking plastic job and it cheapens the look massively. in the M6 the carbon fibre finish runs all the way down to the gearbox and looks complete.

Anyway I could wk on and on and on about it but to me, it's not 99.9% same car as people who have not driven either like to say.

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nsmith1180 said:

Congratulations! I hope the two of you are happy together.

Out of interest, and I know it is hard to put in to words, but why a 6? I have always thought them the Uglier car in the BMW range. I know a lot is down to personal preference, and many people will slate my top 10 cars but I honestly cant see the appeal of this one.

Not slating you choice, genuinely interested. As they say, if we all had the same tastes, cars would be boring and I would be out of a job!

hello and thanks
As I wrote before, it's the type of love one feels towards a classic. I just think (apart from an iffy backside) it looks bloody great!
Ironically apart from the current 3 series saloon, I think the 5 series is the ugliest car in the BMW lineup and thought I could live with it for its other many qualities, but it's the bloody reviewrs of the M6 saying you get "less car for more money" that led me astray and it ended up costing me more than if i just went for an m6 to start with.

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Animal said:

Filth. Want that, quite badly.

Given the early depreciation on these surely they're an absolute bargain at the mo, and so very quick too...

Right, back to work to earn some more pennies (and have a sly look through Autotrader)!

Best,

Alex

PS - could you post a pic of the interior?

Picking it up tomorrow (what's the chance of me being at the dealer's door before they open? They are 60 miles from me )
So will be sure to post some more pics and from a more flattering angle

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Hitch78 said:

That is one lovely motor.

I think the current 6, especially in M version and in M specific colours will be one of those cars I'll always want. Just like the last version!

Cherish it.

Thanks
I think they will be one of those cars that are unloved at first but turn into cherished classics later.

But then I suppose I WOULD say this wouldn't i?

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So thanks for all the kind words!
Picked the car up on saturday morning but found 2 things that i did not see/hear during the test drive.
When braking gently the rear driver's side brakes seem to squeek a bit, and having done about 100 miles since picking the car up the noise is still there.
Another thing is the middle (dashboard) speaker/tweeter seems to be incapable of handling the music on loud and gives out a very audible distortion, rendering playback at loud setting impossible.

Calling the dealer about these today but other than that all i can say is THIS is what I imagined the M car should feel like all along. Maybe my M5 was a post accident lemon or something but the M6 has only highlighted how low quality the M5 experience was. The m5 seemed to have flexed on every pothole, the dashboard looked incomplete and every gear change came with a clunk and a thump.

I am extremely, EXTREMELY happy with this car so far! A girl in a boxter stopping next to me and feeling the need to tell me how nice my wheels are whilst my OH was in the passenger seat was a bonus too

Anyway i could wk on and on and on about this, but instead i'll psot some more pics

Edited by isee on Monday 15th June 08:16

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Lil' Joe said:

Monumentally jealous here, so you must have made the right choice. Now, quick question if I may. Please have it derestricted and tell me if it will hit the mighty double-ton unmodified. I suspect it ight but would be interested to here the truth.

Well done mate, congrats.

Hi, will be taking it through the autobahnn next month but not having it derestricted. I have a feeling that 155mph will leave me concentrating hard enough anyway

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john purdie said:

OMG though it was mine! Exactly the same what an awesome car u will enjoy TRUST me.

Don't forget to set the "M" button push and have some fun WWOOOAAAHHHH.

Unbelievably quick

Funny enough the M6 feels more civilized than the M5 whilst at the same time feeling quicker. Maybe it's the gearbox problems i had with the M5 but it felt really brutal in the M5 and I always felt like the car was very unhappy with changing direction or staying straight and level under all out acceleration. The m6 is soooooo incredibly easy to corner with I am beginning to wonder if less inertia and increased perception of the car being "happy" to go into a corner will make me overestimate its' a bilities one day... Even my girfriend said that it feels less jerky and i seem to be driving it a lot smoother even when I am having fun with pushing it.

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derestrictor said:

Glad you've melded so quickly although I guess your time with the saloon paved the way...

Re the sound system, I must say that whilst it's ok ito outright quality (the HK job, right?) I have a feeling the anechoic properties of the 6 series' internal architecture are far from ideal and/or BMW spent bugger all time calibrating things: my B5 system sounded far more accomplished, rivalling the magnificence of the old Lexus LS430 set up.

Otoh, if you are listening to drum and barse then you deserve not just an imperfect acoustic delivery but a date with the courtyard and it's firing squad.

I think my brakes sqeal a bit but it's not exactly TVR AP levels of protest...

A lot of people assume you can't enjoy these things unless you're tearing tarmac asunder and whilst that is a redoubtable modus operandum for the beastie, there's a huge amount of simple pleasure to be derived from perfectly docile progress au blippage, during which you feather your way along stonewalled lanes, aimlessly drilling up and down the 'box for no good reason other than it is enormous fun.

Having said that, the swine still gets me every so often with an unexpected and completely random bronco thud but I'm sure this is purely a teutonic interpretation of 'character.'

There is a nice long tunnel not far form where i live that I opnly discovered on sunday. I have to say, the thing sounds mental (scary mental that is) when changign from 2nd into first at 45mph!

I am glad to hear that the "bronco thud" is common. Would suck if i had been unlucky enough to get two cars with gearbox problems.

i don't listen to drum and base but the sound "imprefection" i was referring to is actually pretty bad. It pretty much sounds like a broken speaker from normal vollume, upwards.

I don't think I will have the time to derestrict it before my planned trip to be honest, thuogh I am thinking maybe an aftermarket exhaust nd a derestriction should be done once i had gotten used to the car...