550i M Sport

[S800VXR]

Just brought one of these, anyone else got one? before anyone says, I wanted a true auto, ie not an smg M5 and I've come from a 600hp car so wanted something smooth and quiet.

Any pros or cons in general?

[Job38]

I like the concept, especially a Touring.

But, would have to be manual, not sure they make one. Auto is a no-no for me....

[S800VXR]

Job38 said:

I like the concept, especially a Touring.

But, would have to be manual, not sure they make one. Auto is a no-no for me....

I know what you mean but I specifically wanted an auto to make general driving easier. Been there done that with sports stuff.

[g7jhp]

Quite like the idea as an alternative to a 535d Touring. What's the juice use like?

[Vixpy1]

Lovely car, depreciation is terrible though

[S800VXR]

g7jhp said:

Quite like the idea as an alternative to a 535d Touring. What's the juice use like?

Dont get it till next week but Im not expecting much over 20 - 24 as an average which is fine after driving a 6.6ltr SC monaro about!

[Zod]

Bit late to ask, now you've bought it!

Nice car. M5 better by far. Sorry.

[eliot]

S800VXR said:

g7jhp said:

Quite like the idea as an alternative to a 535d Touring. What's the juice use like?

Dont get it till next week but Im not expecting much over 20 - 24 as an average which is fine after driving a 6.6ltr SC monaro about!

Its just the 4.8 engine - so low/mid 20's should be attainable. Expect under 20 around town / short runs though.

[S800VXR]

Zod said:

Bit late to ask, now you've bought it!

Nice car. M5 better by far. Sorry.

Totally agree re the M5 but they are totally different tools. The M5 is a supercar and can be extremely expensive to maintain/run, the 550i is a quick cruiser and I brought into the lata. Dont worry I wont be putting M badges on it!

[S800VXR]

Vixpy1 said:

Lovely car, depreciation is terrible though

I got a good price don't worry.

[5678]

S800VXR said:

g7jhp said:

Quite like the idea as an alternative to a 535d Touring. What's the juice use like?

Dont get it till next week but Im not expecting much over 20 - 24 as an average which is fine after driving a 6.6ltr SC monaro about!

Don't expect anything more than 25 at all IMO. I have the same engine in my car and round town it gets 18-20, you can add 1 or 2 if you nanny it. I had some long runs on European motorways in the summer and was getting a solid 25 at 85-95.

Very nice engine though, stick it in M3 and sport and its quite usable, will pull hard if you're doing 30 or 90. Sounds awesome from outside too, a touch more cabin noise in my 6 would be nice though.

[christer]

I had one until very recently and owned it for 18 months. Very nice car, cannot be compared to the poor gearbox in the M5 - a proper ZF auto as it should be. Fuel consumption not bad for a car of that weight and power but if you are doing less than 15k per year shouldn't be an issuie. Enjoy!

[Pulse]

You still haven't popped over to show me your 6 Dave!

[5678]

Pulse said:

You still haven't popped over to show me your 6 Dave!

Sorry fella! Will drop you a mail...

[Pulse]

You had better! I am getting nice car withdrawal symptoms since I sold the Z!

[5678]

Pulse said:

You had better! I am getting nice car withdrawal symptoms since I sold the Z!

Check your mail, let's not take this off topic

[thehos]

what a monster, only seen 1 on the road

[Pvapour]

see your in Hants, hope it was not from that internet garage on the M3?

[christer]

Pvapour said:

see your in Hants, hope it was not from that internet garage on the M3?

might be my old car..?

[S800VXR]

Picked it up today. Needs tyres and tracking doing so took it easy and got 31mpg on the way home allbeit mostly motorway around 75-80lepton. Pickup from 30mph is astonishing for such a big car and its effortless and super smooth, very impressed so far I have to say and Ive just come out of a car that used to pull away from the M5 variant.
Funny how the Idrive says its 9000miles overdue for a service yet it was only done 10k miles ago! so much for BMW dealers being above the usual crap. Anyone know how I can manually re-set it..?