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A great choice to have but driving me bonkers!!
Have set myself a budget of £50k which will easily buy me an well specced 06 plate RS4, but have always hankered after am M5!!
Now i'm in a position to spend £50k on one, do I go for the RS4 on an 06 plate or shop around for an M5 on an 05 plate, the stealers are now selling these around £53k now, so am sure over the next month or two I can find one at £50k. Have not driven either yet and am in process or organising a test drive in both.
Anyone on here driven both? and have you got an opinion on what i should go for and why?
Have set myself a budget of £50k which will easily buy me an well specced 06 plate RS4, but have always hankered after am M5!!
Now i'm in a position to spend £50k on one, do I go for the RS4 on an 06 plate or shop around for an M5 on an 05 plate, the stealers are now selling these around £53k now, so am sure over the next month or two I can find one at £50k. Have not driven either yet and am in process or organising a test drive in both.
Anyone on here driven both? and have you got an opinion on what i should go for and why?
Accept no substitutes.Thanks for replies so far, would like to hear why on the choices to date.
Cos at the mo. I can buy an RS4 that is only a couple of months old or splash out on a 16 month old M5 which i'm having to justify to myself more.
Decision, decisions!! A practically new car is the head choice but the M5 is the heart choice........
Prob should have put this on the general chat board to avoid any bias towards the M5!
Cos at the mo. I can buy an RS4 that is only a couple of months old or splash out on a 16 month old M5 which i'm having to justify to myself more.
Decision, decisions!! A practically new car is the head choice but the M5 is the heart choice........
Prob should have put this on the general chat board to avoid any bias towards the M5!
M5:
Faster
Roomier
More exploitable chassis (RWD)
Supremely able sportscar in full sport mode, more relaxing than RS4 when configured for comfort.
RS4:
Better looking (IMO)
Possibly better residuals, although a £50k M5 has already taken a decent hit.
4wd more secure on adverse road surfaces
Faster
Roomier
More exploitable chassis (RWD)
Supremely able sportscar in full sport mode, more relaxing than RS4 when configured for comfort.
RS4:
Better looking (IMO)
Possibly better residuals, although a £50k M5 has already taken a decent hit.
4wd more secure on adverse road surfaces
i am a bmw fan through and through but given this option i would go for the RS4 as for most of the time the performance difference is neglible. i also prefer audi interiors (the RS4 has great front chairs!) and i prefer the 3series type size of the audi to chuck about.
Personally i would have an older M3csl and change it in year to the new v8 M3.
Personally i would have an older M3csl and change it in year to the new v8 M3.
I went in an M5 yesterday, my god they shift. The noise was stunning but I thought that it was deceptively quick. Yes you know your moving, but don't realise how fast.
I experienced the full sport mode, and the gear changes were something to behold. The most violent thing I've experienced, my god it was good.
It also had those £1,500 special lumbar side bolster chair things, that move to hold you in on corners, they were something pretty special.
Such a stunning, amazing machine. And I have w8pmc from here to thank for all of that.
Saying that, I think I would go for the RS4, just because I am a sucker for a good seat, and love the RS4 ones. And its got a gearstick.
I experienced the full sport mode, and the gear changes were something to behold. The most violent thing I've experienced, my god it was good.
It also had those £1,500 special lumbar side bolster chair things, that move to hold you in on corners, they were something pretty special.
Such a stunning, amazing machine. And I have w8pmc from here to thank for all of that.
Saying that, I think I would go for the RS4, just because I am a sucker for a good seat, and love the RS4 ones. And its got a gearstick.
Polarbert said:
I went in an M5 yesterday, my god they shift. The noise was stunning but I thought that it was deceptively quick. Yes you know your moving, but don't realise how fast.
The longer you have one, the more you realise how scarily fast they actually are. a little extra throttle pressure at 70 can send you over 100 almost imperceptibly. Change down several gears at 70 and bury it and it just lunges at the horizon.New M5 - great to drive, fast etc etc. But SMG is more flakey than a flake in a wind tunnel. The hydraulics mechanism has known many failures in the short time this model has been out. Perhaps you should consider the ownership proposition of this car akin to you being the 'end user testing' part of BMW r&d. Avoid it is my suggestion.
Alpina B5 is an interesting proposition. Amazing torque - and as fast in the real world as the M5 just feels a little softer. Proven V8 that seems to have suffered fewwe problems and is rarer than the M5 if that's one of the things you are after. I have driven both and in my view I think the Alpina feels more special than the M5. Give it a go you might like it (a lot!)
Alpina B5 is an interesting proposition. Amazing torque - and as fast in the real world as the M5 just feels a little softer. Proven V8 that seems to have suffered fewwe problems and is rarer than the M5 if that's one of the things you are after. I have driven both and in my view I think the Alpina feels more special than the M5. Give it a go you might like it (a lot!)
Zod said:
Polarbert said:
I went in an M5 yesterday, my god they shift. The noise was stunning but I thought that it was deceptively quick. Yes you know your moving, but don't realise how fast.
The longer you have one, the more you realise how scarily fast they actually are. a little extra throttle pressure at 70 can send you over 100 almost imperceptibly. Change down several gears at 70 and bury it and it just lunges at the horizon.Thinking about the experience I had in one, and my comment, its a load of rubbish really. A Mercedes S class is deceptively quick.
How fast have you been in yours Zod?
Where you shocked by the violentness of the gear changes on full pelt mode? I couldn't believe it. The whole car seemed to just stop, then jump forwards.
Polarbert said:
Zod said:
Polarbert said:
I went in an M5 yesterday, my god they shift. The noise was stunning but I thought that it was deceptively quick. Yes you know your moving, but don't realise how fast.
The longer you have one, the more you realise how scarily fast they actually are. a little extra throttle pressure at 70 can send you over 100 almost imperceptibly. Change down several gears at 70 and bury it and it just lunges at the horizon.Thinking about the experience I had in one, and my comment, its a load of rubbish really. A Mercedes S class is deceptively quick.
How fast have you been in yours Zod?
Where you shocked by the violentness of the gear changes on full pelt mode? I couldn't believe it. The whole car seemed to just stop, then jump forwards.
I wasn't shocked by the gearchanges, becasue I came to the M5 from a CSL. The beauty of it is that I can make the gearchanges all but imperceptible to protect my baby son's delicate neck, even at speed or I can go for the full no-lift violence on my own or with mates in the car.
Polarbert said:
I experienced the full sport mode, and the gear changes were something to behold. The most violent thing I've experienced, my god it was good.
That was my experiance too, it's like someone booting you in the back they're that brutal. It does feel bloody fantastic though.
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