E60 M5 question

[NobleLord]

After a couple of months of searching, I finally got myself an M5 Pics will follow soon...

A quick question though; when I park up I put the car in neutral, pull the handbrake on and switch the engine off. I then get an alarm 'ping' with a graphic of a car with arrows pointing forwards and backwards. If I then put the car back in gear, the symbol disappears and all appears to be well.

Am I doing the right thing? Does the car have to be left in gear? I've read the manual and can't see anything on this.

Thanks in advance.

NL

[Vixpy1]

Yes, your doing the right thing, all the SMG boxes like to be left in gear or they ping at you

[guyvert1]

...then refuse to start in gear....

[groucho]

guyvert1 said:

...then refuse to start in gear....

Had me stumped on my drive home from collection.

[guyvert1]

I still remember having a queue of angry drivers behind me on the only working pump, waiting 15mins for me to remember that you need your foot on the brake to start the car!!

.... and then also remember shortly afterwards, the 1st time I let it rip in p500/d6 mode, astounded by the willingness to pull like a train way past what the limited speed was supposed to be set at

[Jazzer]

Well done Sir....enjoy your car.....they're amazing!

And watching the needle go down on the fuel gauge as you drive is quite amusing too!!

Look forward to the pics

[NobleLord]

So, here are a few pics of the new toy









It's off to be detailed in a couple of weeks so should look even better after that

NL

[Jazzer]

But does it fit in your garage??

[NobleLord]

Jazzer said:

But does it fit in your garage??

In a word, yes, but only just

NL

[mercGLowner]

She's a beauty, lovely colour combo.

[isee]

fantastic looking car! gratz!
Question, how come you got a key in the steering column? Both M cars i've had, had a plastic fob with a start/stop button.

[Not Ideal]

isee said:

fantastic looking car! gratz!
Question, how come you got a key in the steering column? Both M cars i've had, had a plastic fob with a start/stop button.

IIRC correctly the really early cars had a key ignition on the steering column rather than the fob.

Car looks awesome though - good job!

[NobleLord]

isee said:

fantastic looking car! gratz!
Question, how come you got a key in the steering column? Both M cars i've had, had a plastic fob with a start/stop button.

To be honest, I did wonder that myself when I picked it up. It was a 2005 '55' plate car first registered in September 05. On that basis, it should have the start/stop button, but it doesn't

NL

[Not Ideal]

NobleLord said:

isee said:

fantastic looking car! gratz!
Question, how come you got a key in the steering column? Both M cars i've had, had a plastic fob with a start/stop button.

To be honest, I did wonder that myself when I picked it up. It was a 2005 '55' plate car first registered in September 05. On that basis, it should have the start/stop button, but it doesn't

NL

Sounds like it was registered in Sep05 to grab the new 55 plate and could have been built earlier.

[NobleLord]

Not Ideal said:

NobleLord said:

isee said:

fantastic looking car! gratz!
Question, how come you got a key in the steering column? Both M cars i've had, had a plastic fob with a start/stop button.

To be honest, I did wonder that myself when I picked it up. It was a 2005 '55' plate car first registered in September 05. On that basis, it should have the start/stop button, but it doesn't

NL

Sounds like it was registered in Sep05 to grab the new 55 plate and could have been built earlier.

I guess so. Hell, I can live without a start button The loud pedal seems to work just fine

NL

[Not Ideal]

Exactly! Thats all that matters! Fantastic motor.

[AB]

Id rather have the old fashioned turn of the key to be honest, the fobs are bulky annoying things.

Fantastic car, the best colour combo - lovely.

[Skrambles]

NobleLord said:

So, here are a few pics of the new toy

It's off to be detailed in a couple of weeks so should look even better after that

NL

It's in fantastic nick that car! Enjoy.

[NobleLord]

Skrambles said:

NobleLord said:

So, here are a few pics of the new toy

It's off to be detailed in a couple of weeks so should look even better after that

NL

It's in fantastic nick that car! Enjoy.

Thanks I'm about to have it improved even further by 2 days work at a top notch detailers. The results of his work look amazing so can't wait to see how it comes back Will post some photos when I get it back on Wednesday next week.

NL