New member - Indy Red E60 M5

[KTMboy]

Hi Everybody

Just bought in to the whole M thing............2006 in Indy Red, Sepang Bronze Leather, 47k miles, obligatory new clutch and an extended warranty. Absolutely gobsmacked by how good this thing is [apart from up-hill manoeuvring in reverse].

Looking forward to posting a few dopey newbie questions and hopefully none about expensive repair bills ........ well not too many anyway!

[Great Pretender]

[M5 Mark]

Looks like you already have a severed head on the dashboard! Interesting mod!

Hope you enjoy the beast

[KTMboy]

Yeah it's the very latest in "Sat Nag".....

[BOR]

That picture took a while to load, and from your description, I was expecting the worst.

I test drove an E39 M5 in that burgundy red colour, and frankly, it was challenging, but on that E60, it looks pretty good.

[MarcusL]

Congrats KTMboy, am looking to make
the same move myself, 06 model too
so do keep us posted re your
experiences - especially SMG expeiences.
I love all aspects of the M5, just not
sure re SMG - never experienced it but
read lots

[CarbonBlackM5]

Bloody love the colour, makes a change from the usual M5 colours.

[Gibo993]

I think that colour works so well on the M5, but then I love Sepang Bronze too. Congratulations from another new owner

Edited by Gibo993 on Wednesday 29th September 09:57

[AyBee]

KTMboy said:

Yeah it's the very latest in "Sat Nag".....

You'll fit in well here

As others have said, wasn't expecting to like it but do. Fits in nicely with the ethos of unsuspecting, just like an M should be

[KTMboy]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome.

Glad everybody likes the colour too. It's just something a bit different, and not lairy

[KTMboy]

MarcusL said:

Congrats KTMboy, am looking to make
the same move myself, 06 model too
so do keep us posted re your
experiences - especially SMG expeiences.
I love all aspects of the M5, just not
sure re SMG - never experienced it but
read lots

Don't be scared of the SMG. It taks a bit of getting used to but it's one of the key things that makes the M5 such an amazing experience. Really, it's no where near as terrible as the forums would have you believe. I stopped reading the forums afer a while because some of the stuff people write would put you off ever buying one. Far better to spend the time researching the different options [I fluffed up because I mistakenly thought that the Logic 7 stereo was standard and it turned out it wasn't and the car I bought didn't have it] and learn how to read the service screens so you can check all the various service intervals when you start to look at cars.