S4 sold..bought an M5

[philipwalker]

Nice and understated
Steering wheel looks a bit complicated though!

[MCB]

Looks great, like the colour even though it will be slower than a silver one!

[S4TAN]

Nice - I had a Beemer before the S4 and miss the controls on the steering wheel ...

[s4woody]

cruise,phone,radio and missile launcher all on the wheel..pity the sport button aint on there..means i have to stretch a little..

[S4TAN]

cruise,phone,radio and missile launcher all on the wheel

What about the one for the bonnet-mounted minigun!??

[ronaldmacdonald]

insurance for the S4 was with noel dazely but although the same group they refused to insure me..i was payin around £640 for the S4..the beemer is £700 so not alot more..
as for fuel i put in £40 quid on mon nite drove back from birmingham and have used it everyday since and still have just over 1/4 tank so much like the S4..
and yes alps it has a sunroof..its fully loaded and the phone works which is kinda cool..saves on the points and fine for using it whilst driving..

woody, is it carbon black? its got the same interior leather colour as mine and goodboy going for the alu trim

Wow, how did you get £700 insurance? I was paying £400 on the S4 and now pay £1000 on the M5 through Adrian Fux
And for fuel, I cant get anything like the S4 for economy, doubt ill see 27mpg in my wildest dreams, long term average is 21mpg and ive never seen it go above 22mpg - maybe I drive too hard or somethings knackered, still got a diagnostics cable and software now so will give it the once over shortly just to check but from what i gather 22mpg is respectable. I definitely find it eats more petrol than the s4 and the tank is tiny. I take it you have a 2001 model cus you look like you have the upgraded satnav/tv screen

[s4woody]

its carbon black and in certain light its blue..or its blue and in certain lite its carbon black..
its a 2001 model with all the upgrades..it was a BMW press car so came with every gadget they had..the sound system has DPS (digital processing sound) it has 2 massive bass speakers under the rear shelf and when you hit the volume button it blows ya bloody ears off..
yes the screen is upgraded to a 6 inch from a 3 i think..
the rear window has an electric screen and even the rear doors have em..ioncluding the little side windows..all very diplomatic..

[ronaldmacdonald]

ah thats interesting, i got the privacy glass on the back quarters so only got the blind for the rear window, one thing that really gets my goat though is NO REAR WINDOW WIPER - WHY FFS!? Nice spec though, what mileage are you on? Im rolling up to 79k which was where I got upto on the S4

[MCB]

Nice - I had a Beemer before the S4 and miss the controls on the steering wheel ...

Julian - impending post 'Fitting multifunction steering wheel to S4'?....

[SLC Detailing]

Looking nice mate, not as nice as the s4 though No honestly mate looks like a brilliant car and hope u get on well with it. I detailed one a while back and it loved the sound it made when he drove off.

[s4woody]

detailed..what work do you do steve..

[SLC Detailing]

machine polish etc heres some of my work:
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i167/stevie040/
Thres an M5 in there somewhere

[s4woody]

that M5 looks like edcase,s of this forum..if you can do that sort of work then i think you can do mine..we will be having words..

[quattrosteph]

Remap!!!!!!!!! "you know it does make sens"!!

[SLC Detailing]

What gains would a remapp make to an M5? I thought that non turbo cars would not see much of a gain from a remapp?