New F90 M5 Ordered & then Cancelled!!

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New F90 M5 Ordered & then Cancelled!!

Post by W8PMC » Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:48 am

I tried to resist, but the draw was too great.

Should point out that without confirmation of the commercials & a confirmed delivery slot, my order is somewhat speculative & can be cancelled along with a refund of my deposit. More should be known when the BMW Order system opens on the 8th September as that will confirm my build slot & it's expected BMW will release any financial incentives for Q4 deals with Q1 deliveries.

Having now got the official specs & price list, the car looks to be an absolute Monster & would replace my current A8 Black Edition (albeit that would be going back to Audi early).

Having had my F10 M5 for over 3years, it rekindled my appreciation of BMW's M products after my not so enjoyable relationship with the E60 M5. I was also trying my best to be a stalwart & didn't initially appreciate the idea of the new M5 being AWD, but common sense has kicked in & i can only accept that with such levels of power & performance, RWD really isn't quite going to cut it in the UK for a daily driver.

Fingers crossed the numbers stack up & i can look forward to the car arriving around March next year.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by bam_bam » Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:32 am

Hmmm, from DCT to slushbox, what's the point, it's just dulling the experience and making for a softer car... just like every other luxoexocet barge... but 3.4sec nought to sixty sprint is impressive. It still has a 2WD mode but that sounds like a true ditch-finder option, no TC! It seems weird that they couldn't make a 2WD 'making progress without killing yourself' mode.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by W8PMC » Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:55 am

bam_bam wrote:
Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:32 am
Hmmm, from DCT to slushbox, what's the point, it's just dulling the experience and making for a softer car... just like every other luxoexocet barge... but 3.4sec nought to sixty sprint is impressive. It still has a 2WD mode but that sounds like a true ditch-finder option, no TC! It seems weird that they couldn't make a 2WD 'making progress without killing yourself' mode.
They did (to a degree) Three options to the drivetrain, that being AWD Sport, AWD Sport+ & RWD. Now i don't know the exact details as still not available, but AWD Sport as you'd expect is likely no different to any AWD system where the puters do the maths & decide where best to deploy the power/drive etc, however will be a limit to the f/r split. AWD Sport+ enhances this to offer a far greater RWD bias (videos showing lots of tail out action in Sport+) & i'd assume MDM is available which is a greater reduced but not off state for the TC systems.

As for the transmission, it's hard to fathom why they've moved away from DCT, however the C7 RS6 & F Type R among many other performance cars have the ZF8 box & it doesn't hamper those cars in the slightest. In fact, many who've driven both transmissions say it's hard to notice any difference on the road or track in ability & speed of change.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by don0301 » Sat Aug 26, 2017 11:10 am

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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by W8PMC » Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:45 pm

don0301 wrote:
Sat Aug 26, 2017 11:10 am
You're dead to us.
Been that way for years :bigblink:

Still got one Audi & another VAG product arriving in 5 weeks :boots:
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by don0301 » Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:54 pm

W8PMC wrote:
Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:45 pm
don0301 wrote:
Sat Aug 26, 2017 11:10 am
You're dead to us.
Been that way for years :bigblink:

Still got one Audi & another VAG product arriving in 5 weeks :boots:
The M5 is gonna be a monster I think, you're very lucky *jealous* :bowdown:
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by Paulm » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:57 pm

Yeah very tempting but I pick up my S7 on Friday. Must resist :biggrin3:

Be interesting to hear your views when it arrives.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by W8PMC » Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:09 pm

Paulm wrote:
Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:57 pm
Yeah very tempting but I pick up my S7 on Friday. Must resist :biggrin3:

Be interesting to hear your views when it arrives.
Looking forward to seeing pictures of that.

Noticed in your Sig that the S7's a Black Edition? I bet that will look good against Sepang? Didn't realise Audi were doing Black Editions for the S's. Took delivery of a new A8 Black Edition a few weeks ago, sadly it's only the 3.0TDi though.

Gonna be a long wait to March next year, but looking forward to my appetite being whetted in the lead up.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by max_b » Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:56 pm

What colour combo you thinking of going for Paul?
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by W8PMC » Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:55 pm

max_b wrote:
Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:56 pm
What colour combo you thinking of going for Paul?
Either Marina Bay Blue or Snapper Rocks Blue with Silverstone Leather.

Got until Nov/Dec to decide on the final spec etc.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by rtd » Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:57 pm

The forthcoming C8 will have to be very special indeed to topple this new M5.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by kavbhamra » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:17 pm

congrats buddy I was tempted as well but going to wait for them to come on the second hand market, I sold my RS6 and pick up a RS6 PE tomorrow. I would have loved the new m5 but couldn't afford them as I don't like to do finance so I'll have to wait. Congrats on it I cannot wait to see it!

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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by rtd » Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:41 pm

kavbhamra wrote:congrats buddy I was tempted as well but going to wait for them to come on the second hand market, I sold my RS6 and pick up a RS6 PE tomorrow. I would have loved the new m5 but couldn't afford them as I don't like to do finance so I'll have to wait. Congrats on it I cannot wait to see it!
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by W8PMC » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:33 am

kavbhamra wrote:
Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:17 pm
congrats buddy I was tempted as well but going to wait for them to come on the second hand market, I sold my RS6 and pick up a RS6 PE tomorrow. I would have loved the new m5 but couldn't afford them as I don't like to do finance so I'll have to wait. Congrats on it I cannot wait to see it!
Cheers, i'm certainly excited.

BMW have 2 promotion M5's in the UK now, a Grey one & a Blue one. Both doing tours of larger dealer groups soon & Top gear had the Blue one last week for a video shoot, although they were not allowed to start the car so i guess to was a pre production model. Also one being shown at PHSS this coming Sunday.

I believe the 'official' launch will be next week at the Frankfurt motor show.
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Re: New F90 M5 Ordered!!

Post by don0301 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:38 pm

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