After falling in love with the M4 I decided to be sensible & look around at a few other vehicles before placing an order. My local BMW garage had a beautiful 2014 F10 M5 in stock so I headed over to test drive the car. What a vehicle, it's just epic in every single way. The power delivery is absoloutly brutal & in fact it's quite terrifying how quick you can reach devastating speeds. I got out of the car realising two things:
1) The M5 is too much for me. I'm not saying it's not a great car, but my ability as a driver is no where near the levels it would take to enjoy the car as it's supposed to be enjoyed. 99% of the time I would have to drive this car normally, with the 1% spent driving it as a 'full fat' M5.
2) The F10 5 Series is a huge step up in quality from the current 3 & 4 series. It's a beautifully put together piece of equipment.
After much deliberation, test driving and a few weeks of research I've decided to put an order in for a 535D. Different to the M5 in every way but still a great car & it will do everything I will ever need it to do - it just won't burble, pop and make me mess myself like the M5 would have done... but I'm fine with that.
I've had real trouble narrowing down the specification on the car, mainly the exterior colour and the interior leather/trim colours. Options wise I think I'm happy with it but I want some opinions and experiences with anything I've listed if possible? What are the 'must haves' that I'm missing?
So here goes:
F10 BMW 535D M Sport
- Exterior: Sophisto Grey Xirallic (I love Carbon Black BUT my current car is black & it's just impossible to keep clean. Alpine White can look great but I'm not sure I want a white car?)
- Interior: Mocha Nappa Leather with Dark Ash trim (The Ivory Nappa is beautiful but with children it doesn't make sense)
Options:
- M Sport Plus Package (19" Double Spoke Wheels, Harmon Kardon Stereo, M rear spoiler, Sun protection glass)
- Sports Auto
- Professional Nav
- HUD
- VDC
- Climate Comfort windscreen
- Comfort access
- Ext. Mirrors folding/auto-dimming
- Comfort Seats (Inc. Lumbar, electric adjustment etc)
- Seat Heating - Front
- Seat Ventilation - Front
- Oscilliating Seat Base
- Four Zone Climate Control
- Ceramic finish for controls
- Adaptive headlights with High-beam assist
- Reverse Camera
I think that's everything! So what are the opinions? The Mocha Nappa leather really is lovely, but I'm going by the samples in the garage - I've not seen it in real life. I am considering the full mult-function display too but other than that I'm not sure what else I'd need?
I'd love some pics of anyones F10's with different combinations!
Thanks all,
Adam
1) The M5 is too much for me. I'm not saying it's not a great car, but my ability as a driver is no where near the levels it would take to enjoy the car as it's supposed to be enjoyed. 99% of the time I would have to drive this car normally, with the 1% spent driving it as a 'full fat' M5.
2) The F10 5 Series is a huge step up in quality from the current 3 & 4 series. It's a beautifully put together piece of equipment.
After much deliberation, test driving and a few weeks of research I've decided to put an order in for a 535D. Different to the M5 in every way but still a great car & it will do everything I will ever need it to do - it just won't burble, pop and make me mess myself like the M5 would have done... but I'm fine with that.
I've had real trouble narrowing down the specification on the car, mainly the exterior colour and the interior leather/trim colours. Options wise I think I'm happy with it but I want some opinions and experiences with anything I've listed if possible? What are the 'must haves' that I'm missing?
So here goes:
F10 BMW 535D M Sport
- Exterior: Sophisto Grey Xirallic (I love Carbon Black BUT my current car is black & it's just impossible to keep clean. Alpine White can look great but I'm not sure I want a white car?)
- Interior: Mocha Nappa Leather with Dark Ash trim (The Ivory Nappa is beautiful but with children it doesn't make sense)
Options:
- M Sport Plus Package (19" Double Spoke Wheels, Harmon Kardon Stereo, M rear spoiler, Sun protection glass)
- Sports Auto
- Professional Nav
- HUD
- VDC
- Climate Comfort windscreen
- Comfort access
- Ext. Mirrors folding/auto-dimming
- Comfort Seats (Inc. Lumbar, electric adjustment etc)
- Seat Heating - Front
- Seat Ventilation - Front
- Oscilliating Seat Base
- Four Zone Climate Control
- Ceramic finish for controls
- Adaptive headlights with High-beam assist
- Reverse Camera
I think that's everything! So what are the opinions? The Mocha Nappa leather really is lovely, but I'm going by the samples in the garage - I've not seen it in real life. I am considering the full mult-function display too but other than that I'm not sure what else I'd need?
I'd love some pics of anyones F10's with different combinations!
Thanks all,
Adam
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