I think you got it right "cruising". The M3 and M5 are good highway cruising cars. Fast, but feel like big long cars. Driving the M3 felt heavy, I can't imagine what the M5 feels like.Hmm.. I really like heavy, fast cars. Odd man out here but I think BMW has done well with these cars. They feel really good cruising with that much power and that much weight. Even if heavy, it's still tossable on the track. I almost bought an M5CS vs. the Blackwing last year. It was the manual transmission and emotional experience that pushed me toward the Blackwing.
I have my suspicions that 5000+ lbs is “tossable”. Maybe you can toss it into a gravel trap or wall on track.Hmm.. I really like heavy, fast cars. Odd man out here but I think BMW has done well with these cars. They feel really good cruising with that much power and that much weight. Even if heavy, it's still tossable on the track. I almost bought an M5CS vs. the Blackwing last year. It was the manual transmission and emotional experience that pushed me toward the Blackwing.
The gas mileage is decent and my local dealer has 100 loaner cars if I need one. I've always purchased/driven American cars so this all was a pleasant surprise.
Yup, I was going to say the same thing - the portion of actual enthusiasts buying brand new BMW M products is probably quite small. Most enthusiasts don't have much money but some have a whole lot. For those, they will release a lighter and better CS variant in very limited numbers for absurd markups. I guess it's working because everyone else is trying to copy them...
A utility vehicle is nice to have. I mean it weighs almost as much as a half ton truck. Might as well have some hauling capability.
Nope. Wagons are just baddass IMO.
Time will tell how it performs on the track. This car is over 1,000 lbs heavier than the outgoing version. I’m not sure how many 5K+ lb cars are designed and tested at the track. Could it put up impressive numbers for a lap or two? Probably. But how would it manage a 20 min + session? Not so confident here. You are asking a lot from the tires and brakes with that kind of power and weight. It in turn will generate a lot of heat. I can’t imagine this being a good track car.
By coincidence, there's an E39 on BaT: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-m5-233/
OMG, that's just crazy (auction ended at $101K + premium). I've owned three of those things, each one was problematic in its own special way. Add onto that that it is now a 22 year-old car, and things that don't fail just because of BMW will fail just because of age.
I swear whenever you talk about cars it sounds you have the most miserable experiences with them. lol
LOL, I do tend to dwell on the negative, don't I?
882lbs from the battery and I’m guessing the rest is from the increased size as the car got bigger.
