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Road trip and a half!!! - Anees - 11-06-2018
I was behind Raj on the way to the petrol station near the Ring and the test driver in the new M5 saw Raj's M5 and they were smiling at each other........
Road trip and a half!!! - parthiban - 11-06-2018
Anees I was behind Raj on the way to the petrol station near the Ring and the test driver in the new M5 saw Raj's M5 and they were smiling at each other........
Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
Road trip and a half!!! - FirebirdPhil - 11-06-2018
Bet they charge a few euros for fuel out there......... captive audience etc...
Road trip and a half!!! - garyskisplym - 11-06-2018
id go bwm because if anyone read the article about the lfa test driver killed in a crash the crashed involved a bmw concept that was covered in black and white paint like that
Road trip and a half!!! - Raj - 11-06-2018
garyskisplym id go bwm because if anyone read the article about the lfa test driver killed in a crash the crashed involved a bmw concept that was covered in black and white paint like that
yes mate I did hear about that one,very sad news
Road trip and a half!!! - Raj - 11-06-2018
parthiban Lol, that sounds like some kind of weird M5 mating call........:lol:
yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
When we were at the viewing area it was fantastic to see it tearing around the ring with computer screens inside it,obviously calculating and storing info.every corner he had the back end out, tyres smoking.
Road trip and a half!!! - banky - 11-06-2018
looks crazy lol a thought it eas the m6 because it goes to a point
Road trip and a half!!! - parthiban - 12-06-2018
Raj yeah it was an amzing experience seeing the new M5.I was just about to turn to the petrol station when i saw it heading directly towards me,i stopped and just stared and so did the test engineer ,he had his window down and was staring back at me with a big grin-im sure he was thinking to himself-not quite ready sir,still need to test it some more.
In some senses I think the current M5 does have the potential to go down as the greatest ever - it's the last true M car with it's normally aspirated purpose built V10. With the new one just having a normal BMW engine with turbos, it becomes less special, it's just a tuned 550i rather than a special car all of it's own. That's what always differentiated M cars, it wasn't possible for Alpina and such to create the same car, but now the B5 isn't going to be far off the M5 as they almost have the same engine.
Road trip and a half!!! - FirebirdPhil - 12-06-2018
Sign of the times though, must be cheaper to create a turbo version of an engine then create an all new V10?
Road trip and a half!!! - parthiban - 12-06-2018
2tongues Sign of the times though, must be cheaper to create a turbo version of an engine then create an all new V10?
Yeah it's all about emissions and costs nowadays.......