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10-21-2012, 01:30 PM
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NYT Review of BMW M5 & 6
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/automobiles/autoreviews/faster-but-not-so-furious-m-cars-mature.html?_r=0
There’s a sense that technical proficiency has upstaged old-time BMW fun. As they devour the road, taming every difficult passage, these M’s are tuxedo-clad prodigies in a hushed concert hall. The performance amazes, but you find yourself craving the raw, rude fire of the Beastie Boys. The advice in the article . . . buy a standard 5-Series AND a sports car for the weekends is the way I would go if I had six figures to spend on road going machinery. 
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10-21-2012, 03:13 PM
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I saw this one in July at the BMW museum in Munich. they were going to hit the German BMW dealers soon...      Nice!
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10-21-2012, 03:20 PM
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I'd rather have a CLK Black.
AMG doesn't have to pipe the exhaust into the cabin threw the speakers...they just make it loud.  
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10-21-2012, 07:38 PM
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Nice review, however for that much money, I could buy an old 320i and a house with a garage to park it in.
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10-21-2012, 07:54 PM
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I tried to talk my Mom into an M5. No dice, no AWD. She ordered a Cayenne S instead. Takes 3 months for Porsche to build. Cayenne's are lame, but heck, she is 75 yrs old.
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10-21-2012, 08:02 PM
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What's she want AWD for anyway? Does she go off road a lot? Do they not have snow plows in her area?
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10-21-2012, 08:10 PM
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They have a long steep drive that isn't always plowed when she wants it plowed. The idea of putting an 80 lb Lab in a tight back seat doesn't sit with her well either. We drove the Panamera S AWD as well and she really liked it. Back seat is way too small for her dog.
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10-21-2012, 08:20 PM
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10-22-2012, 02:27 PM
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Those M6's are nice-looking and sounding cars. Somebody that works in my building has one. Whenever he drives by me, I love the sound of that exhaust. Doesn't take a thing away from the C63, though . . . .
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10-22-2012, 05:01 PM
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Nothing in the world like it. i would love to bottle and sell that sound.
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10-22-2012, 05:32 PM
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The old M6 has the V10 and the new motor is a turbocharged 8.
It also (at least the M5) has the artificial engine noise played through the speakers. 
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10-22-2012, 11:39 PM
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Plus its a BMW so it will blow apart the cooling system and sludge up the motor...
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10-23-2012, 06:39 AM
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Newer BMW's spec a very long oil change interval. I believe if one were to change the oil a bit more, that sludge issue might well go away.
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10-23-2012, 11:31 AM
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