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Originally Posted by jbomb
Great to see you over here Simon, I was feeling lonely lol.
Really pleased your enjoying it, it makes me feel like I have made the right decision hearing your thoughts - I bet your so pleased you didn't go down the GTR route!
I will give you my full thoughts once I get her, I ordered it first week of Jan and won't see it till till end of April - madness!
Have you had any thoughts about performance upgrades? I know DMS are offering a remap but they are charging £2500.
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Hi James,
Did you order the MCB as well ?. Its a great colour, one of those that changes with different light sources. In the sunshine, which we havent had much of here, it really twinkles, with its metallic finish. Mine has black leather, which is absolutley fine, but i would have loved the lighter leather, if i had specced it myself, but either way is fine with me. Ive ordered the M Performance black kidney grills as well, and will be ordering some black side grills shortly too. Thinking of the carbon rear spoiler as well, which will complete the look for me, As for the remap, im unsure if DMS have actually cracked the ECUs yet?. Im not sure if you know this, but the M5 has 2 intelligent ECUs, that are supposedly able to revert the car back to its original factory settings, within so many miles. Have you spoken to DMS at all ?. Ive only done about 175 miles in my M5 at the moment, and not opened the taps at all yet, so not sure how i feel about any extra noise etc , but the Turner Motorsport rear silencer delete pipes look rather favourable. After studying an opened up rear silencer, someone had played with, there isnt much silencing going on anyway, so removing the silencers altogether, doesnt seem a biggie anyway, and if the same guys that make these pipes, could knock up a sleeved pipe, that would enable the refitting of the original silencers, there would be not much risk in trying this option, will wait and see. On a side note, i was walking around the car the other night, with the engine running, and from some angles near the back, it sounded like an Impreza, ready to blast into a stage, with its BUB BUB BUB exhaust note, it sounded rather bloody good actually. No regrets on choosing the M5 over the GT-R, as the M5 isnt that far behind stock for stock, and my wife is far happier with the BMW, which is always good, and as far as the TT RS goes, i enjoyed that car, although i didnt remap it, as i was bothered about all the misfires, limpmodes and associated problems, that they still seem to be having. Also my daughter outgrew it, and couldnt fit in the back anymore, so we ended up not taking it out, when we should have done, and that finished it for me. We can all get in the M5, in pure luxury, and enjoy it to its fullest, and we now have heated seats in the back to keep her booty warm. Keep us up to date with your M5, regards, SIMON.