My Frozen Gray F10 M5 with Sakhir Orange Delivered!

[BFD99]

So amazing. Great job man.

[DrivenByE30]

How can you not have a huge big smile on your face everytime you walk down to the garage ??

I know i would even if i had just half of your garage :P, which is the case for many of you posting around here... he is just double lucky to say the least compared to us all.

[clar]

Originally Posted by LilBadM

Congrats on the new M5! As others have already mentioned, the color combo is astonishing!!! You have inspired me to order our F10 this year with the Sakhir Orange leather interior, although the question is to Frozen Silver or AW?!?!? Either way, I'm certain she will be a stunner One question: Did you get Extended leather?

Thanks I did not order the full leather. If you are ordering the Sakhir Orange, it would be too bright and orangy to go full leather.

[clar]

Originally Posted by DrivenByE30

How can you not have a huge big smile on your face everytime you walk down to the garage ??

I know i would even if i had just half of your garage :P, which is the case for many of you posting around here... he is just double lucky to say the least compared to us all.

The truth is, the less you have, the more you will enjoy what you have Take those billionaires with a garage full of exotics for example. Those cars prob mean very little to them. The car that excited me most in my life thus far is my prev E46 330 Ci...As you move on, each car is an incremental improvement, but the excitement kinda plateaus a bit, which is why it gets far more expensive to extract any more excitement out of car ownership.

[JohnMan]

No question, very very nice cars. But would it be garage queens? Frozen grey is an awesome color, but it's not so easy to repaint once you get some dent or scratch on it.

And there is no track or open roads in Singapore to really push your car. He will have to go to Malaysia to find the nearest track. Won't the OP be frustrated knowing he has all that power under the hood but has nowhere to unleash it in Singapore?

[clar]

Originally Posted by JohnMan

No question, very very nice cars. But would it be garage queens? Frozen grey is an awesome color, but it's not so easy to repaint once you get some dent or scratch on it.

And there is no track or open roads in Singapore to really push your car. He will have to go to Malaysia to find the nearest track. Won't the OP be frustrated knowing he has all that power under the hood but has nowhere to unleash it in Singapore?

I am not worried about the repainting as there are good paint shops capable of doing it. The M dealer has no problem handling it too.

You are quite right about lack of tracks here. There was supposed to be one coming up, but the deal has since suffered a still birth due to the company running into financial difficulties. The M5 is likely to be one of my last high performance cars as there is really not much opportunity to use all that power. Going forward, i will be focusing more on feel and handling as those can be enjoyed even without excessive speed. The M3 on the other hand, will serve as my choir with that lovely voice I am praying that M builds a Z4M Coupe!!!

[clar]

Originally Posted by oslotdriver

Forgot to ask, how is the audio system?

The M5's audio system is decent, but unspectacular. It seemed slightly better than the regular stereos in series BMWs. My M3 has the Harman Kardon 12 (or 10) speaker system and that's really lovely. I am not much of an audiophile and generally only listens to the radio while in the car so it's not that important to me.

[JohnMan]

Originally Posted by clar

The truth is, the less you have, the more you will enjoy what you have Take those billionaires with a garage full of exotics for example. Those cars prob mean very little to them. The car that excited me most in my life thus far is my prev E46 330 Ci...As you move on, each car is an incremental improvement, but the excitement kinda plateaus a bit, which is why it gets far more expensive to extract any more excitement out of car ownership.

I don't know, but I'm assuming you are pretty loaded yourself to afford both a M3 and a M5 , especially since cars in general cost a fortune in Singapore (probably even more expensive than in Hong Kong, and we are already slap with double taxation in HK-a car in HK cost double what it would cost in the US). I mean, you need a ridiculously expensive certificate of entitlement just to have the right to own a car in Singapore.

Of course, if you earn your money by hard work, there is no shame in admitting you are rich. And I'm glad you can use that money to buy very nice stuff.

[clar]

Originally Posted by JohnMan

I don't know, but I'm assuming you are pretty loaded yourself to afford both a M3 and a M5 , especially since cars in general cost a fortune in Singapore (probably even more expensive than in Hong Kong, and we are already slap with double taxation in HK-a car in HK cost double what it would cost in the US). I mean, you need a ridiculously expensive certificate of entitlement just to have the right to own a car in Singapore.

Of course, if you earn your money by hard work, there is no shame in admitting you are rich. And I'm glad you can use that money to buy very nice stuff.

Well, i wouldn't consider myself rich, at least not by local standard I do however, have to work my ass off for everything i have got. It's a crazy situation here as far as cars are concerned. Do you know they sold more BMWs than Toyotas last year? Porsche managed to put more cars on the road last year than Mazda!!

I fully intend to spend my last dime by the time i die. A good education and upbringing are all i am giving my 2 boys. They will have to earn everything themselves I believe in enjoying my life to the fullest. I don't work hard to accumulate wealth in the bank acct. Wealth is meaningless if it doesn't make any difference to my life

[m5driver77]

Originally Posted by clar

Well, i wouldn't consider myself rich, at least not by local standard I do however, have to work my ass off for everything i have got. It's a crazy situation here as far as cars are concerned. Do you know they sold more BMWs than Toyotas last year? Porsche managed to put more cars on the road last year than Mazda!!

I fully intend to spend my last dime by the time i die. A good education and upbringing are all i am giving my 2 boys. They will have to earn everything themselves I believe in enjoying my life to the fullest. I don't work hard to accumulate wealth in the bank acct. Wealth is meaningless if it doesn't make any difference to my life

Well said, i think the same

[JohnMan]

Originally Posted by clar

Well, i wouldn't consider myself rich, at least not by local standard I do however, have to work my ass off for everything i have got. It's a crazy situation here as far as cars are concerned. Do you know they sold more BMWs than Toyotas last year? Porsche managed to put more cars on the road last year than Mazda!!

I fully intend to spend my last dime by the time i die. A good education and upbringing are all i am giving my 2 boys. They will have to earn everything themselves I believe in enjoying my life to the fullest. I don't work hard to accumulate wealth in the bank acct. Wealth is meaningless if it doesn't make any difference to my life

I would'nt be surprised if luxury cars outsold "mass market" cars in Singapore. It costs so much to own a car anyway, you might as well get a premium car if you can afford it. There is a somewhat similiar situation in Hong Kong. It's not to the same extent of having luxury cars outselling regular cars as in Singapore, but the ratio of performance-orientated or premium cars in HK is far higher than many other places I've been.

It's interesting about your viewpoint, not saying I disagree with, but that's very "Un-Singaporean" (I know because I've been there many times and have relatives there). Chinese societies tend to save alot and spend very little. It's exactly the same in Hong Kong. Few if any people in Hong Kong or Singapore know how to really enjoy life. I'm glad you can.

[richb811]

That car is entirely too sexy. Great pictures too by the way! The red interior is absolutely stunning!

Have fun on those highways in Malaysia!!!

[DGod]

Thank you very much for the pictures. Amazing car, congratulations, enjoy it in good health!
I ordered one myself without having ever seen pictures of an F10 in Frozen Grey, I was desperate to see pictures of one. I'm glad to see that I chose the right colour as it gives the M5 a more agressive look.
Mine is coming with tinted windows and I'm having the wheels, kidneys and side grilles blacked out, I hate chromes. I'll post pictures when I have it.

[clar]

Originally Posted by David Godinho

Thank you very much for the pictures. Amazing car, congratulations, enjoy it in good health!
I ordered one myself without having ever seen pictures of an F10 in Frozen Grey, I was desperate to see pictures of one. I'm glad to see that I chose the right colour as it gives the M5 a more agressive look.
Mine is coming with tinted windows and I'm having the wheels, kidneys and side grilles blacked out, I hate chromes. I'll post pictures when I have it.

Congrats, Dave! U are gonna like yours!! FG is quite magical and it can make pretty much any car look distinctive.

[esca_flo]

Sir ,u got good taste, U r always welcome to test the beast in malaysia. Never seen the new M5 here.

[BrutColor]

Clar,
Any comments on driving the M5 & M3 back to back? Would be very interesting to hear, if a car like the M3 still offers enough "thrill" when you own the M5. Or is it vice versa?
Or with other words; are they different enough to justify keeping them?
Thanks for sharing (I changed my order to Sakhir after you recommendation).

[clar]

Originally Posted by BrutColor

Clar,
Any comments on driving the M5 & M3 back to back? Would be very interesting to hear, if a car like the M3 still offers enough "thrill" when you own the M5. Or is it vice versa?
Or with other words; are they different enough to justify keeping them?
Thanks for sharing (I changed my order to Sakhir after you recommendation).

Will be posting more views between the 2 cars next week after i run-in the M5. Hopefully, i can do the run-in service this weekend

[Rivanov]

Stunning looking M5!!

[jayb289]

love it

[AlpWhite11]

Originally Posted by clar

Will be posting more views between the 2 cars next week after i run-in the M5. Hopefully, i can do the run-in service this weekend

Can't wait! The European owners don't seem to be able to test their cars much yet because of the winter weather. Can't wait until its spring in Europe too.

[quaixe]

thanks for sharing great pix, beautiful interior color choice

[sparkyg]

Originally Posted by clar

Will be posting more views between the 2 cars next week after i run-in the M5. Hopefully, i can do the run-in service this weekend

Hey Clar, what do you do for detailing the Frozen colors? Do you use the Swissvax compounds made for the flat paint?

Thx