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      11-23-2012, 04:58 AM   #1
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6 Months Ownership... all with a smile.

Ok. I have been pretty quiet on the boards. Combination of work, life and the fact we have our first child on the way (four weeks and counting...).

But I pop in twice a week and read the posts. Sympathise with some postings. Agree with others. Disagree with a few. And admire the modifcations people are doing with their M5s.

Now, after 6 months of happy ownership, I thought I would give a simple view of how I feel about the M5.

Quite simply... it makes me smile.

I smile when I see it each time I head to my carpark.

I smile when I catch it reflected in a window, out of the corner of my eye.

I smile when I someone at work asks about it... or comments they saw it in the company carpark.

I smile at the sound on start up.

I smile at the sound under full throttle.

I smile when a pedestrian asks me if it is the "new" M5 and then asks for me to hit the loud pedal for him.

I smile as I pull out of a Toll Gate is France where the speed limit is 130k/h and no one minds how fast you get there.

I smile when it is just myself and my wife, criss-crossing south east England on weekends away, enjoy a (short) Grand Tour.

I smile after the car is washed and the Citrine Black looks its best.

I smile when I use it for the weekly shop... even though a Ford Fiesta could be just as good.

And I definitely grin when the exhaust pops under braking, after an aggresive acceleration.

It is a damn fine automobile. Fit for purpose... not matter what I do in it.

Looking forward to the next few years of ownership.

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      11-23-2012, 05:13 AM   #2
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Congrats! your post will probably make everyone who reads it smile.
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      11-23-2012, 07:52 AM   #3
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I smiled lol
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      11-23-2012, 08:10 AM   #4
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      11-23-2012, 08:14 AM   #5
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Congrats on both babies!
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      11-23-2012, 08:15 AM   #6
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The condition you are referring to is called "perma-grin". It's a side effect of driving a fine automobile. I've got a bad case of it as well!
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      11-23-2012, 08:23 AM   #7
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Yet another one with that Syndrome specially when you drive in Germany
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      11-23-2012, 03:22 PM   #8
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A baby smiles 700 times a day most adults smile 17 times a day.....

Sounds like between a new baby Boy? Girl? And an M5 We have a lot to smile about....

Congrats Sir.... My son is 10 months old now and loves falling asleep to the Eisenmann race. And as you mention its impossible not to crack a smile ,or drive with one constantly..

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      11-23-2012, 08:45 PM   #9
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Wow, love that post, positive, poignant, and dead on. FYI my car is Citrin Black, love the color, looks unreal in the sun, congrats on your child and the car, peace
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      11-23-2012, 10:23 PM   #10
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Great post. You captured the essence of why many of us drive the M5.
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      11-24-2012, 08:05 AM   #11
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Great Post!
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      11-24-2012, 12:53 PM   #12
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Spot on!
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