Christmas comes in 4 days

[Zach_M5]

Hi All,

My 2015 M5 is scheduled to be delivered in 4 days and it looks like Christmas will be coming a little early this year! A little bit about the M5-- Singapore Gray, Sakhir Orange extended merino, Competition Package, Executive Package, Black Kidney Grilles, Carbon Fiber Rear Spoiler, Carbon Fiber Mirror Caps, Carbon Fiber Selector Lever, and Stainless Steel Pedals.

I'll be sure to post photos once the beast arrives!

A few questions for members who have been on this board for a while:
Anything that you wish you had known when you first got into your F10 M5 early on? (Sport setting configurations, etc). I have driven most M cars, and have regularly been switching between a 2013 550xi and a 2011 X5 50i for daily driving, but I know the M5 will be a completely different animal.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

[RPiM5]

Congrats man! Sounds like an awesome setup! Did your dealer let you order it with all of those Carbon Fiber bits from the Factory or did you order them separate and the dealership is installing them for you when it arrives??

Anyways, I will be making some instruction videos next month about the F10 M5. They should help new owners sort out all the car is capable of.

For now, just respect the amount of torque that is going to come with the vehicle and don't forget the fact that the tires will need to be broken in for the first 500 miles, so they won't grip as well as they can until they are broken in.

[M6-Coupe]

Originally Posted by RPiM5

...For now, just respect the amount of torque that is going to come with the vehicle and don't forget the fact that the tires will need to be broken in for the first 500 miles, so they won't grip as well as they can until they are broken in.

^^This and "DON'T TURN DSC OFF" until you get used to this powerful torque monster
Congratulations BTW

[RPiM5]

Oh by the way, I don't know what the weather is like there right now, but if you can, after you get some miles on the tires, try to hit up Route 202 leading up to Astoria. I drove that road a couple of years ago in the M5 and it was awesome. Check out my thread Day 4 from my trip a couple of years ago. The 202 is worth the drive. Hopefully it's not snowing there right now.

http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=902077

[skypx]

Originally Posted by Zach_M5

Hi All,

My 2015 M5 is scheduled to be delivered in 4 days and it looks like Christmas will be coming a little early this year! A little bit about the M5-- Singapore Gray, Sakhir Orange extended merino, Competition Package, Executive Package, Black Kidney Grilles, Carbon Fiber Rear Spoiler, Carbon Fiber Mirror Caps, Carbon Fiber Selector Lever, and Stainless Steel Pedals.

I'll be sure to post photos once the beast arrives!

A few questions for members who have been on this board for a while:
Anything that you wish you had known when you first got into your F10 M5 early on? (Sport setting configurations, etc). I have driven most M cars, and have regularly been switching between a 2013 550xi and a 2011 X5 50i for daily driving, but I know the M5 will be a completely different animal.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Congratulations! A new F10 M5 is an awesome Christmas present!

The only advice I have is to break-in the engine properly (first 20-50 miles) or you may join the others that have the dreaded burning oil issue.

First, read this.

Here are the settings I recommend;
Throttle sport+ and D3
Steering your choice
Dampers your choice

Do not use cruse control for the first 100 miles, vary your speed as in speed up and allow the engine to slow the car. Good luck.

[bronch]

Originally Posted by skypx

...First, read this

This has been a contention amongst both car and bike owners forever or at least since I was able to read. I broke in my first few bikes per manual, no problems. I followed this guys rec's with my 1199S at a track called The Ridge close to here. Again, no problems with the bike. I believe the manual rec's are to avoid legal issues and the possibility of broken engines from people who will redline it off the car lot if you even give them a whiff that it's ok to run it. Just my opinion. But I'll be breaking in my next bike and new M5 per his rec's.

[bruza]

Originally Posted by RPiM5

Oh by the way, I don't know what the weather is like there right now, but if you can, after you get some miles on the tires, try to hit up Route 202 leading up to Astoria. I drove that road a couple of years ago in the M5 and it was awesome. Check out my thread Day 4 from my trip a couple of years ago. The 202 is worth the drive. Hopefully it's not snowing there right now.

http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=902077

I've just started this thread and it's impessive. I'm always up for a nice road trip. Cool that you were able to take many backroads too. I've driven some of those roads as well.

Sorry OP, congrats on the new car. Looking forward to the pics.

[Zach_M5]

Originally Posted by RPiM5

Congrats man! Sounds like an awesome setup! Did your dealer let you order it with all of those Carbon Fiber bits from the Factory or did you order them separate and the dealership is installing them for you when it arrives??

Anyways, I will be making some instruction videos next month about the F10 M5. They should help new owners sort out all the car is capable of.

For now, just respect the amount of torque that is going to come with the vehicle and don't forget the fact that the tires will need to be broken in for the first 500 miles, so they won't grip as well as they can until they are broken in.

I'm a CA at a local dealer here so I was able to custom order all of the carbon fiber on the M5 and have it installed at the port. Also found out that it made it on the truck two days early so I'll be driving this beast around on Thursday!

Looking forward to seeing the videos you have coming out next month and thanks for the advice