09-20-2013, 02:48 PM | #1 |
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A pair of Competition Package First Drive reviews
Both say pricey but worth it... and the HP increase is not the key benefit. This is inline with my subjective opinion on the CP as well -- steering, stiffening, lowering, and a better stock exhaust note. Is all this worth the $6K? for me it was.
Road and Track: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-revi...tition-package Car and Driver: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...eview#comments
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Yeah. These things get better every year. Let's see what CP V.2.0 looks like...
I want 50 more hp, torque vectoring AWD, 4WS. By the time BMW has this, I'll probably be driving the Porsche Pajun Turbo S or the 2015 CLS63.
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Yeah but only for a year. So no biggie.
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I'll just say this. If the 2013 M5 had the Comp Package and CCB's available, I would have ordered them. I think they are worth it. However, I think the M5 without them is still an outstanding car. Also on the issue of steering alone, I really don't get it. I've got 23K miles on my M5 now with 3,000 of then being in the past 7 days and I like the steering just fine. I'm sure the updated steering just makes the car that much better.
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Car & Driver was never fond of this generation M5/M6, and it looks like they barely liked the CP this time around
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Wow, I picked mine up on the same day as RPiM5 (hard to believe it's already been a year) and I don't even have 5000 yet!
Back on topic though - I think we need to have a back to back ZCP and non-ZCP review, same day/same conditions, from a race driver (like Probst for example) to really know the answer here. |
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These reviews reinforce my main gripe about the car and it's the absurdly heavy steering and the lack of feel. It is precise and the car can be placed nicely but the steering feel is so artificial and the effort so high that Comfort mode has to be used all the time for the steering. Since it's still a hydraulic system and not electric I can't understand how BMW would release the car with steering that feels so artificial.
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Yes. I'm also a fan of electric steering. That said I am very happy with the M5's steering.
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QUOTE=stealth.pilot;14695648]By the time BMW has this, I'll probably be driving the Porsche Pajun Turbo S or the 2015 CLS63.[/QUOTE]
And you be getting that famous Porsche service. Just ask the guys who lost 911 engines (due to a Porsche build error) and Porsche told them to drop dead. It took a class action suite to get Porsche to do the right thing. http://www.imsporschesettlement.com/ Last edited by utahm5; 09-21-2013 at 03:57 PM.. Reason: attache link |
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11k miles on my 13 M5. brakes, steering, power, acceleration, cornering, sound, ride, comfort, luxury, tech, range, track, morning commute.. I'm all good.
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