Happy Birthday to Me

[Salespunk]

Picked up my new M5 last night. Whole thing started when I bought my wife a new X5 diesel a few days ago and joked about getting an M5.

I was missing the M experience after selling my E90 M3 and getting a 750Li. The 750 is a fantastic car, but it was an experiment for me. I had never owned a big luxury car and wanted to try it. Really liked it, but but was also very bummed about not having a performance car in the garage either. If I had a 911 to go with it would have been a different decision. Problem is that I don't have time to drive multiple cars since I have 5 kids and a job where I travel 50% of the time.

Anyway, dealer worked really hard to get the deal done. Super stoked right now. Specs are Singapore Grey over black, executive and 20" wheels, which was the exact car I wanted

Unfortunately it will be sitting in the garage for the next two weeks while I am out of town, but even the 5 miles I drove last night put a smile on my face!

[kenny@velosdesignwerks]

Congrats!! Hope you get to enjoy the car soon.

[bobblehead]

Hand the M5 key over to your wife (& kids, if they have license) and by the time you come back, it's all broken in and perhaps, the first service may have already got done.

Happy B-Day !

[secretariat]

Bobblehead, that made me laugh.

[Salespunk]

My wife likes her X5 better!

[bobblehead]

... but you have yet given her the opportunity to go for a REAL drive in the M5.

Not sure where you live have twisty mountain and back country roads for her to test it out. Even better would be a race track !

I recently took mine out on a winding mountain roads for almost 3 hrs ride, I really enjoyed the M5 going thru that type of roads.

[uhn2000]

Originally Posted by bobblehead

... but you have yet given her the opportunity to go for a REAL drive in the M5.

Not sure where you live have twisty mountain and back country roads for her to test it out. Even better would be a race track !

I recently took mine out on a winding mountain roads for almost 3 hrs ride, I really enjoyed the M5 going thru that type of roads.

Toronto has the most boring roads on earth, where did you have to go to? Halliburton? I use to do a lot of trip planning when I had my motorbike, I miss that big time!

[bmellion]

Congrats!

[uhn2000]

Nice, make sure to upload some sweet pics

[bobblehead]

Went up to Caledon on Good Friday. back & forth on that stretch of roads a couple of times.

Will be trying out other roads up north as the weather warms up.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...article558423/

Originally Posted by uhn2000

Toronto has the most boring roads on earth, where did you have to go to? Halliburton? I use to do a lot of trip planning when I had my motorbike, I miss that big time!

[cpdp]

[uhn2000]

Originally Posted by bobblehead

Will be trying out other roads up north as the weather warms up.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...article558423/

Next time you are up for a trip let me know, I will join!

[info@trinityautosport]

congrats and happy birthday =)

[Bimmer6]

Originally Posted by nerwyll@trinityautosport

congrats and happy birthday =)

Enjoy I feel your pain as I only get t drive mine on the weekends. Love the car!

[RingMeister01]

Originally Posted by cpdp

+1 Pics or it didn't happen

[Netwon]

Originally Posted by uhn2000

Toronto has the most boring roads on earth, where did you have to go to? Halliburton? I use to do a lot of trip planning when I had my motorbike, I miss that big time!

Highway 93 (Ice field parkway) between Banff and Jasper if you ever get the chance to drive out west... Early moring the old Trans-Canada Hwy 1 out of Banff... Amazing.... (But don't feel too bad my baby has been sitting in the garage since late October, I'd die to go for a drive in Toronto)

[Salespunk]

Here are some crappy pics





One of my 750



Any my new ride



My wife gets major motion sickness and we have not figured out a way to get rid of it yet. Tried dramamine, bands, etc but if anyone has any ideas let me know. Kids are LOVING it. Had to do a few loops from the house this afternoon!

[emmfive]

Originally Posted by Salespunk

My wife gets major motion sickness and we have not figured out a way to get rid of it yet. Tried dramamine, bands, etc but if anyone has any ideas let me know.

Maybe stop drifting around every corner?

Congrats on the car, i bet it will be alot more fun than the 7. I was looking at a 750M sport and decided to go with the M5. So glad I did.

[bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Salespunk

My wife gets major motion sickness and we have not figured out a way to get rid of it yet. Tried dramamine, bands, etc but if anyone has any ideas let me know. Kids are LOVING it. Had to do a few loops from the house this afternoon!

Good Probable Treatment:
M driving gloves
Sunglasses
full tank of gas
cell phone (so she can be found)

[PatrickC23]

Congrats - damn that 7 series is huge!

[Salespunk]

Originally Posted by chrisratz

Maybe stop drifting around every corner?

Congrats on the car, i bet it will be alot more fun than the 7. I was looking at a 750M sport and decided to go with the M5. So glad I did.

I thought the "drift" would make her feel like being on a cloud

I had the MSport package on my 750 and um yeah... That is the bastardization of the M name that everyone talks about. Should just be called a sport package if not just an appearance package.

The 750 is very big. Only a couple of inches shorter than our Yukon XL. Was great for taking friends out and very comfortable to drive on the highway. Plenty of power and room to stretch out. Like I said before if I had a 911 to go with it I would have kept it.

[krown]

Congrats! I went the same route as you. Had a 2012 750i as well and drove it for a year and a half. Even had the Dinan upgrade. Flawless car... but it wasn't an M5. So I traded her in and have no regrets.