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Originally Posted by grimlock
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Originally Posted by clar
I have no issue with the reviewer's take on the GTS suspension relative to the M5. I don't have any beef with the M5's suspension. It's way cosy enough for me in comfort mode. The steering on the M5 however, is as what he said. It filters in road noise, but not enough feedback. When i first collected my M5, i had thought there was something wrong with the tires and promptly sent it in for balancing. It didn't help much. There was always this low frequency hum to the wheel like a constant vibration. The feedback is also not as good as it should be for a hydraulic setup. It's evident when i climb back to my E92 M3, which has more feedback. In my opinion, M didn't get it right this time. It's still a pin sharp responsive steering though, just not feelsome. After a few thousand km on the clock, the steering seem to have lost that vibration. Apart from the steering and active sound, everything else about this car is astounding esp the drive train!
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Dump the M5 for the GTS.. you still have an M3, which doesn't have all the annoying things that bother you in the M5.
It's not BAD, but the competition is so much better.
That said I have to gloat I love my 528i with it's little NA 3L I6.. if I had the money no doubt it would be GTS all the way. (Because I don't think the M5 is that much better than a regular 5 series, sorry folks. They just did what they had to to give it the required HP, arbitrarily return to hydraulic steering which doesn't help given the muffling in all the other suspension components, and employ patch-a-leak like the Active Sound. Too much '1M' philosophy. Arguably, the 550i is a better choice, esp. if it's getting the tu engine and power bump, because it has active anti-roll, and arguably you want comfort anyways, unbolted rear subframe and EPS is preferred since the 'effort' of the M5 end product, well you can see.) |
Just checking...have you driven any of these cars (other than a 528)?