My Azurite Black Individual F10 M5 Delivered!!!

[phish_100]

Originally Posted by wmontalt

Thank you I didn't know that the M5 could be ordered with different seats. Is your seat the multi contour seat available in the non M5?

The sports seats have the m logo on the headrest and are very comfortable. The upgraded m seats look more padded and luxurious, but I felt it wasn't worth it at the time.

[NlckyBlack]

great looking m5.

[Drifting Tree]

Love the car.

I dig your name more PHish... best ever

[phish_100]

Originally Posted by Drifting Tree

Love the car.

I dig your name more PHish... best ever

Thanks!! My parents did well choosing that one

[phish_100]

I took some more photos today - the car is a bit dirty as i havent washed it yet, but it was sunny so i hope you can all see the colour a bit more clearly!

[///M5Canuck]

OK; that colour is effing gorgeous. Well done.

[AM47]

Great pictures, do the windows have a slightly darker tint or is it the reflective nature of the paint colour giving the illusion of darker windows. The car looks very menacing which goes well with loud and brutal......

[phish_100]

Originally Posted by AM47

Great pictures, do the windows have a slightly darker tint or is it the reflective nature of the paint colour giving the illusion of darker windows. The car looks very menacing which goes well with loud and brutal......

I got the option to tint all rear windows, so you're right, they are darker than the front ones...

[AlpWhite11]

Originally Posted by phish_100

I took some more photos today - the car is a bit dirty as i havent washed it yet, but it was sunny so i hope you can all see the colour a bit more clearly!

Just stunning.

Please keep posting pics I can't get enough. Hopefully you have a chance to clean the car when it gets warmer and we get to see the color clean and shining in the sun.

[Bimmercrazy]

Phish, glad the drive-train faulty message turned out to only be a sensor. Good news...I had Morne in my car trying to sort out a couple of ConnctedDrive glitches and I asked him if he had a diagnosis on your fault, apart from his surprise that I even know about it as this was on Monday he didn't know at that point.
Re the courtesy car...as Clarkson said 530d is a great car but you will appreciate getting the beast back even more after spending a few days in that tractor

[phish_100]

Originally Posted by Bimmercrazy

Phish, glad the drive-train faulty message turned out to only be a sensor. Good news...I had Morne in my car trying to sort out a couple of ConnctedDrive glitches and I asked him if he had a diagnosis on your fault, apart from his surprise that I even know about it as this was on Monday he didn't know at that point.
Re the courtesy car...as Clarkson said 530d is a great car but you will appreciate getting the beast back even more after spending a few days in that tractor

That is absolutely classic!!! He knows I am active on forums so surprised he didn't realise I would post something! I found the aftercare from park lane pretty bad I'm afraid.

How is your beast and what issues did you have with connecteddrive?

Thanks

[datbimmerdoe]

congrats!! excellent color!

[Bimmercrazy]

Originally Posted by phish_100

That is absolutely classic!!! He knows I am active on forums so surprised he didn't realise I would post something! I found the aftercare from park lane pretty bad I'm afraid.

How is your beast and what issues did you have with connecteddrive?

Thanks

I may agree with you on aftercare, too early to tell but being BMW UK you would rightly expect the best service. I bought 2 cars at the same time so maybe I'm seeing the better side 'cos of that. I've found a good alternative in West London if all else fails.

The software has a couple of glitches re the ConnectedDrive and the iphone firstly the apps don't work when th iphone is in the snap in cradle,
Secondly and more annoyingly to use the BMW apps including web radio (which is pretty cool) you need the BMW app open on the iphone. If you then want to check emails on the iphone the BMW apps on the monitor disappear and stop working. All apps stay on in the "background" on an iphone so you can quickly switch from one to another without loosing your place when you go back to an app...no so with BMW Connected app. Park Lane have written to UK, who are writing to Munich to ask what can be done as that is a school boy mistake.
thirdly my address book on the iphone is only partially downloaded to the car.

Having said all that the car is stupendous! How the **** did they manage to create such an incredible benchmark. Drove to Silverstone and back on the weekend, still staying within the run in limits but it is crazy what this car can do and feel like at both ends of the spectrum. As Hammond said "the best car in the world"

[phish_100]

Originally Posted by Bimmercrazy

I may agree with you on aftercare, too early to tell but being BMW UK you would rightly expect the best service. I bought 2 cars at the same time so maybe I'm seeing the better side 'cos of that. I've found a good alternative in West London if all else fails.

The software has a couple of glitches re the ConnectedDrive and the iphone firstly the apps don't work when th iphone is in the snap in cradle,
Secondly and more annoyingly to use the BMW apps including web radio (which is pretty cool) you need the BMW app open on the iphone. If you then want to check emails on the iphone the BMW apps on the monitor disappear and stop working. All apps stay on in the "background" on an iphone so you can quickly switch from one to another without loosing your place when you go back to an app...no so with BMW Connected app. Park Lane have written to UK, who are writing to Munich to ask what can be done as that is a school boy mistake.
thirdly my address book on the iphone is only partially downloaded to the car.

Having said all that the car is stupendous! How the **** did they manage to create such an incredible benchmark. Drove to Silverstone and back on the weekend, still staying within the run in limits but it is crazy what this car can do and feel like at both ends of the spectrum. As Hammond said "the best car in the world"

Great. How many miles have you done? I have seen the same issues with connected drive. Out of interest, do you use Bluetooth audio with an iPhone? I might be getting a bit too niche now :-)

[Bimmercrazy]

Originally Posted by phish_100

Great. How many miles have you done? I have seen the same issues with connected drive. Out of interest, do you use Bluetooth audio with an iPhone? I might be getting a bit too niche now :-)

Forget niche, I am neck deep in it. I have 3 options:
Snap in cradle - best if you want the iphone layout and platform on the monitor to browse your iphone music
USB - best for BMW ConnectedDrive App but also this way does show artist / album artwork from iphone (I think...can't quite remember)
Bluetooth - best for accessing all other iphone apps while still listening to music. Music best managed directly with the Music app on iphone

Generally I use Bluetooth unless battery is low, then I use USB. I only use cradle if I want to show off how good the iphone compatibility looks on the monitor.

480 miles on the clock, it's my daily car for in town so miles take a while, need to go for a day out of town to rack them up more quickly

[phish_100]

Ok so is the sound quality better when phone plugged in compared with Bluetooth? I thought it might be.

Do you use spotify on your iPhone?

What's the difference between the cradle and just using a white USB-iphone lead to plug the phone into the socket under the middle armrest?

[Bimmercrazy]

Originally Posted by phish_100

Ok so is the sound quality better when phone plugged in compared with Bluetooth? I thought it might be.

Do you use spotify on your iPhone?

What's the difference between the cradle and just using a white USB-iphone lead to plug the phone into the socket under the middle armrest?

No haven't tried Spotify, does that play through the car speakers just like the iphone music app?

With the cradle you get a completely different design to what you see on the monitor, it looks a bit more fancy and it uses a similar layout to that of the actual music app on the iphone: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs etc...and then when you select a track the artwork fills the screen and is more prominant...but at the moemt ConnectedDrive doesn't work in the cradle which Park Lane are working on fixing directly with BMW Uk.

[MI6]

You call that sunny?................I guess for London it is....

Anyways, I was thinking Azurite is a bit more blue than Carbon Black- am I right?


-Bond

[positiveions]

that is another favorite color added to the list; after of course the infamous Carbon metallic.
Congrats.

[delvek]

Congrats! Very nice

[Greer]

Originally Posted by phish_100

I picked up my M5 yesterday and will give some of my initial thoughts. I picked up the car from Park Lane at 11am, which was very smooth, quick and a perfect start to the day. When i was left with the car after the initial walk through, i was utterly thrilled and shaking with excitement

After spending most of yesterday driving, reading anything negative about active sound or turbo lag is just meaningless now!! This thing is a BEAST!!!! Additionally, reading anyone comparing the f10 to the e60 seems like a joke now; it is a completely different class in every area.

I have barely taken it over 4k revs, as that's the recommended limitation for the first 600 miles (which I intend to smash through as quickly as possible).

The access to power makes me physically sick, it is so good. The car gets a lot of attention. The two massive areas where it just flattens the e60 are as follows:

1. Torque band: You can floor it seemingly from any speed in any gear and you will experience a surge of violent acceleration (with a dirty great v8 rumble that I love). This is so exciting to explore and the M engineers have pulled off a miracle. In my e60, I always had to rev high and just got used to it thinking it was normal - the f10 turbo/torque monster of an engine is how performance cars should be.

2. The DCT is absurd. You feel nothing but a relentless shove through all gears. There is no lurch like with the e60 SMG. Sometimes there is a crack as it changes up, which is beautiful. The paddles are very attached to the 'box and there is no lag between hand flick and actual gear change. The overriding feeling is a pure confidence that this car will take on almost anything and win. It's so easy to drive fast and that's what I have been after.

The sound is lovely. I prefer it to the e60. At low speeds it's quiet but with rapid acceleration it bursts into life and emits a beautifully loud v8 roar banging and popping when you lift off the loud pedal.

The car is big, but feels nimble. It's a weird sensation, because it is very comfortable and luxurious with umpteen toys and is the best cockpit I have been in and yet the width of the car never feels too big; it manoeuvres so well.

All my driving has been in comfort so far and these are my experiences. I think until I have done 600 miles, I won't bother trying any setting in sport or sport plus. I did try sport across the board for a few minutes and it felt even more brutal and alive.

This is not a very well thought out review - more of a brain dump but hope it helps some of you understand the broad range of superbness that this car provides. I also feel slightly silly, as I have not even driven it hard yet, but even what I have done has already been incredible! I will certainly write a lot more when I have drive it more...

Right, where are those keys :-)

The azurite looks great!

[mainly]

looks like it has just a hint of matt appearance in the finish