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      02-25-2020, 06:17 AM   #1
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About to pull the trigger on this little gem. Not the lowest mileage but the best I could find for my budget.

https://www.blocket.se/annons/soderm...astak/85006203

Well - what happened you might ask? Was the GTR not good enough?

In short, it wasn't something I wanted to live with on long trips and the interior annoyed me, maybe its because I was used to the iDrive, and acclimatised to the way BMW lay out their interiors - which is really light years beyond the GTR - even if you compare the M5's of past to the GTR, the 2017 LCI GTR is better but still not in the same league as the more current gen FXX M cars.

Performance wise - I only wish the M5 had the same steering feel as the GTR, it really does communicate and is knife sharp when you want it to be. You have to experience one to understand how great the steering is - but there are more facets to ownership experience than steering feel..... the M5 in no way comes too short on the performance side of things either.

However I think the road noise is was what really killed the experience for me....maybe I is getting oldz, or I prefer refinement.

Good to be back, lesson learnt.....dont bother selling - you will be disappointed.
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About to pull the trigger on this little gem. Not the lowest mileage but the best I could find for my budget.

https://www.blocket.se/annons/soderm...astak/85006203

Well - what happened you might ask? Was the GTR not good enough?

In short, it wasn't something I wanted to live with on long trips and the interior annoyed me, maybe its because I was used to the iDrive, and acclimatised to the way BMW lay out their interiors - which is really light years beyond the GTR - even if you compare the M5's of past to the GTR, the 2017 LCI GTR is better but still not in the same league as the more current gen FXX M cars.

Performance wise - I only wish the M5 had the same steering feel as the GTR, it really does communicate and is knife sharp when you want it to be. You have to experience one to understand how great the steering is - but there are more facets to ownership experience than steering feel..... the M5 in no way comes too short on the performance side of things either.

However I think the road noise is was what really killed the experience for me....maybe I is getting oldz, or I prefer refinement.

Good to be back, lesson learnt.....dont bother selling - you will be disappointed.
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Looks awesome in white....FBO?
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Not bad for a design from 2007....
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