JAY55

Visited my boy at his new house today and he let me drive his new M5. I personally think it's a very fun car to drive, kicks like Bruce Lee after 3rd gear (scary as hell on the freeway). For a stock exhaust it sounds very good, sound system is way better than the Harmon Kardon, and the paddle shift design feels better than the button one, interior design is ok. Handling is very solid for a 4 door sedan. SMG is very jerky, maybe I'm not used to shifting it but my head hits against the headrest everytime changing in gear. First try we set it at P400 (400HP), didn't get me erect. Second attempt, full blown setting S6 (hidden mode) and the car chirps like a ***** 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Torque is not as strong as the 55, so at a stop light race the E55 would have the advantage. Once the M5 get pass 3rd gear, it keeps going and going. Next visit I will test out my car with his, what a blast driving the M as you can see in the video...Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7d0IgpiYgQ

chem0

you had the car right there as if not have a run this time around

WishforE55

nice video love the chirps b/w gears how old is your son?

Torquey55

Good stuff there Jay. Looked like some serious fun. It's a shame you have to go through all that BS with the settings to unleash the full potential of the car.

E55 RUSS

Nice vid...

Too bad that US m5 dont have LAUNCH Control, with this thing M5 justcatapults of the line... wish we had that thing on E55 so we could start like that...

JAY55

His home theater set up blew Imax away so we spent most of our time in there watching Lord of the Rings and playing XBox Live. It's on next time

chiromikey

is the single push of a tiny little thumb button on the steering wheel really that difficult?

vrus

That car sounds really good! Nice ride your son has!!

The chirping between shifts is really neat to hear! That is one thing that shocks me about the E55.. So much torque, but, no chirps..

Vic55

Jay, great video and I can see why many M5 owners love their cars just as we love ours.

Hey, that was your E55 in the driveway I assume and if so, what a happened to the rims (HRE)?

jangy

Paint chipped off, so getting them coated. HAHA, I'm gld he didn't race the E55. His rear tires are bald as can be and you guys would end up thinking the M5 was faster. Bring your bro down here and let me get a hold of him.

Love the chirps, by the way!!

BenzoBoi

Awesome vid Jay...

FYI...I think Jay was talking about his friend who has the M5 instead of sayin it was literally his boy? Correct me if I'm wrong...

jangy

LOL, Jay is a kid himself. None of his are old enough to drive, much less own an M5!!

Torquey55

You have to set up the whole thing thru iDrive before you just push 1 button for max performance in the M5. That is inconvenient and over complicated not difficult.
E55 = Boot it & go.

JAY55

Exactly Vic, our cars should be chirping with the tremendous torque. He is my good friend, I'm too young to make babies


My black centers peeled so bad that I cannot use a Sharpie anymore. HRE offered to powdercoat and polished everything to be spanking new again. All you guys with HRE black centers, becareful because they will peel eventually even with proper care unless it's powdercoated. HRE has great customer service : )

JamE55

Great vid Jay. How's that area for doing some test runs?

chiromikey

if you can use an ipod, you can use idrive. besides, the set up only has to be done once and that's it. i doubt you could find an m5 owner that hasn't figured out how to set up the m button within the first day of ownership.

those cars are badass and to think it's not or think it's lacking because of the m button is rather silly.

jangy

Guess he is just getting his point accross?? By the way, I can't use an iPOD.

vraa

I taught (kinda) Pete how to use an iPod and download music (legally.... )

Pete, I'm working on getting the music back up ASAP, I'm having some major computer issues right now, sorry bro!

8/22 = death!

02S430

nice m5 but id still take a E63 over that, i love benz and my friend loves BMW so ill let him get the M5 and ill stick with Merc

Torquey55

chromikey, you are missing my point entirely. I am a big fan of BMW, I have owned a M3 with the SMG and loved it. All I was saying is that the M5 is not as simple as planting your foot like the E55. I know it's a push of a button and a monkey can do it. It's setting it up that makes it a little "complicated". Have you seen the Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson goes through the process of setting the car up through iDrive? I can appreciate how he got a little frustrated as did my salesman showing me before a test drive, he hates iDrive and he sells the thing every day. I'm not tyring to bash and make a big deal about the freakin thing, I happen to like the M5 alot and I certainly don't find it "lacking" because of the M button. I'd probably be driving one if it was available last August when chose the E55. If that M5 video doesn't impress everyone there's a serious problem. Lighten up a little bro, it's all good.

chiromikey

i'm not upset here so there's nothing for me to lighten up about and i'm not missing the point, setting up the m button one time is insignificant...that's the point. yes, i saw the top gear "skit" and it was very funny but i hope you're not trying to imply that it was more than that...a humerous skit. and yes, idrive can be frustrating even for salesmen...especially when bmw keeps changing how it operates between vehicles. i'm not a fan of idrive at all and since you've also driven the m5, you can certainly agree that idrive really has almost nothing to do with the m button after day 1.

Cylinder Head

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In Top Gear magazine they refer to iDrive as "iDistract, then iCrash".

I was rolling for days about it.

Its not really as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Yeah a little cumbersome, but once you get used to it, its not so bad. Just don't try and program the NAV while you're moving.

Setting up the M button is easy enough, but I've gotten to the point now where I just always drive in S6/TC off/***** to the wall.

MiamiAMG

Nice vid, thanks for sharing. The E55, M5 & now the E63 are three great beasts. I think that the owner of ANY of these incredible machines should be a very happy person & consider themselves very lucky to own one! They're all excellent automobile's & anyone who says otherwise about any of them is being ignorant.

vrus

hahahaha... How the heck was I supposed to know you were kidding about the "son" thing...

Ok.. Your buddy has a sweet ride!! There.. That better??

E55_POWER

Exactly, well said. We're all fortunate to drive what we drive.

The M button issue, it's NOT difficult at all, you set it once and it's done til you change the settings.