Finally the new BMW M5 has arrived to an happy owner
 

I wish I was in his shoes :D

Check link:
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52684

man that is such a nice car. :mrgreen:

Man i would struggle during the break-in period. 5000kms with no launches and no max revs. Talk about temptation :mrgreen: Great car, can't wait so see them on the road here too.

Same here, but it's got to be done. My neighbour is an idiot. He couldn't help but rev the shit out of his M Roadster when he got it and consequently fucked the engine. Must have cost him a packet to put right. Muppet :roll:

and this is in Sweden?! TT is going to be ghost around here until he finds that car :lol:

so i guess the official countdown has begun? I can't wait. I asked one of our salesmen again wether we had any ordered and he said we didn't which goes against what i heard earlier of 2 being ordered, which makes sense because we have 2 E39 M5 customers already..so i guess we just have to wait and see :(

TT lives in Switzerland, not Sweden :wink:

^ dammit! i knew it was one of the two Sw countries :?

5000km break in period? What kind of nonsense is this?

The secret way BMW will be voiding warrantees because the V10 is so "fragile"?

How many actual cycles should all these parts need to bed in? This is like 2,500,000 revolutions over a 5000km trip at 60km/h - correct?

What a crock.

That is standard for all M engines. There is a 1200 mile service where the engine and differential fluid are replaced. before that max RPM is 5500 and max road speed is 105. It's really nothing if you think about it since the standard warranty is 4 years 50,000 miles.

3100 miles without launching or hammering the clutch with program 5 and 6 isn't that bad RC. Considering the fact that most of these people will probably never use program 6 anyway :roll:

Well, since they hopefully serve you coffee, wash your car and let you have a loaner if the service takes too long - I guess the price of $90 - 100,000 comes with an entire "package" that makes the entire experience worth the ntry price.

Still doesn't exlain why they need 5000km to break the car in. Perhaps that's why so many M cars come up for sale used at a cople thousand miles - the drivers have flogged the piss out of em and trying to unload them before th enext service.. :P

5000km is too much, I agree. I barely lasted 1200 miles before I started going fast... that sucker gonna have to wait a lot!

I beat 100$ that he doesnt make it to 5k kilometers.

Mercs on the Supercharged AMGs are 1500 Miles and nothing over 80, nor going into sport mode, and RPMs should never go above 3500. Then again by the time you break the merc engine in 3 things will have already broken. :lol: but 3100 miles is alot, but atleast nothing will break.

shit for that price it should have a break in mode programmed into it just like all the other modes especially Launch Control.

I really couldn't tell you why this is on the M5 because the S85 is a new engine and they've probably done something different with the engine. My foreman just got back from the new engine technology class so i'll flip through his book to see if it's covered. :?

There is probably a good reason for it, i just don't know it at this point in time

Keep us posted, i'm very interested to know.

5000km, that's a loooong way to drive. If I've ever win the lottery and decide on one, i'd get one second hand, carefully used and already broken in :D

So the countdown is almost at 0:00 for the first sighting of an E60 M5 around here :)

Apparently i am going to have to wait for the M5 class to find out the reasons for the extensive wear in period as the S85 is not covered in the new engine technology book.

Only reason i can think of is that it's because of the laser etched cylinder walls (used on the S62 and 54 so i am assuming it was used here as well) but that's just speculation.

What motor is the S62 from Zfrk? Is that why the 2nd part of your ID is 'S62'?

The S62 is the V8 in the E39 M5 and E52 Z8(see the Engineering Designations thread). And yes that is partially why the last half of my ID is S62. I plan on sticking one of those engines in a Z :twisted: :D

does anyone know when the m5 touring goes on sale?

From what I've heard. Never.

:slap: I think you have ///M confused with sports package :P

Well let's just hope that they never decide to compromise the M5 by releasing a "Touring". Then again, looking at Bentley and Porsche releasing SUVs etc, it wouldn't surprise me these days to seean M5 with a J-Lo derriere

Quote:

BMW M5 Touring
Here is the first solid evidence that BMW has given the green light to what will potentially be the fastest estate car on the planet. That distinctive nose and those M5 alloys would have raised our suspicions, but it is the menacing quad exhaust pipes that mark this BMW Touring out as an ‘M-car’, the ultimate in performance BMWs. It’s a welcome but hardly surprising development, as BMW would have been unlikely to sit still whilst Audi and Mercedes Benz dominated the super-estate market with their 444bhp RS6 Quattro Avant and 476bhp E55 AMG estate. As towering as those V8 powerhouses are, BMW brings no less than 507bhp to the game, courtesy of the sensational V10 powerplant that already resides under the bonnet of the M5 saloon, a car that goes on sale here in a couple of month’s time.

A BMW GB spokesman has told 4Car that no decision has been taken on production of an M5 Touring, but coyly added that if such a car were to go into left-hand drive production “we would be asking for a right-hand drive version. After all, more Touring M5s of the previous generation have been sold overall than saloon versions.” There has never been a right-hand drive version of the M5 Touring, but BMW “would love to have one for the UK.” 4Car believes there’d be a long list of willing customers who’d be as intrigued as we are at the notion of an estate capable of carrying a family (with dog) at up to 205mph (without electronic restriction). Inspired. Mad, but inspired...

http://img40.exs.cx/img40/904/bmwm5touring0016gw.jpg

this is to compete with the E55 Wagon right?

WTF..M5 touring in the past?? why am i just now catching wind of this? :? I've never seen one, let alone HEARD of one :?

there was an E39 M5 touring. Gerhard Ritcher's company car.
and there's E34 M5 touring, with both 3.6l and 3.8l engines.

must not have been a US thing.

i remember driving next to a dealer car this past summer when i was living back home in SF. i couldnt believe what i was seeing! however im not so much a fan of the new 5 styling. the 6 is where its at!! :)