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Originally Posted by jorian
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I don't plan on tracking it as my 911 is my track car of choice. The 911 started off as a totally stock rig and has morphed into a filling-rattling money pit with R compounds.
My commute to work is under 10 minutes and I rarely drive further than 10 miles but I live in a very soggy climate. I long for creature comforts of a sedan but can't do a Buick Regal if you know what I mean. .
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Sorry to 'selectively' quote.. but if this is the type of driving you are going to be doing why an M5 (I know 'because you can')...
I went thro this last year...and concluded that an M5 was the best and worse possible solution...yup it was fast, sounded great and carried us as a family...great... and its really fun to have your kids and better half 'enjoying' the fast driving....right....isn't that why I have a 911?
Then why keep the 911? Its slower. less able and more expensive...
So looking very hard at the reality of the reason for having a family car a 530d Touring made much more sense...just as 'real world' (ie policed roads) fast, more economical and less expensive.
If I were to have only one car it would be an M5..
I also spoke at length to one of my colleagues here who has one; average cost during his ownership £1000 per month....for a car that did have a BMW Warranty when purchased. For instance the Sat Nav screen died and the replacement unit (in 2007) was a 'full system'...at somehting like £2.5K (approx 20% of the car's value at the time) and this for a system that a £100 Tom Tom out performs.. but without it the car lost 40% of its value...
So.. its great car and yet it is one of the worse possible transport solutions you can think of...and from what you are saying its transport you want.. shame you guys didn't get the 530d.....thats' a great car and great transport.