12-05-2020, 01:20 PM | #1 |
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It's a hit....but we knew that!
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12-05-2020, 03:39 PM | #2 |
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Fun read... thanks for posting!
Pretty spot on in my opinion even down to how they mention the E90 M3 sedan was better for them. I agree here. The E90 Sedan looked better, was more practical, more M with the race car you could live with every day and I was told first hand by the head of M Marketing at my visit to Garching, that it handled better than the coupe. Thank you. |
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Yes, interesting article. I can almost forgive them for the (&(*% need to click 27 times to read it...
Quoting the article: "E60 M5: a hit, with severe caveats ... <snip> ... But really, that was just an irritating amuse bouche that preceded the excrement-sandwich main course: how often the E60 broke." And when it broke, it was so painfully expensive to fix... If you've never looked at my garage in my profile, have a look at my E60. I swear I haven't edited it since the day I registered. I can thank my E60 ownership for many thrills, and many headaches. Most importantly I can thank my E60 ownership for leading me to the 1M. I literally bought it as the antithesis of the E60. Literally. How the 1M differs: - relatively reliable for a high performance car - built on commodity and common (aka M3) parts, so not overly expensive to fix - doesn't depreciate Without owning an E60 I would never have joined the 1M club. Thanks E60. End catharsis...
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I thought it was interesting that they started out with the goal of a dichotomous choice: hit or miss. Then they couldn't help but start introducing "caveats" on several of the cars, which made it somewhat less dichotomous.
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