Originally Posted by SoCal Drew

Hey folks,

I've been a lurker here for the past month or so while looking for an E60 M5 (thanks for all of the useful info) and I finally picked it up last week!

Its an Alpine White with black interior and my god, its by far the best BMW I have ever owned. The combination of performance, comfort and technology is perfect. I had heard many negative things about the iDrive system, but I have no problems with it thus far. And as for the SMG debate, well I guess you cant please everyone. I'm coming from an 03' M3 w/ SMG, so the M5 transmission is step-up in quality and refinement.

I'm glad to finally post as an owner!

- Andrew