A new meaning to the phrase "Thank God its Friday" New Beast Owner!
Hello all,
I'm now the proud owner of a Carbon Black/Black Luxury Beast!
It has all the options: M Audio, split fold down seats, and pdc. I picked it up last night and I'm truly amazed and in awe of this car!. Thank you to everyone on the board for sharing there experiences and a special thank you to the Malibu meet M5 owners who allowed me to "make up my mind" on getting this car.
...a bit of history,
In 1999 I saw an article in Car and Driver comparing the M5 and the E55 and I was convinced this is the ultimate sports sedan! After months of lurking, I finally joined this wonderful board to get ideas on how to get into a M5 without paying over MSRP (thanks especially to RareM5 and MAH, and Tfung). Like many of you, I was on 2 or 3 list, all out of state. Then the opportunity to buy a house came up, and I delayed the purchase of the Beast ("lets see, M5 or house?" , well you need a proper home for the Beast, right?) Anyway, as things worked out, I moved way up the list at my local dealerships list to the point where I could order the car this month. Then I get the call that someone dropped out and a car on the dealership floor on Monday. I looked at it Tuesday, and decided to pursue it (but what to do with the M3?) Well, without getting into too much detail, thru lack of communication, it got sold out from under us by the owner of the dealership to a friend(Sh#$!) They felt bad, and did a locate for me and got the car in within 24hrs. I picked it up last night and I'm smiling like a kid I woke up this morning and looked in the garage and said "no, it wasn't a dream".
First impressions: Six gears? It pulls in every gear. Very sensitive throttle, so much torque, what the heck was I thinking when I considered the E46 M3? The color is amazing! It is more of a midnight blue than black under bright lights. The attention to detail is first rate, love the chrome around the speakers, dash, and door locks. The feel of the car is sport, very precise steering (like my E36 M3) Handling is great, don't need Dinan supspension at this point (till I track it). The car is quiet, like my 7, but its like, you know, FASTER! Pics to follow if I can upload them somewhere..
This describes my mood perfectly:
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Previously owned M's:
'02 E39 M5 Carbon Black Metallic/Black All Leather Nappa Heritage/Dark Burr Walnut trim
Congrats on the new ride. I get all excited everytime I read about someone picking up there Beast, and I do not even own one. These stories have convinced me that the M5 is the next car I will be driving. Hope all goes well and you get those 1200 miles out of the way soon. Have fun.
I'm still waiting for mine and the wait is killing me! I guess you know how it feels. Congratulations!
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Congrats!!! It was not that long ago when I picked up my beast. Everytime someone picks theirs up, I remember the excitement. I still havent gotten over it. I find myself just staring at the car for no reason at all.
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Jimmy
2002 M5 Bluewater (sold)
Luxury with Bruyere trim
Supersprint X-pipe on stock exhaust
Altho' I just picked up my Sterling Grey/Caramel Beast on Wednesday I am still jealous of you!! I planned to put some breakin miles on the car this weekend, however, Mother Nature has been peeing on us here in Music City!!
Use hobbystage to host your pix, its not that hard!!
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Brad
'02 Sterling Grey/Caramel/Burl Walnut trim (Gone )
M5 Trunk Mat
Oh my gosh KEV!! Let me give you a big CONGRATS!! Wow... you've got it! Please post pics... I want to see... Take good care of her! Drive safe and Enjoy! :p
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Congratulations. its been fun having you here with us pre-car - I would love to know after you drive the car for a bit - how would you compare the real experience with what you expected, based upon what you learned here? what impressed you as "better than you expected" and what didn't live up?
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A new meaning to the phrase "Thank God its Friday" New Beast Owner!
, well you need a proper home for the Beast, right?) Anyway, as things worked out, I moved way up the list at my local dealerships list to the point where I could order the car this month. Then I get the call that someone dropped out and a car on the dealership floor on Monday. I looked at it Tuesday, and decided to pursue it (but what to do with the M3?) Well, without getting into too much detail, thru lack of communication, it got sold out from under us by the owner of the dealership to a friend(Sh#$!) They felt bad, and did a locate for me and got the car in within 24hrs. I picked it up last night and I'm smiling like a kid 
Pics to follow if I can upload them somewhere..
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