Sport mode? Or do you have the speed limit recognition thing?
BMW and M Power Owners
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Caporegime
Yeah, think you just lift up your right foot a little and away it goes!
yes - maybe you should challenge them on their designation of incident as goodwill, versus your rights - did amp show water damage to confirm their theory.
as you'd suggested & now seeing picture of amp location; I'd seen (very) small quantities of water in touring rear battery tray which probably came via adjacent similar vent,
they must have some theories on what previous owner drove through/did to get excessive water in there;
I never use Karcher water lance in random directions under body, or even near mirrors as a precaution against getting into electrics.
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It tells you exactly why in the owners manual, which you can download to your phone using the BMW Drivers Guide app
Makes no sense, when it's red and I'm doing 5mph in a 30zone lol
It must be when it's unsure of the speed limit
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All been fine, other than Autoglass don't seem to be able to sort a slight air bubble between the rain/light sensor and the windscreen. No functional issues, more cosmetic, but they've had 3 goes now and no joy. They've gone silent on me now too. HUD has been fine though.
That timeframe sounds about right though, they quote around 6 weeks for OEM glass.
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Soldato
Ah congrats! It's a shame they didn't do a lighter blue on the non-M g30, the f90 look a great in San merino.
I absolutely love this colour though!
Re headlights, all the views I've been able to find are that on the 5 series laser lights don't add much at all because in 99/100 situations they're identical to laser, and it's basically only on completely dark fast roads that the lasers will even come on. Coming from an f36 with "basic" adaptive LEDs (ie ones that can't do beam splitting etc), these are absolutely amazing and way brighter, can't even imagine laser lights.
For me the non-negotiable specification was:
At least Comfort pack to get the absolutely incredible comfort seats (plus was a nice to have but I can live without cooled and massage seats)
Nappa (Dakota makes the g30 feel a lot less premium). Merino would have been amazing particularly as it adds the dash, but buying used this is tough
Tech plus - this I wouldn't negotiate on, I really wanted DAP, and I'm very glad I got it - it functions better than my wife's Tesla's autopilot for sure!
Where are you based?
, so went with standard white.
Caporegime
Bleurgh. How dare you sully the 550 chat with that.
still like their sunset orange - if I had the luxury of buying new would consider distinctive colour as a passive safety opportunity, too (like clothing for cyling/running)
some of the red shades do seem over used now - I blame mazda 3, it's like a club.
some of the red shades do seem over used now - I blame mazda 3, it's like a club.
I mean, I get why there are so many different shades, of grey, they’re popular, but I don’t understand WHY they’re popular!?
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If you have to pick a red bmw it's got to be a f82 in Ferrari red
Plus with the greys, you can visualise dove, steel etc as Grey's but what on earth is a dravit
Plus with the greys, you can visualise dove, steel etc as Grey's but what on earth is a dravit
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Thank you very much for that.
In all honesty I have looked in the past & all it had to say was about BMW.
In all honesty I have looked in the past & all it had to say was about BMW.
It will always have a limit, even when confused it'll have a value (mine sometimes jumps to 60 when it obviously is not)
Yep, I'm not too worried about the lasers. Pretty happy with the rest of my spec, need to get over the loss of ceramic dials and soft close doors but they're first world problems by any measure.
I'm based in London so the "frugal" nature of the V8 will be more noticeable than the hp... perhaps.
Soldato
What spec did you go for?
I'm an hour north of London (was Highbury until mass exodus during COVID
). We should have an ocuk m550 meet, never seen another one except at dealers so far!Did you manage to get a good discount for a run out slot?
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I think discount and trade-in were decent given the prices have continued to go up since my initial order, also there were some goodwill gestures for my old car that saved me a lot of costs on that (fingers crossed, only handed it back today).What spec did you go for?
I'm an hour north of London (was Highbury until mass exodus during COVID
Did you manage to get a good discount for a run out slot?
No pics from the pickup today, took it straight to get detailed, ceramic coated and selective PPF, will have it back next week.
The spec is pretty standard, tech +, driver assistance+, comfort seats, ash trunkwood "open pore" trim. Towbar is the only less common option, should make it more convenient to head to new places with the bike.
I only drove a short distance today but included stop/start traffic, some a-roads and motorway. Car felt great, engine obviously smooth as silk and being gentle during run-in didn't push it on the m-way. The most immediate improvement was the ride quality though. My '19 540i MSport didn't have adaptive but never felt uncomfortable, maybe a bit loud over bumps from time-to-time but the M550i with adaptive suspension was so smooth and quiet, feels much more refined. Maybe the tyres play a part too, didn't pay a lot of attention to what they are other than noticing they were Pirelli but different model than I had before. I have a lot of configuring to do it was surprising how much information is presented to the driver just in the instrument cluster let alone iDrive etc. but I won't get in to how digital display vs dials.
I know a lot of people don't rate the dakota leather but I was happy with it previously and having got the new car, actually feel it isn't the leather that feels out-of-place in the interior. The a/c dials and iDrive controller are terrible and coming from cermic controls it's a huge let down. I had made my peace with plastic as ceramic was no longer an option but there is a rubber "collar" for want of a better word, around them, I guess for grip. Feels like an afterthought still in prototype, the finish is terrible and the shifter has a similar low class feel. Final gripe is about the keys. The fobs appear the same as before but the actual key part is plastic rather than metal, both feeling and looking cheap. These things bug me (at least for now) because they're the points of contact with the car and should exude quality, not the opposite.
Hopefully a week apart and the V8 will make me forget about the gripes. Will then be on a road trip to the south of France so should get properly settled in to the car.
@rG-tom we can do an OCUK/London/M550i meet later in summer!
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Driving a Dravite myself, I have to say its one of the strangest colours I have ever seen and is completely different in lighting level and direction. Plus its the most complimented car I have ever owned