Collection of 523i
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My Ride: Collected Sept 2009 - BMW E90 M3, Silverstone II, Novillo Black leather, 19" M Double-Spoke alloys, High Beam Assist, Electronic Damper Control, Voice Control, PDC, USB, DAB, High Gloss Shadowline, Sliding armrest, Trim Finishing in aluminium grey.
Arrival at dealers: Sapphire Black Metallic.
Interior Rear. Amethyst dakota leather. Just to give an indication of the colour combo. The amethyst appears to be a little lighter in the photo than in real life. To me it is 'more mature' that the (previous) beige interior which after the amethyst is possibly more 'in-yer-face-mate'
Collection - New and Old. De-badged and Autoglym Lifeshined:
After Tyre swap from Bridgestone RFT to Pirelli P Zero Rosso's. What a difference. I had the car for two days on the RF's and the car is now a proper limo when you take it handy and a sporty saloon whan you push it. Highly recommended. The 5er becomes a normal car with run-flats and a BMW with non-run flats. Don't know why BMW just didn't go with RFT completely on the 5er (as on the 3er) and tune the suspension accordingly. Unfortunately black is very hard to photograph properly.
Interior Front:
Overall a very impressive machine and really what the E60 should have been at launch at the end of 2003.
Interior Rear. Amethyst dakota leather. Just to give an indication of the colour combo. The amethyst appears to be a little lighter in the photo than in real life. To me it is 'more mature' that the (previous) beige interior which after the amethyst is possibly more 'in-yer-face-mate'
Collection - New and Old. De-badged and Autoglym Lifeshined:
After Tyre swap from Bridgestone RFT to Pirelli P Zero Rosso's. What a difference. I had the car for two days on the RF's and the car is now a proper limo when you take it handy and a sporty saloon whan you push it. Highly recommended. The 5er becomes a normal car with run-flats and a BMW with non-run flats. Don't know why BMW just didn't go with RFT completely on the 5er (as on the 3er) and tune the suspension accordingly. Unfortunately black is very hard to photograph properly.
Interior Front:
Overall a very impressive machine and really what the E60 should have been at launch at the end of 2003.
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From: Helsinki, Finland
My Ride: My ex-ride: EU '08 LCI 520dA. Space Grey, Sport Seats in Black Leather/Fabric Anthracite, Sport Steering Wheel, A/C with Extended Features, Hi-Fi Speakers, Cup Holders, Cruise with Braking function, Folding Rear Seats, Xenons, Park Distance Control.
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Congrats!
Congrats!
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From: LONG BEACH , CALIFORNIA
My Ride: 2005 530i JETBLACK/BLACK DAKOTA, COLD WEATHER PKG, PREMIUM PKG, ADAPTIVE XENON HEADLIGHTS, AUTO TRANSMISSION WITH 6 SPEED STEPTRONIC, BLUETOOTH SETUP,SAT SETUP AND WIFE AS CO-PILOT
congrats... enjoy your ride.... but dont forget to keep us laughing!!!
! very nice but something really wrong...the steering wheel is on the wrong side 
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My Ride: '05 545i, silver gray, black leather with anthracite maple wood, sport package, premium sound, navigation, cold weather package, electric rear sunshade, folding rear seat, satellite radio prep, PIAA 4150K fogs, red rear reflectors, hardwired Valentine One
Very nice--congrats!
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Originally Posted by daydok' date='Jul 27 2005, 05:40 PM
what do you call that interior trim?
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