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Dec 8, 2005 | 08:04 PM

#11

zag

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From: singapura

My Ride: e60 530i - SOLD!

every time i saw an e60 in my rear view mirror, it still takes my breath away! somehow the angle of the car in the mirror head on is the best!

Dec 9, 2005 | 08:56 AM

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subterFUSE

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From: Winter Park, FL

My Ride: 2005 545i (SMG) Titanium Gray Black Interior, Anthracite Trim M-tech kit Sport Package Premium Sound Satellite Radio Active Cruise Comfort Seats Navigation Folding rear seats

I liked the E60 from the first moment I saw it.

I guess that means I just have better taste than all you people who changed your mind....

hee hee hee

Dec 9, 2005 | 12:06 PM

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cobradav

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From: FLA - East Coast, USA

My Ride: (USA) 645Ci, Silver Gray, Chateau, Cold Weather PKG, Premium Sound PKG, Sport PKG, Step, NAV [Std Equip in 645], HUD, Satellite (SIRIUS) Radio, Aux Input, Bluetooth enabled using iPhone 3GS w/ adapter cradle - Build date - 01/05, Baby delivered 2/24/05

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Originally Posted by darkside' post='208970

I completely agree ... I was not a fan of the E60 style at first (snobby me in my E38 740i). But now, to me the previous BMW versions (both the 5 and 7 series), while they still look nice, seem so ... dated.

The E60 is so out there that I think it will still look fresh 5 years from now.

darkside - how many more break-in miles to go? I know what you mean ... those rpms whip up real fast. So what if you go over 4,500 a few times ... I don't think it hurts (in fact, it may make for a more responsive engine later). Hang in there, you will be scaring your pants off soon enough.

I only have a little over 400 miles. My commute to my office is 1 1/2 miles. I took a nice drive today on come curvy roads on Whidbey Island and that was fun. This car handles! Not M3-like but very much a BMW. Great car! My only complaint is a rear deck rattle that was not fixed when I took the car in for this purpose.
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Whoa there, not many people know Whidbey Island. I graduated from Langley High School (now I believe it is called South Whidbey High) way back. Lived in Mukilteo and took ferry back and forth each day. Used to drive the roads back then in a 57 Corvette, and 49 Plymouth with a DeSoto V8 dropped in. Ah, the deer that I hit (or hit me). Now it?s wall to wall B&Bs. After doing some real nice twisty roads in my 6er up at Spartanburg during the BMW Driving Experience I would dearly love to recreate those same drives in the BMW on Whidbey.

Dec 9, 2005 | 12:11 PM

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Jeffs

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From: Boston,MA

My Ride: 2003 X5 3.0----->gone 2004 Porsche Cayenne S : Gemballa front and back bodykit, fabspeed bypass pipes, Gemballa exhaust pipes, full option, 20" factory sport design rims------>gone 2005 545i 6-spd manual---->de-badged, CDV removal, Autosolutions short shift kit, resonator removal, premium package, PDC, xenon, almost full options, hardwire V1 install ....looking for mods... 2007 550i 6-spd----> Premium package, sport package, Logic7, heated everything, Rogue Engineering SSK, CDV removal, hardwire V1 install, aFe cold air intake, Custom Magnaflow exhaust....

I sitll love the E39 look....but M5 only. Though I drive an E60 and love it....side by side I would still take the E39 M5 for its aggressive spoiler and looks and stance...

Dec 9, 2005 | 12:21 PM

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rodybmw

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All E39's other than the E39 M5 looked dated to me even a couple of years before the E60 came out, but now even the E39 M5 looks dated and not as aggressive as is should have been.

The E60 did not have to grow on me becuase I was in love with the looks from the first second I saw the very first "official" pictures. That is why I was so amazed that people kept complaining about how ugly they though it was.