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04-20-2007, 12:33 PM
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Hello all,
Picked up a short while ago. First pictures, sorry if poor quality. Overall, I love the car. After 10 miles I think I hate the auto shifter. Carbon black, in person, in sunlight, is fantastic. IMO more black then blue, as I said before the NY auto show did nothing for the color. Anyway, going for a ride...
Best to all.
Picked up a short while ago. First pictures, sorry if poor quality. Overall, I love the car. After 10 miles I think I hate the auto shifter. Carbon black, in person, in sunlight, is fantastic. IMO more black then blue, as I said before the NY auto show did nothing for the color. Anyway, going for a ride...
Best to all.
04-20-2007, 12:53 PM
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My Ride: 07 530i|Silver Gray/Black| Premium|Sport|NAV|Auto|PDC|Sunshade|
Originally Posted by sol' post='416130' date='Apr 20 2007, 03:33 PM
Hello all,
Picked up a short while ago. First pictures, sorry if poor quality. Overall, I love the car. After 10 miles I think I hate the auto shifter. Carbon black, in person, in sunlight, is fantastic. IMO more black then blue, as I said before the NY auto show did nothing for the color. Anyway, going for a ride...
Best to all.
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Picked up a short while ago. First pictures, sorry if poor quality. Overall, I love the car. After 10 miles I think I hate the auto shifter. Carbon black, in person, in sunlight, is fantastic. IMO more black then blue, as I said before the NY auto show did nothing for the color. Anyway, going for a ride...
Best to all.
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04-20-2007, 12:56 PM
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My Ride: 2007 E63 AMG | Obsidian Black | Schwarzes Nappa | Black BirdEye Maple | Premium II Package | Electronic Trunk Closer | Parktronic
Engine: RPi/Powerchips custom ECU tune, RPi Ram Air Kit (BMC filter, scoops), RennTech Sport exhaust, secondary cats, charcoal and resonator delete, custom AAA x-pipe
Exterior: 50% side windows / 35% rear window Formula One Pinnacle Series | Flat AMG hood emblem
Suspension: Renntech Lowering Module
Wheels/Tires: Radenergie R10, Falken FK452 245/30/20, Yokohama ADVAN Sport 285/25/20
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Engine: Custom AFE CAI, Superchips ECU remap, Sprint Booster, RDSport Dual Exhaust Conversion with Quad Pipes and X-pipe, 3 resonators deleted, 90mm tips!
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Congrats on the car! More pics please. 
04-20-2007, 01:02 PM
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Yeah baby! Very nice. That's exactly what I have on order. Did you happen to get the bamboo trim with black interior? If so, a few interior pics would be great. So you just miss the manual or what's the deal with the automatic? I'm debating between the regular and sport automatic - do a lot of stop and go driving in commute so manual is a no go.
04-20-2007, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='416136' date='Apr 20 2007, 05:02 PM
Do you mean you should have ordered manual? One thing to note, the automatic will improve with age as it learns.
Not sure what you are saying (see highlighted part)
Not sure what you are saying (see highlighted part)
The nyas lights made the CB look very "blue", brought out all the metallic. To some good, to some bad. I didn't like what the lights did for the color "nothing" MO. I am very happy with it in "real" conditions.
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04-20-2007, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by whay' post='416140' date='Apr 20 2007, 05:06 PM
Yeah baby! Very nice. That's exactly what I have on order. Did you happen to get the bamboo trim with black interior? If so, a few interior pics would be great. So you just miss the manual or what's the deal with the automatic? I'm debating between the regular and sport automatic - do a lot of stop and go driving in commute so manual is a no go.
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04-20-2007, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jcflys' post='416139' date='Apr 20 2007, 05:05 PM
How are the wheels? I may have to replace mine with 166's. I can't decide if I like them or not.