So Pleased With My New Car!!
02-01-2006, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Nova Invicta' post='233069' date='Feb 1 2006, 01:20 PM
Welcome to the club, nice looking car. Cant beleive looking at your pictures BMW still didnt put power sockets in the rear of a car that must have been north of ? 40K ($ 70K) new.
Don't use my iPod in the car, Mobile phone has it's own cradle in the armrest that charges, my PSP only gets used when flying or train journeys, so nothing to plug into a power socket even if i had one.
See your point though.
Thanks all for the nice feedback, as stated i'm a very happy camper. The only thing left to do is get mp3 playback enabled, as i've got a specially made compilation disc sat in the ccc just dying to be played. My dealer is looking into it along with what software version i'm currently running, so should have this enabled within a couple of weeks.
02-01-2006, 01:32 PM
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My Ride: Current - 330 Sport Topaz Blue, Grey Leather, HK HIFI...lost interest!!
Waiting for - 535d Sport, Silver Grey, Foldy Mirrors, 172 19",Logic7,Pro Radio,Through load,Heated Front Seats,High Gloss shadowline,Black Maple,Headlight wash,Sun Protection Glass.
Welcome to the 535 club and the forum of course...I agree with everything youve said about the Q car performance 
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
02-02-2006, 03:54 AM
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Getting frustrated that i've no big drives until the week after next. I so want to try her out fully. Still at least it will add enjoyment to an otherwise boring business trip down to London.
02-02-2006, 04:39 AM
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My Ride: Cars:2011 - BMW F11 535i, Alpine White, Msport version2009 - MINI COOPER, Mellow Yellow2007 - BMW E61 LCI 530i, Space Gray, Msport version - SOLD2006 - MINI COOPER, Park Lane Version - SOLD2005 - BMW E61 525i, Titan Silver, Msport version - SOLD2003
Model Year: 2012
Congratulation for the beautiful car, I know how fun can it be to drive an E60 and I am glad to see all this enthusiasm.
As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
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As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
BR
Marco
02-02-2006, 05:31 AM
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My Ride: Standard 530d M-Sport Auto. Titanium Silver. Black interior. Business Audio. Rear spoiler.
Congrats on your new beast. mean machine !!
Got my 530d recently and can understand yours the pleasures and joys of taking this baby out for a "spin"
...may be I am not as careful driver as you but already found myself in some bother when I turned off the DTC -- especially going round the sharp bends. I would keep it on
Got my 530d recently and can understand yours the pleasures and joys of taking this baby out for a "spin"
...may be I am not as careful driver as you but already found myself in some bother when I turned off the DTC -- especially going round the sharp bends. I would keep it on
02-02-2006, 06:16 AM
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My Ride: (E60) 535D M-Sport (DMS)
Congrats on your new beast. mean machine !!
Got my 530d recently and can understand yours the pleasures and joys of taking this baby out for a "spin"
...may be I am not as careful driver as you but already found myself in some bother when I turned off the DTC -- especially going round the sharp bends. I would keep it on
Got my 530d recently and can understand yours the pleasures and joys of taking this baby out for a "spin"
...may be I am not as careful driver as you but already found myself in some bother when I turned off the DTC -- especially going round the sharp bends. I would keep it on
Looking forward to the DMS work on Monday, so i'll only start re-learning RWD driving once the re-map is done as that makes more sense.
02-02-2006, 06:26 AM
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My Ride: Cars:2011 - BMW F11 535i, Alpine White, Msport version2009 - MINI COOPER, Mellow Yellow2007 - BMW E61 LCI 530i, Space Gray, Msport version - SOLD2006 - MINI COOPER, Park Lane Version - SOLD2005 - BMW E61 525i, Titan Silver, Msport version - SOLD2003
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Congratulation for the beautiful car, I know how fun can it be to drive an E60 and I am glad to see all this enthusiasm.
As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
BR
Marco
Attachment 14957
As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
BR
Marco
Attachment 14957
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I am not talking about the spoiler but about the trunk lid shoved at point No. 21. I am attaching the photo of a car having it and you would see the difference immediately.
Standard trunk
As you can see there is a big space for the license plate and there is the lock.
M trunk
There is just a smaller hole for the licence plate and the rest of the trunk is much more smooth and clean.
The trunk lid painted and installed cost no more than ?200 plus if you put also the M rear spoiler the composition looks great.
02-02-2006, 07:23 AM
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My Ride: (E60) 535D M-Sport (DMS)
Originally Posted by mppockaj' post='233453' date='Feb 2 2006, 08:39 AM
Congratulation for the beautiful car, I know how fun can it be to drive an E60 and I am glad to see all this enthusiasm.
As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
BR
Marco
Attachment 14957
As you like the M look try to check out the photo and consider to install the trunk lid as per No. 21. In my opinion it makes the boot even more graceful than it is already.
BR
Marco
Attachment 14957
Standard trunk
Attachment 14960
As you can see there is a big space for the license plate and there is the lock.
M trunk
Attachment 14959
There is just a smaller hole for the licence plate and the rest of the trunk is much more smooth and clean.
The trunk lid painted and installed cost no more than ?200 plus if you put also the M rear spoiler the composition looks great.
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I'd never even noticed that difference between the M5 & other E60 saloons. Not sure i'd want to cover the trunk lock, as my car like most E60's does not have an internal opening button, so if anything happened i'd be in trouble. It does look good, but i'm also not sure screwing on an over plate would keep the lines looking clean & smooth, plus another place to trap dirt unless it's a really tight fit. Also would not trust a 100% exact paint match so it may look odd.
May consider it, but i'm going for the Extended voice retro-fit 1st & with the DMS next week, that will probably be the measure of all the mods i do to this car
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