6 speed transmission coming?
12-19-2005, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='213238' date='Dec 19 2005, 01:12 PM
Vnod -
Thanks for the welcome.
I'm a "lawguy" in the sense of representing persons "wrongly" accused of speeding. I'm not a LEO, I assure you. Not that there's anything wrong with being a LEO. However, anyone looking at my driving record and the ridiculous number of moving citations I've received in the past 5 years will most assuredly see that I'm usually on the OTHER end of the law enforcement relationship.
- Pete
PS - what year is your Z06?
Thanks for the welcome.
I'm a "lawguy" in the sense of representing persons "wrongly" accused of speeding. I'm not a LEO, I assure you. Not that there's anything wrong with being a LEO. However, anyone looking at my driving record and the ridiculous number of moving citations I've received in the past 5 years will most assuredly see that I'm usually on the OTHER end of the law enforcement relationship.
- Pete
PS - what year is your Z06?
Just kidding--all LEOs are welcome.
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I was talking to a friend this weekend and he is on the wait list for an M5 ... waiting for the 6sp manual, that is. 
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='213312' date='Dec 19 2005, 12:56 PM
I was talking to a friend this weekend and he is on the wait list for an M5 ... waiting for the 6sp manual, that is.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
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I was talking to a friend this weekend and he is on the wait list for an M5 ... waiting for the 6sp manual, that is.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
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No, sorry I did not get any other points of interest from him. I'll keep an ear out for more ....
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='213119' date='Dec 19 2005, 05:01 AM
Was reading my new Car & Driver this weekend and they had a comparison of the M5, along with the rival MB and Caddy. Obviously the M5 was the clear winner.
While the article was really just more of the same glowing praise that we've all read before about the M5, there was one thing which caught my eye...the article mentioned that a 6 speed manual transmission will be made available next year for the M5.
This is the first time I have ever heard such a thing. Is this correct?
- Pete
While the article was really just more of the same glowing praise that we've all read before about the M5, there was one thing which caught my eye...the article mentioned that a 6 speed manual transmission will be made available next year for the M5.
This is the first time I have ever heard such a thing. Is this correct?
- Pete
Yeah, 6 speed manual ... but what I'd really like to see is a 7 speed manual gearbox. Could you imagine the funky layouts and the very real potential for "money shifts" with a 7 speed?
R 1 3 5 7
2 4 6
2 4 6
Or something else?
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Was reading my new Car & Driver this weekend and they had a comparison of the M5, along with the rival MB and Caddy. Obviously the M5 was the clear winner.
While the article was really just more of the same glowing praise that we've all read before about the M5, there was one thing which caught my eye...the article mentioned that a 6 speed manual transmission will be made available next year for the M5.
This is the first time I have ever heard such a thing. Is this correct?
- Pete
While the article was really just more of the same glowing praise that we've all read before about the M5, there was one thing which caught my eye...the article mentioned that a 6 speed manual transmission will be made available next year for the M5.
This is the first time I have ever heard such a thing. Is this correct?
- Pete
Yeah, 6 speed manual ... but what I'd really like to see is a 7 speed manual gearbox. Could you imagine the funky layouts and the very real potential for "money shifts" with a 7 speed?
R 1 3 5 7
2 4 6
2 4 6
Or something else?
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That shift pattern looks dangerous
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='213165' date='Dec 19 2005, 10:32 AM
Woo hoo! 
Rudy - I love spirited debate as much as anyone, so I'll look forward to jumping headfirst into the discussions once I'm a little more "E60 savvy". I've just recently discovered this forum and do not visit here as much as I hope to, once I'm an E60 guy. Until then, I'll try to do a better job not asking the questions which have already been bandied about between all you "regulars".
For now, I'm hanging primarly at the bimmerboard E38 forum (as I have an '01 740il sport). However, I know there's a 550 (or M5?) heading my way sometime soon, so I'm stopping by here more often, if only just to learn a few things.
Sorry to be such a sensitive sally about your inital post. Ha ha ha. I appreciate your last post a great deal...
Bygones.
Pete
Rudy - I love spirited debate as much as anyone, so I'll look forward to jumping headfirst into the discussions once I'm a little more "E60 savvy". I've just recently discovered this forum and do not visit here as much as I hope to, once I'm an E60 guy. Until then, I'll try to do a better job not asking the questions which have already been bandied about between all you "regulars".
For now, I'm hanging primarly at the bimmerboard E38 forum (as I have an '01 740il sport). However, I know there's a 550 (or M5?) heading my way sometime soon, so I'm stopping by here more often, if only just to learn a few things.
Sorry to be such a sensitive sally about your inital post. Ha ha ha. I appreciate your last post a great deal...
Bygones.
Pete
Does this mean I now get to drive your M5 when you get it? Pretty please??
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I was talking to a friend this weekend and he is on the wait list for an M5 ... waiting for the 6sp manual, that is.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
[/quote]That would be cool. Maybe the manual will be lighter too.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='213417' date='Dec 19 2005, 08:28 PM
You got it Pete. This forum will suck you in and soon you'll be a regular too!
Does this mean I now get to drive your M5 when you get it? Pretty please??
Does this mean I now get to drive your M5 when you get it? Pretty please??
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I was talking to a friend this weekend and he is on the wait list for an M5 ... waiting for the 6sp manual, that is.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
Our local BMW dealer (Fields) told him just last week that he can get his M5 with the manny in June 2006. This sounds earlier than we have heard before, but I thought I would pass along the info he received.
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Everything I've read--including official BMW docs--simply says that a 6 speed manual trans will be available beginning with September 2006 production. Nothing about limited options, lower MSRP, etc.
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