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I changed my white 550i for an SMG M5 (Interlagos Blue with Black interiors) last week!! Here's my story. I have always loved M3s.

I have owned the following M3s:
1. 1991 white E30 (was stolen and never recovered)
2. 1995 black/black E36 2 door manual transmission
3. 1998 dakar yellow/black E36 2 door manual transmission
4. 2003 gray/gray E46 2 door SMG
5. And I currently own a 2011 M3 SMG Competition Package 2 door white/red (Which I love by the way!!) :D

A few years ago when I was in my daily car (2003 M3) I was driving and was hit by a Ford Explorer which caused damage in my rear bumper and trunk. I was thinking of buying a 4 door BMW for daily driving and decided to visit my local BMW dealer and fell in love with a brand new white 550i Sport Package. I repaired my E46 M3 but sold it 1 year later. I loved so much that E60 BMW that since then I was checking out M5s, since I have always been driving M3s. So in the last year I have always been searching for M5s, which by the way are very difficult to find. Only 8,800 were sold in the US. Finally I found an SMG M5 with very low millage, Interlagos Blue Metallic.

I was going to install a quad exhaust and rear M5 style bumper in my 550i, but why not buy an M5 right?

What can I say? I love my 2006 M5!! It is a beast!! I have owned and raced my M3s on the track, and I have also maintained them in pristine conditions. I think most M5s are arriving into the right hands now. :D I will consider buying the F10 M5 in a near future but I will keep both the M5 and M3, since are the last V10 and V8 naturally aspirated engines. B)

Here's a photo of my EX 550i. Will post photos of my M5 soon, I am changing the carbon fiber wing rear spoiler it had attached. Installing the OEM lip spoiler back!

http://drftorres.com/photos/bmw/550i-2.jpg

My current M3 with my 550. I later installed OEM M5 mirrors.
http://drftorres.com/photos/bmw/front-m3-550.jpg