tex_phil

I've never seen those style wheels before that actually looks really good

EuroCarFan

I forgot what he said but the general feeling is that he loves it. Hopefully he'll see this thread and chime in. I think C's going to call him today to get hear his opinions.

poleposition

I think its a great move. Dump the M. This new 550 with a Dinan tune will be just as fast. Maybe not as violent or track ready but definitely just as fast. You'll be primed and ready to go 2 yrs down the road for the new M. The price will have come down by then. Any kinks will have been sorted and you'll know exactly what mods you'll want as enough time will have passed that all the tuners will be in full swing with F10 M5 parts.

C's Bimmer

Exactly! Now it just depends on what kind of lease deals there are. Currently, on a 24 month lease with 10K miles, residual is 62% and the MF is .00185. I need to get the price of the car as close to invoice as possible for this to work. It's going to be hard justifiying $1300/month on a 550 when my M5 is $1100...

C's Bimmer

I'm going to call him in an hour. I'll let you know what he says, but I think it's going to be pretty positive since John came from the E60 M5 as well.

I'm going to test drive the car tomorrow and run some numbers with my dealer, so I should know for sure by then. Stay tuned...

C's Bimmer

Tony - I don't think my RAD's will work on the F10, which kind of stinks. The offsets on the 172's on the 550 E60 are ET18 in the front and ET32 in the rear. The offsets on the 351's on the F10 (Rudy's wheels), are ET33 in the front and ET44 in the rear.

EuroCarFan

Yeah I told you I didn't think they'd fit. Give them back to me.

C's Bimmer

Ha!

JDoug550

Dark Graphite Metallic with the Ferric Gray 312's caught my eye.

C's Bimmer

Yep. My wife and I liked this color too.