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05-07-2010, 02:06 PM
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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
Today my BMW dealer gave me an F10 530d for test drive during the week-end.
So far I just went out on dinner with the family to a fisherman village next to my home town driving approximately 50 km. The car looks and is quite big and the interior compared to the E60 is very classy. I must say that I really like it however it seams too much an F01 7 series. Compared to my E61 Msport the suspensions are too soft even in sport mode and the ride too noisy. It might be that I am used to a petrol engine but in this car the engine and the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much. What I like is the power of the engine and the torque but on this specific car I am missing the sport automatic gear box as this has the standard automatic with 8 gears.
I will come with some more details and photos on Monday.
So far I just went out on dinner with the family to a fisherman village next to my home town driving approximately 50 km. The car looks and is quite big and the interior compared to the E60 is very classy. I must say that I really like it however it seams too much an F01 7 series. Compared to my E61 Msport the suspensions are too soft even in sport mode and the ride too noisy. It might be that I am used to a petrol engine but in this car the engine and the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much. What I like is the power of the engine and the torque but on this specific car I am missing the sport automatic gear box as this has the standard automatic with 8 gears.
I will come with some more details and photos on Monday.
05-08-2010, 09:25 AM
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Hi ///Marco.it,
I did also test drive the F10 530dA.
See this tread.
You say:
"... the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much."
When I test drove the car (with brand new Continental 19" RF tires)
on our rough roads, I did think the car was pretty quiet.
Especially the road noises compared with my E60 with 19" wheels.
I did also test drive the F10 530dA.
See this tread.
You say:
"... the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much."
When I test drove the car (with brand new Continental 19" RF tires)
on our rough roads, I did think the car was pretty quiet.
Especially the road noises compared with my E60 with 19" wheels.
05-09-2010, 03:12 AM
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Hi ///Marco.it,
I did also test drive the F10 530dA.
See this tread.
You say:
"... the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much."
When I test drove the car (with brand new Continental 19" RF tires)
on our rough roads, I did think the car was pretty quiet.
Especially the road noises compared with my E60 with 19" wheels.
I did also test drive the F10 530dA.
See this tread.
You say:
"... the tyres rolling (19" runflat) noises are too much."
When I test drove the car (with brand new Continental 19" RF tires)
on our rough roads, I did think the car was pretty quiet.
Especially the road noises compared with my E60 with 19" wheels.
I've also had a 530dA for a whole day of test driving. On cold but dry asphalt roads with studded wintertyres on 328's (18").
One of the positive things was the low tyre noise...
05-10-2010, 10:33 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
Everything was fine the car is great, power, torque, handling. The only remarks is the noise inside due to diesel engine and too soft suspensions even on Sport mode. I am waiting to test one with Msport suspension, they must be great on such car.
Here are some photos.
Here are some photos.
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