M5 [Official] BMW M5 (F10)

[Deckhook]

No there is more than just Power and some exclusive badges.

"improved M-specific Servotronic function as well as an improved M Dynamic mode, prepared to use the full potential of the increased power and traction."


https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/download.html?textId=219454&textAttachmentId=265025

Come on Scott, the other items you mentioned are welcome but this thing seriously doesn't need more power, it struggles to put to the road what it already has. Flex my right foot in the slightest and the yellow triangle on the dash goes mental.

 

[Sunny]

^Learn to flex your right foot then.

 

[SCOTT27]

Come on Scott, the other items you mentioned are welcome but this thing seriously doesn't need more power, it struggles to put to the road what it already has. Flex my right foot in the slightest and the yellow triangle on the dash goes mental.

In your country do you have the means to exploit its potential?

An M5 should not be harnessed. That's its purpose that's why an M5 is always a wolf in sheeps clothing.

 

[martinbo]

An M5 should not be harnessed. That's its purpose that's why an M5 is always a sheep in wolfs clothing.

Heaven forbid - let's hope that the M5 is a Wolf in Sheep's clothing. Latest version of SCOTT app has some bugs still...

 

[SCOTT27]

Damned pre-emptive translations.

 

[Monster]

Come on Scott, the other items you mentioned are welcome but this thing seriously doesn't need more power, it struggles to put to the road what it already has. Flex my right foot in the slightest and the yellow triangle on the dash goes mental.

So..what is the problem? The car saved the driver from himself. Car is functioning as intended, the driver...not so.

 

[Zafiro]

Come on Scott, the other items you mentioned are welcome but this thing seriously doesn't need more power, it struggles to put to the road what it already has. Flex my right foot in the slightest and the yellow triangle on the dash goes mental.

Not much more you can do with the existing M5. Power sells, not racing cages.
Besides most of them are probably going to UAE, China and USA where snow and rain isn't a common sight.

 

[LaArtist]

The M5 peaked with the E39 and whilst everything since has improved on its abilities they have lost a bit of it's sole in the process.

yeah f#ckin M..they make bad quality soles!

 

[Deckhook]

yeah ****in M..they make bad quality soles!

Just noticed, f'ing spell checker.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Just noticed, f'ing spell checker.

A spell checker wouldn't have helped. It's correct. Just used in the wrong context.


In the meantime, I think I've found that sole you've lost.....

 

[Deckhook]

Not much more you can do with the existing M5. Power sells, not racing cages.
Besides most of them are probably going to UAE, China and USA where snow and rain isn't a common sight.

Of course we can only give our opinions based on our experiences, I've yet to sample the M5 on what I would class as a good dry day so maybe it might allow more of that love power to be used but until such times I may as well be driving a 530d.

 

[ACE]

Of course we can only give our opinions based on our experiences, I've yet to sample the M5 on what I would class as a good dry day so maybe it might allow more of that love power to be used but until such times I may as well be driving a 530d.

It's quite a lot better on a warm, dry and clean tarmac with warmed up tyres, but still easy to break traction in lower gears.

 

[martinbo]

It's quite a lot better on a warm, dry and clean tarmac with warmed up tyres, but still easy to break traction in lower gears.

680 Nm, 7 Gear ratios - why am I not surprised?

Remember when 560 Nm on a Porsche 911 turbo seemed an insane number - it wasn't all that long ago...

 

[Beemer B773ER]

that steering wheel is the tits!

Why? .. coz your hands are at the 10 and 2 position?

 

[Deckhook]

It's quite a lot better on a warm, dry and clean tarmac with warmed up tyres, but still easy to break traction in lower gears.

I look forward to seeing for myself, where I am up here in the north of the British Isles warm and dry are words seldom used this side of June but at the moment if pulling away from a junction or rounding a corner at town speeds the slightest whiff of throttle causes the DSC to react. Obviously my years of driving Quattros has lead to a heavy right foot is seems. LOL

 

[Zafiro]

My ST flashes the traction control as well sometimes in the dry and its not even a 500 hp car. And full throttle from zero to -- just forget it, the tyres are searching for grip and its impossible to get a good start without having the yellow light in your face.

 

[Rainer271]

BMW M5 "30 years" in Frozen Dark Silver at AMI Leipzig

 

[Deckhook]

@ACE, any idea what the clunk noise is you hear when the 'Auto Engine stop' turns the engine off when you come to a stop and you hear it again when the engine starts. I wonder has it anything to do with the clutch?

 

[klier]

It's quite a lot better on a warm, dry and clean tarmac with warmed up tyres, but still easy to break traction in lower gears.

Yep, but when you're on the move (like in 3rd gear), it's doesn't matter if it's wet or not.

I wish @Deckhook was sitting next to me when I was killing off the latest RS6 on the Autobahn last week in a standard F10 M5 FL. Would have been so much fun with Deckhook and Tumbo in the back.

 

[ACE]

@ACE, any idea what the clunk noise is you hear when the 'Auto Engine stop' turns the engine off when you come to a stop and you hear it again when the engine starts. I wonder has it anything to do with the clutch?

Auto engine stop? I didn't get an M5 to use that fuel saving sh1t! I drive with the M2 button activated (everything set to max performance) and auto start-stop is disabled in this mode. I have never noticed any clunk noises from my M5 but I'll check next time I drive it (it's school holidays and I am outside the UK at the moment so it will be a few days)

A quick search of Google suggests that you are not alone. I can't post a link to you-know-where but search for this:
Clunky stop/start - anyone else