Super awesome happy fun time BMW build
I traded in the A8 and the 550 and bought this. It's a 2010 535 Sport w/ M-Tech. Basically that adds 18" M5 style wheels and the M5 bumpers/ side skirts.
The car is a fucking hoot. I don't know how else to put it. The 550 had 360 hp/ 360 ft/lbs and the 535 has 300/ 300 yet never feels slower. I suppose I have the twin turbo torque curve to thank for that. A $600 tune and it's up to 400hp without sacrificing drivability or reliability. Eat your heart out Ecoboost.
The transmission in this car is wild. Tapshift has come a long way. You hit the upshift and it's instantaneous as in right away and it's firm. You hit it for downshift and it blips the throttle and downshifts immediately. I'm going to miss the manual transmission but this gives you 80% of the fun of the manual and you can put in in full auto for when you don't want to get stupid.
This is my favorite part though... The car saves me $200 a month on auto payments, $100 a month on insurance (the Audi was aluminum and insurance is $$$$), gets much better gas mileage, is under warranty, has all maintenance covered and is only 2 years old. I don't drive enough to warrant 2 cars for myself any longer so this was a no-brainer.
Sorry for the terrible picture. I broke the rear panel on my iPhone and the eBay replacement came with the worst camera lens ever.
I traded in the A8 and the 550 and bought this. It's a 2010 535 Sport w/ M-Tech. Basically that adds 18" M5 style wheels and the M5 bumpers/ side skirts.
The car is a fucking hoot. I don't know how else to put it. The 550 had 360 hp/ 360 ft/lbs and the 535 has 300/ 300 yet never feels slower. I suppose I have the twin turbo torque curve to thank for that. A $600 tune and it's up to 400hp without sacrificing drivability or reliability. Eat your heart out Ecoboost.
The transmission in this car is wild. Tapshift has come a long way. You hit the upshift and it's instantaneous as in right away and it's firm. You hit it for downshift and it blips the throttle and downshifts immediately. I'm going to miss the manual transmission but this gives you 80% of the fun of the manual and you can put in in full auto for when you don't want to get stupid.
This is my favorite part though... The car saves me $200 a month on auto payments, $100 a month on insurance (the Audi was aluminum and insurance is $$$$), gets much better gas mileage, is under warranty, has all maintenance covered and is only 2 years old. I don't drive enough to warrant 2 cars for myself any longer so this was a no-brainer.
Sorry for the terrible picture. I broke the rear panel on my iPhone and the eBay replacement came with the worst camera lens ever.
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