This community has been so valuable, great contributions and advice. Helped me navigate my first purchase an e60 535 sport 6 spd picked up through ED. Then 2 yrs later another ED an e93 M3. Two outstanding cars. A year ago got a new F10 550x M Sport and it was a disappointment in so many ways. Beautiful, yes, a BMW in terms of driving, no way. The steering was numb and non communicative, road feel and handling were sub par at best. Other important features such as seat design took a huge step back from the previous model. (anyone remember how nice it was that the side wings hugged your side when u started the car? You felt ready to drive. The new seat is a far cry from before). And let's not even get started on the RFT failures! I sold the car this past week at a large loss. MSRP was over 81k, dealer offers ranged from 50k at carmax to 55-57 k at 3 different BMW dealers and finally 58k at a Porsche dealer.
I don't and never will buy a car for its ornament on the hood. Just bc there is aroundel on the hood does not fool me into thinking these are the UDM anymore. They have become the ultimate luxobarge machines and are much more Lexus than sport, which is evident on multiple poor reviews on handling. I was invited to an autos how preview prior to it opening and had a chance to speak with a BMW exec from nj and I voiced my displeasure. He admitted they were very well aware of the issues with their new cars and Munich is working on fixing it. I really hope he's right.
So where to next? Not sure. Looking into either a refreshed S4 that came out this month or an S6. Have not driven the later but the A6 is fantastic so let's see how the S6 turns out.
Again thanks everyone. I hope to be back soon once the brand comes back to its roots.
I don't and never will buy a car for its ornament on the hood. Just bc there is aroundel on the hood does not fool me into thinking these are the UDM anymore. They have become the ultimate luxobarge machines and are much more Lexus than sport, which is evident on multiple poor reviews on handling. I was invited to an autos how preview prior to it opening and had a chance to speak with a BMW exec from nj and I voiced my displeasure. He admitted they were very well aware of the issues with their new cars and Munich is working on fixing it. I really hope he's right.
So where to next? Not sure. Looking into either a refreshed S4 that came out this month or an S6. Have not driven the later but the A6 is fantastic so let's see how the S6 turns out.
Again thanks everyone. I hope to be back soon once the brand comes back to its roots.