Just ordered 550 X-Drive

Hi all, I have a 2009 535 X-Drive, which I will be trading in for a 2013 550 X-Drive, likely in October when the car arrives. I've been reading this sub-forum and seeing the good and the bad. I test drove the 550, and it was everything I wanted for a family car, with a little bit of kick. Below are the options I ordered:

Black with anthracite wood trim and cinnamon brown
Cold weather pkg
Driver assist pkg
Executive pkg with night vision
M-sport pkg
Bang & Olufsen

I will post pictures once I take delivery. Cheers!

Congrats. Looks like a great build! Hopefully we'll know if you have 400 or 445hp by that time!

Congratulations you will love the car. I have found that conventional tires and Dinan springs vastly improve the handling (the springs) and ride comfort (conventional tires) to BMW perfect. To me, these are must have mods.

I also got the Dinan Stage 2 tune to boost bhp and torque. It is a thrilling mod but not as necessary as the springs and conventional tires.

Based on the reviews, you might be able to skip the B&O unless you have really good source material. If you look here and in the 6 series forum, it looks like it does a lot to show the flaws of lower quality source material.

I would suggest Nappa, but you can't get Cinnamon Nappa.

I was in my Montreal dealership on Friday negotiating flip for our '09 535 x-drive and X5 3.0 for '13 550 Msport and a X5 3.5 sales guy said November/December 550 deliveries would have N63Tu. I asked for something in writing. Still miss my '03 540i E39 6 speed.

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Originally Posted by tedb1965

I was in my Montreal dealership on Friday negotiating flip for our '09 535 x-drive and X5 3.0 for '13 550 Msport and a X5 3.5 sales guy said November/December 550 deliveries would have N63Tu. I asked for something in writing. Still miss my '03 540i E39 6 speed.

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My car is to be delivered in October so it may not have the N63Tu engine. The 400 hp car I test drove had plenty of power, so I'm not particularly concerned about the additional 45 hps. It has more than enough power for a family car.

I'm going to have to agree with sdg on the tires. I placed larger non-rft tires on my 550 m sport like he did and it's a softer ride - much more tolerant of the NYC road craters. I compare my ride to my father's 2011 550 sport - he replaced 3 tires in less than 2000 miles (and he doesn't drive like a madman).

i'm waiting for my 2012 19" tires to blow. accordint to records the 2012 tire should have received the new Goodyear RFT's. Granted I only have 1400 miles on them by everone's input I should have blown some tires. I've driven through heavy suburban and interstate contscruction areas.

i'm running 38/39 psi when cold per placard. Seriously, I hope I don't have I problem. I promise to squelch when I do. I've run through some really bad areas that I think would rival the NYC area. We have serously bad areas given construction, and the winter that we receive in the Great Lakes. As I have problems I'll report. So far no out of balance, and no bubbles. I'll be the first to report problems. Maybe my shipment included the upgraded Goodyear RFT tires--I hope so since I bought the tire and wheel warranty. I inspect the tires weekly and I travel a lot of roads under construction with decent 2" drop-offs and lots of drain basin construction.

I have purely horrible roads and will report in on a bad situation. So far, my tires are alive. I have to doubt NYC or NJ construction is worse than my own--just a block down a road has been ripped up for 2 months while a township is reconstructing it. I have to travel it and avoid as much as I can. Maybe there some truth that Goodyear re-constructed the Gen 2 tires. I don't want a flat but would truly like to see if my tires can handle the summer rebuild season. The next phase will be laying the top-coat. Knowing the townships, they like to leave 1-2" drops--we'll see how the wheels and tires hold up.

Originally Posted by schnell525

i'm waiting for my 2012 19" tires to blow. accordint to records the 2012 tire should have received the new Goodyear RFT's. Granted I only have 1400 miles on them by everone's input I should have blown some tires. I've driven through heavy suburban and interstate contscruction areas.

i'm running 38/39 psi when cold per placard. Seriously, I hope I don't have I problem. I promise to squelch when I do. I've run through some really bad areas that I think would rival the NYC area. We have serously bad areas given construction, and the winter that we receive in the Great Lakes. As I have problems I'll report. So far no out of balance, and no bubbles. I'll be the first to report problems. Maybe my shipment included the upgraded Goodyear RFT tires--I hope so since I bought the tire and wheel warranty. I inspect the tires weekly and I travel a lot of roads under construction with decent 2" drop-offs and lots of drain basin construction.

I have purely horrible roads and will report in on a bad situation. So far, my tires are alive. I have to doubt NYC or NJ construction is worse than my own--just a block down a road has been ripped up for 2 months while a township is reconstructing it. I have to travel it and avoid as much as I can. Maybe there some truth that Goodyear re-constructed the Gen 2 tires. I don't want a flat but would truly like to see if my tires can handle the summer rebuild season. The next phase will be laying the top-coat. Knowing the townships, they like to leave 1-2" drops--we'll see how the wheels and tires hold up.

Thanks. I would appreciate hearing about how your RFTs perform. My 2013 550 will come with 19 inch RFTs, and from what I've read on this forum, I am a little concerned. Maybe they did improve the quality, but we shall see.