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I've caught myself looking at CPO M3's lately...
Still going 370Z if I can find one before I move, though. Those M3's sound like sex, though!

Yes they do :yum:

I look at those from time to time. It's a car I like a lot but don't think I could spend money on. Now if I was loaded I'd get a new M5. :yum:

The new M5 is a monster. I put it in the same camp as the Panamera S.

Really cool, but kindof pointless in my opinion.

I don't want to enjoy that kind of performance and haul kids. I want multiple vehicles at that price-point.

I'd only buy an M5 if I had a bunch of other fun cars in my garage too. :bowrofl:

I saw it at the Auto Show. Couldn't sit inside it, but I thought it was kind of meh. I'm sure the driving experience would affect my overall opinion of the car.

I was impressed with the m3, but again found it very difficult to spring for when there are so many impressive cars that are cheaper.

Other than the Z4M hardtop, and the front 1/3 of the M3, I think all BMW's for the most part look "meh".

From what I hear, it's stirring the gears and loading the chassis that makes the BMW what it is.

To me it's a car for when you just have to drive a 4-door with 560 of ze horsepowers to work. :tup:

BMWs are built well and drive real nice. But half of the driving experience is marketing hype and decades of being in the back pocket of Car & Driver writers. :bowrofl:

My thoughts exactly. All the other BMW's aren't that amazing looking. New 3 series (F30?) does look better than the previous gen though. 6 series also looks kind of nice, but not amazing.

Yeah pretty much. Without access to its interior or the driving experience, the rest of the car is meh. I think I may prefer the CTS-V over the M5, but I'd really have to drive both to get a final opinion.

They were doing shakedown runs with the CTS-V's at Spring Mountain when I was there, in preparation for a large demonstration for a bunch of South American auto dealers.

The new cars got the diff's hot FAST, and they were very quick. That is about all the instructors said about them. They really liked them other than the diff's, which may have been just part of break-in, but I have heard they run hot. I considered CTS-V Coupe...but the ***...and I live in the south, and I just couldn't deal with the steriotype that car has around here.

Any reasons why the discussion turned to BMW's?

Is there a problem? Honestly if the thread is civil it should be allowed to go where it may. Obviously it's centered around 5.0s so we can return to that when necessary, but there's no reason why it can't take a civil tangent or two.