FAILED at the Drive for the Cure!

[AwesomeM3]

Originally Posted by sg///M3

Um, don't you already have an M3? What's the big deal?

Not a big deal, but I wanted to help out the Susan G. Komen foundation by driving an M3, that's all. It seems like every time they have an M car for The Drive, it gets abused.

[mkoesel]

Originally Posted by monsta

still off topic but BMW later released a software update that allowed DSC to be turned completely off....

Thanks monsta, I had no idea!

And to keep this on topic, AwesomeM3, I really had no idea this was still going on even. I missed it in my town sadly, because it would not let me pre-register back when I knew of the event. Hopefully they are making lots of money to cure cancer.

[AwesomeM3]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

Thanks monsta, I had no idea!

And to keep this on topic, AwesomeM3, I really had no idea this was still going on even. I missed it in my town sadly, because it would not let me pre-register back when I knew of the event. Hopefully they are making lots of money to cure cancer.

Yes, The Drive is in New Jersey now (or it will be this weekend). I'm not sure where they're going next. BMW makes a huge contribution to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, so it's a great cause.

[sg///M3]

Originally Posted by AwesomeM3

Not a big deal, but I wanted to help out the Susan G. Komen foundation by driving an M3, that's all. It seems like every time they have an M car for The Drive, it gets abused.

I thought that was why they got rid of all the M cars from the line-up.

[AwesomeM3]

Originally Posted by sg///M3

I thought that was why they got rid of all the M cars from the line-up.

Yeah, I think it was.

[ideliver]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

We are way OT, but it seems the 6MT M5/M6 get a lot of negative marks. If I am not mistaken, BMW crippled the car in some way (it is argued that they had no choice, given the car's dynamics) such that DSC cannot be disabled completely. Therefore the cars do not perform as you might hope, according to some. Check www.m5board.com for more info.

You are correct...but they "fixed" this...you can now disable DSC with a 6MT...

I have driven both...I liked both..opted for SMG and couldn't be happier...S6 is absolutely SICK

some good deals out there on 08 M5's....

http://prestonbmw.com/inventory.asp?i=new has a beautiful SSII...10 -12 k off can be had....(I was the only one to drive this car)

[mkoesel]

^^^

Nice deal ideliver. Realistically though, with the E60 being just about end of life, I would not necessarily want an M5 unless the discount were truly insane. I think that you could get an E90 M3 and have 90%+ of the performance for less, and have a car that will be current for the next 3 to 4 years.

[ideliver]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

^^^

Nice deal ideliver. Realistically though, with the E60 being just about end of life, I would not necessarily want an M5 unless the discount were truly insane. I think that you could get an E90 M3 and have 90%+ of the performance for less, and have a car that will be current for the next 3 to 4 years.

I agree completely...but...I pulled the trigger in the summer...before all of this non-sense started (i got 10k off)...when BMW first offered 0.9%...it made the M5 too attractive for me to pass up...there was nothing on the m3

But I really do like my heated steering wheel...

[positiveions]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

hehehe.

OH OH, Don't tell him that, Steve will be looking out for drivers without licenses