\\ Post Your Car vol. Been a minute //

[zmaqbool]

HAVE BLACK LICENSE PLATES MADE IT TO NY YET?

Not that I know of, would be cool though. TN has them?

 

[bigslim773]

Not that I know of, would be cool though. TN has them?

YEP. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT 3YRS NOW.

 

[05fordgt]

Went off roading today, cam makes the hills look lame af. Oh well. Only scraped a couple places, bone stock.

Never understood the blurring out of license plates when posting photos? The plate is seen everyday you drive it, everywhere you go by everyone. Maybe it's just me.

 

[Mark Antony]

I mean you're seen every day by everyone but you wouldn't just trust your image anywhere on the Internet.

 

[mplsdunk]

I don’t want nt’ers climbin in my and snatchin my people up

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Perfection….

THE HARDEST CAR DEL MUNDO
HANDS DOWN

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

love seeing random beauties on the LA freeways

 

[nonnative]

The new M5 weighs 5200 lbs…. more than 1200 more… so good luck with that

It always amuses me when dudes get so caught up on 1 detail and cant see the bigger picture.

Yes its a lot of added weight which is unfortunate but on the other hand, you have an entire company full of some of the best automotive engineers in the world who year after year and generation after generation design the best driving cars in their class by a mile. They pretty much invented the super sedan and I'd argue they easily make the best driving non-supercars outside of Porsche. This is arguably their halo product and yet people see the weight and think their entire engineering division just threw their hands up and said "damn its heavy, just ship it" instead of them engineering the absolute piss out of that thing. As an engineer myself, I can guarantee you most if not all of them took it upon themselves as a personal challenge to make this thing fast af because they knew exactly how people were going to react.

Every single review of this will be "we had our doubts about the weight and we'd like it to be lighter but damn those boys in Munich worked their magic. This thing is a monster". Guaranteed.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

It always amuses me when dudes get so caught up on 1 detail and cant see the bigger picture.

Yes its a lot of added weight which is unfortunate but on the other hand, you have an entire company full of some of the best automotive engineers in the world who year after year and generation after generation design the best driving cars in their class by a mile. They pretty much invented the super sedan and I'd argue they easily make the best driving non-supercars outside of Porsche. This is arguably their halo product and yet people see the weight and think their entire engineering division just threw their hands up and said "damn its heavy, just ship it" instead of them engineering the absolute piss out of that thing. As an engineer myself, I can guarantee you most if not all of them took it upon themselves as a personal challenge to make this thing fast af because they knew exactly how people were going to react.

Every single review of this will be "we had our doubts about the weight and we'd like it to be lighter but damn those boys in Munich worked their magic. This thing is a monster". Guaranteed.

I drove my buddies M5 F90 recently and got to say it was pretty underwhelming
The power doesn't really hit hard its pretty smooth coming on, but i feel like a twin turbo v8 should pack a bigger punch
as far as handling and suspension it was a tad floaty compared to a g82

overall I personally was not wow''d by the f90 so not sure if the new one would be any better

and yes bmw has been the class leader but that doesn't mean they can't fall off

i haven't driven any m2 but that new one would be the bmw i go after if i was looking at anything in their lineup

 

[tr1ll]

A linear powerband is BMW's "thing", tho.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

A linear powerband is BMW's "thing", tho.

I guess comparing it to the g82 it didn't feel faster tbh

 

[zmaqbool]

YEP. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT 3YRS NOW.

Nice! I googled it & checked the DMV website for black plates but closest thing are just aftermarket wrap kits for the plate, lol. Wish black plates would be a thing here but as usual NY state is slacking and behind everyone .

The best solution to fix the fugly mustard yellow NY plate was to get the classic Liberty plate(the one I have on the Challenger now) custom made from a novelty license plates website I came across while searching for Kramer's ASSMAN plate, lol. They are 99% accurate to the real thing. Same text as my DMV issue plates but on the throwback statue of Liberty layout. It's a ticket(I've gotten 1 in the past 4 years while parked on the street) since this plate got phased out after 2001. We never again had such a good looking license plate after this in NY . I was reading PA is about to release a new plate design with a Liberty Bell theme .

 

[boywonder]

Perfection….

 

[zmaqbool]

 

[kaz109]

It always amuses me when dudes get so caught up on 1 detail and cant see the bigger picture. Yes its a lot of added weight which is unfortunate but on the other hand, you have an entire company full of some of the best automotive engineers in the world who year after year and generation after generation design the best driving cars in their class by a mile. They pretty much invented the super sedan and I'd argue they easily make the best driving non-supercars outside of Porsche. This is arguably their halo product and yet people see the weight and think their entire engineering division just threw their hands up and said "damn its heavy, just ship it" instead of them engineering the absolute piss out of that thing. As an engineer myself, I can guarantee you most if not all of them took it upon themselves as a personal challenge to make this thing fast af because they knew exactly how people were going to react. Every single review of this will be "we had our doubts about the weight and we'd like it to be lighter but damn those boys in Munich worked their magic. This thing is a monster". Guaranteed.

 

[nonnative]

I drove my buddies M5 F90 recently and got to say it was pretty underwhelming
The power doesn't really hit hard its pretty smooth coming on, but i feel like a twin turbo v8 should pack a bigger punch
as far as handling and suspension it was a tad floaty compared to a g82

overall I personally was not wow''d by the f90 so not sure if the new one would be any better

and yes bmw has been the class leader but that doesn't mean they can't fall off

i haven't driven any m2 but that new one would be the bmw i go after if i was looking at anything in their lineup

I think your expectations are wrong tbh. If you think 630/550ish is underwhelming, I think you're expecting it to be this raucous, loud muscle car when in reality, it's a smooth, powerful daily that can open up and let loose when required.

 

[ALNotSure]

It always amuses me when dudes get so caught up on 1 detail and cant see the bigger picture.

Yes its a lot of added weight which is unfortunate but on the other hand, you have an entire company full of some of the best automotive engineers in the world who year after year and generation after generation design the best driving cars in their class by a mile. They pretty much invented the super sedan and I'd argue they easily make the best driving non-supercars outside of Porsche. This is arguably their halo product and yet people see the weight and think their entire engineering division just threw their hands up and said "damn its heavy, just ship it" instead of them engineering the absolute piss out of that thing. As an engineer myself, I can guarantee you most if not all of them took it upon themselves as a personal challenge to make this thing fast af because they knew exactly how people were going to react.

Every single review of this will be "we had our doubts about the weight and we'd like it to be lighter but damn those boys in Munich worked their magic. This thing is a monster". Guaranteed.

The M5 went from manual only class leader to just another awd turbo car. The only M5 to get E39 high praise is the CS. Which is a 150k M5. Mind you I’ve been looking at F90s for months so in the end doesn’t really bug me. The E60 offered an insane V-10 and manual option.

And it’s closer to 5400lbs which is ridiculous. I don’t fully blame BMW, these world governments are so anti car and so stupid they force weight and complexity and batteries so your V-8 can live. It’s ridiculous.

I’m sure it will be fast and capable but the whole clsss is fast and capable. The M5 used to be lightest in class and offer a distinct experience and now it’s offering a lowered X5M looks and weight.

For barely 25 miles of charge lol

 

[Mark Antony]

Yeah i'm genuinely interested in the tech and engineering of it. Impressive machine that people are overlooking.

 

[ALNotSure]

I drove my buddies M5 F90 recently and got to say it was pretty underwhelming
The power doesn't really hit hard its pretty smooth coming on, but i feel like a twin turbo v8 should pack a bigger punch
as far as handling and suspension it was a tad floaty compared to a g82

overall I personally was not wow''d by the f90 so not sure if the new one would be any better

and yes bmw has been the class leader but that doesn't mean they can't fall off

i haven't driven any m2 but that new one would be the bmw i go after if i was looking at anything in their lineup

Same here. Rides rough as hell too. Note again in reviews the M5 while beautiful (to me) didn’t dominate like years past. Only the CS did. The M5 and Competition fared okay by professionals, in some cases worse than that.

And I still want one lol…. down the line I would love to grab the CS. It is out of this world

 

[05fordgt]

Nice! I googled it & checked the DMV website for black plates but closest thing are just aftermarket wrap kits for the plate, lol. Wish black plates would be a thing here but as usual NY state is slacking and behind everyone .

The best solution to fix the fugly mustard yellow NY plate was to get the classic Liberty plate(the one I have on the Challenger now) custom made from a novelty license plates website I came across while searching for Kramer's ASSMAN plate, lol. They are 99% accurate to the real thing. Same text as my DMV issue plates but on the throwback statue of Liberty layout. It's a ticket(I've gotten 1 in the past 4 years while parked on the street) since this plate got phased out after 2001. We never again had such a good looking license plate after this in NY . I was reading PA is about to release a new plate design with a Liberty Bell theme .

Yup, first new plate in ages.

Some have said they should have used the same font for the top & bottom. Overall it's pretty cool but I'll keep my Donate Life Organ Donor plate and my Mustang has a PA Classic tag on it, so I won't be getting them. It isn't a mandatory thing from what I read. You have to request one.

 

[fluid hips]

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

I think your expectations are wrong tbh. If you think 630/550ish is underwhelming, I think you're expecting it to be this raucous, loud muscle car when in reality, it's a smooth, powerful daily that can open up and let loose when required.

it felt too heavy tbh

 

[kaz109]

It always amuses me when dudes get so caught up on 1 detail and cant see the bigger picture. Yes its a lot of added weight which is unfortunate but on the other hand, you have an entire company full of some of the best automotive engineers in the world who year after year and generation after generation design the best driving cars in their class by a mile. They pretty much invented the super sedan and I'd argue they easily make the best driving non-supercars outside of Porsche. This is arguably their halo product and yet people see the weight and think their entire engineering division just threw their hands up and said "damn its heavy, just ship it" instead of them engineering the absolute piss out of that thing. As an engineer myself, I can guarantee you most if not all of them took it upon themselves as a personal challenge to make this thing fast af because they knew exactly how people were going to react. Every single review of this will be "we had our doubts about the weight and we'd like it to be lighter but damn those boys in Munich worked their magic. This thing is a monster". Guaranteed.

Big girls are still pretty and depending on what they were, they can mask how big they are but when you pick them up there’s no hiding it. It’s physics plain and simple.


You can tell that you are an engineer and not actual car enthusiast with this post. There is NOTHING an engineer can do to hide that much weight and that 100% plays a huge ( pun intended) role in this car’s driving dynamics. Nobody said it wouldn’t be fast or a “ monster “ but that seems to be your go to .


Have you ever driven a GTR? It was a “ monster “ performer back in the day and still is to this day even by today’s standards yet it always was and still to this day not considered a great drivers car because of its mass.

BMW ///M division, once prided themselves on making drivers cars but they have succumb to people like you that feel like because a car is fast that makes it a driver’s car.

 

[nonnative]

Big girls are still pretty and depending on what they were, they can mask how big they are but when you pick them up there’s no hiding it. It’s physics plain and simple.


You can tell that you are an engineer and not actual car enthusiast with this post. There is NOTHING an engineer can do to hide that much weight and that 100% plays a huge ( pun intended) role in this car’s driving dynamics. Nobody said it wouldn’t be fast or a “ monster “ but that seems to be your go to .


Have you ever driven a GTR? It was a “ monster “ performer back in the day and still is to this day even by today’s standards yet it always was and still to this day not considered a great drivers car because of its mass.

BMW ///M division, once prided themselves on making drivers cars but they have succumb to people like you that feel like because a car is fast that makes it a driver’s car.

Sure thing bud. Thanks for the lesson on physics lol

Its funny to me that all the so-called "car enthusiasts" dont even understand what the M5 is for, who its buyers are, and where the market is.

No one buying new M5's at sticker is buying it to be primarily a track toy or a sports car. Who is spending 120k on a big sedan loaded with every creature comfort imaginable? So-called "car enthusiasts"? Give me a break. That's what 911's, M3's, and Lotus's are for. People that are buying new M5's are people that want a big, comfortable highway bruiser that can fit their families or their friends and that can step out on occasion. And thats exactly what this and every M5 since the V10 has been.

"We want a lightweight, RWD, manual, NA hoon-mobile". Then buy them. Cause they get made, no one buys them, and then all the "car enthusiasts" sit around and cry about the good ole days. Rinse and repeat ad nauseam.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

Big girls are still pretty and depending on what they were, they can mask how big they are but when you pick them up there’s no hiding it. It’s physics plain and simple.


You can tell that you are an engineer and not actual car enthusiast with this post. There is NOTHING an engineer can do to hide that much weight and that 100% plays a huge ( pun intended) role in this car’s driving dynamics. Nobody said it wouldn’t be fast or a “ monster “ but that seems to be your go to .


Have you ever driven a GTR? It was a “ monster “ performer back in the day and still is to this day even by today’s standards yet it always was and still to this day not considered a great drivers car because of its mass.

BMW ///M division, once prided themselves on making drivers cars but they have succumb to people like you that feel like because a car is fast that makes it a driver’s car.

its funny how years ago chargers were made fun of for being so heavy yet if its a bmw its in the name of performance