charles28 136 Report post Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Its been a while, I sold my E39 BMW 530i Motorsport around a year ago, bought a Nissan Skyline 370GT, which I have now traded on a 2007 E60 530i Motorsport (LCI Model) Edited January 28, 2017 by charles28 added pics 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted January 30, 2017 Great looking car. How does it compare to the 370? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted January 30, 2017 welcome back, Charles! looks very much like your old one, just, well, newer... #8 ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charles28 136 Report post Posted January 31, 2017 10 hours ago, KwS said: Great looking car. How does it compare to the 370? Totally different cars, hard to compare really, the BMW is a lot more refined and quiet, still rides firmly being a motorsport model, but a good balance between comfort and handling to me. I find the steering better and seats better etc with the E60, at first active steering felt a bit strange but am used to it now. I would estimate that its a good 20% more economical on fuel than the 370 too, the newer 200kw engine seems fairly good on fuel, although its the N52 version rather than the more economical N53 version. I never really got attached to the 370 and do not miss it at all now that its gone, had it for just over 1 year and only ran up 10,000ks in it. It was decently fast, but still felt average handling wise when pushing it around corners. 6 Months ago I changed jobs and stopped commuting 80k a day to work and back, that was reduced to 9k a day with the new job, so the BMW will mostly clock up k's on road trips etc If i feel that I need to drive something quicker I can take the my partners Audi S6 for a thrash, although its the older 2001 model with the 4.2L V8 and is probably not that much quicker in a straight line anyway (No where near as good as the BMW on corners), but has that V8 noise. The Audi feels quite old fashioned and heavy / body roll etc on corners, although i'm sure a newer model S6 would be totally different. Not a big fan of i-drive, might look at upgrading it from CCC to CIC spec eventually and do my own retrofit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charles28 136 Report post Posted January 31, 2017 10 hours ago, Olaf said: welcome back, Charles! looks very much like your old one, just, well, newer... #8 ) Thanks, yeah sticking with what I know. The old one is probably a more reliable platform overall, but thought an LCI 530i was a safe ish option. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NUSTAD 243 Report post Posted February 6, 2017 Looks minty....to keep that way beware of parking - bumper on ours has been ripped off multiple times from parking bars......reverse in if you can. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
