M550i Search

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2025 BMW M5 Sedan: Renders Show Potential Front-End Design: https://www.bmwblog.com/2023/10/16/2...sedan-renders/

[nate]

How about a low miles purple Chevy SS instead?

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3Rb...5-chevrolet-ss

[FC]

Ugh, bummer. BMW of Warwick showed both an M5 and an M550i with DHP in stock. I was willing to make the hour drive to drive them back to back but of course the M550i sold yesterday.

The guy also told me that despite the 2023 M5 having only 6k miles it has a brand new engine and is not broken in. Interesting. Anyway, no longer worth the drive. It’s a shame. It would have been a great opportunity to compare cars.

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Turns out that the local AM dealership has an LCI M5 Comp they've been trying to sell for 2 months. Zero interest in buying this one give how new/expensive it is (it's also overpriced even after dropping $4k over time). I also don't think I would want a really dark M5, whereas I would welcome it on an M550i.

But at least I can get a sense, and input from my wife, as to how acceptable the comfort of this car is (ride, insulation, seats). I'll see if I can go today, otherwise tomorrow.

https://www.astonmartinboston.com/us...dr-sdn-c-1219/

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by FC

Turns out that the local AM dealership has an LCI M5 Comp they've been trying to sell for 2 months. Zero interest in buying this one give how new/expensive it is (it's also overpriced even after dropping $4k over time). I also don't think I would want a really dark M5, whereas I would welcome it on an M550i.

But at least I can get a sense, and input from my wife, as to how acceptable the comfort of this car is (ride, insulation, seats). I'll see if I can go today, otherwise tomorrow.

https://www.astonmartinboston.com/us...dr-sdn-c-1219/

How much would that be new? more expensive then I was expecting

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Originally Posted by Jeff_DML

How much would that be new? more expensive then I was expecting

Let's see, for 2023 base & some key options:

Base price $107.9k
Metallic paint $1.95k
Full Merino $3.5k
Competition Pkg $7.6k
Exec pkg $3.45k
Driver asst pkg $1.7k
Wheel options $1.3k
Ceramic brakes $8.5k

Gas guzzler $1k
Destination $1k

But that car only has the comp pkg. Maybe Executive pkg? So they are on crack. That car was a $12Xk car new. Maybe even just over $120k.

Maybe they think they have a strong hand because you can't buy a new one anymore and this one is a '23 with low miles? Certainly next year I should have a good selection of 2021's for ~$80k, assuming that is what I decide to get.

While on the subject of cars, I built a new M340i to a decent spec and it was pushing 70k. Damn. That's what I paid for my F80. A new i4 M40i pushes $80k.

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by FC

Let's see, for 2023 base & some key options:

Base price $107.9k
Metallic paint $1.95k
Full Merino $3.5k
Competition Pkg $7.6k
Exec pkg $3.45k
Driver asst pkg $1.7k
Wheel options $1.3k
Ceramic brakes $8.5k

Gas guzzler $1k
Destination $1k

But that car only has the comp pkg. Maybe Executive pkg? So they are on crack. That car was a $12Xk car new. Maybe even just over $120k.

Maybe they think they have a strong hand because you can't buy a new one anymore and this one is a '23 with low miles? Certainly next year I should have a good selection of 2021's for ~$80k, assuming that is what I decide to get.

While on the subject of cars, I built a new M340i to a decent spec and it was pushing 70k. Damn. That's what I paid for my F80. A new i4 M40i pushes $80k.

ok, so it was way overpriced. I was thinking up double digits which sounds correct.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

While on the subject of cars, I built a new M340i to a decent spec and it was pushing 70k. Damn. That's what I paid for my F80. A new i4 M40i pushes $80k.

Something that everyone should know if they do not already, all G20s for the US market are produced in Mexico.

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Originally Posted by SCA

Something that everyone should know if they do not already, all G20s for the US market are produced in Mexico.

Really?! That I did not know.

[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

Really?! That I did not know.

Yep, they began with G20 production for MX & US first, followed by G42 and G87 for the world.