Rental Car Ruckus 2: Electric Boogaloo

[.RJ]

I have my brother in law's F10 M5 all week.... more later... either from jail or a ditch.

Is it the 6-spd though? Nothing auto could be fun, right?

Alright so I burned through 1/2 tank of gas in this thing which, news flash, is not hard to do.  

This thing is fast.  Hilarious, ridiculous, going plaid fast... 550hp/500 ft-lbs from a twin turbo "hot v" V8.  Its also a huge car, probably bigger than an old school E38 7-series shorty.  Interior feels like it came out of a space ship compared to my E90, both with all of the tech stuff and also lots of angles and carbon/metal finishes and its a comfortable place to spend hours on the road.  Kind of neat, I'll admit I liked the interior styling although I couldnt figure out how to play something from my phone through the iDrive so I just gave up using it.  

Even with the suspension & steering set to "sport plus" it just drove too big and heavy for what I'd expect for an M-car though.  It had a really amazing solid & stable feel on the road and under hard braking but start loading it up in a corner or hustling it and it really let its weight show and it felt a little numb and disconnected although the front end always felt planted and I felt like it had too much body roll.  All sins forgiven when you hit the loud pedal, though.  Really glorious powertrain, its like a freight train with a steering wheel.  I think the car is probably more at home cruising down the autobahn at 140mph for hours on end than getting hustled on back roads for sure.  The DCT is pretty neat, I can see why people like them.  I'd still prefer a 3rd pedal but I'll concede its neat technology, although I'm not sure its worlds better the 8-speed ZF in the F31 I drove.  Curiously, BMW went back to a torque converter auto for the F90 M5.  

Short take: If you put a torque converter gearbox in it and told me it was an AMG benz, you'd have fooled me.  Not that its a bad thing.... but felt like it was missing that last bit of driver engagement I'd expect in an //M car.