View Single Post
      02-15-2020, 12:32 PM   #27
Kief
Major General
Kief's Avatar
4428
Rep
5,724
Posts

Drives: '24 iX50; '23 i4 M50
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

iTrader: (26)

Quote:
Originally Posted by scotchy View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kief View Post
Overall the wifey (and I) are enjoying our M50i w/DHP, but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss the specialness of our 2018 X5M beast. You need to own a genuine ///M series to understand it. Look at the skid pad differences in the article. The G95 is going to be that much better too. Regardless, it's the wifey's car (X5M was overkill for her, not me!), and I still have my M3CS to enjoy.
I agree, driving a true M car is a totally different experience than something that is not. Parked side by side, most true M cars look considerably more aggressive than the lower models too, they truly are special.
Everyone has different priorities and budgets, I've an M50i w/DHP on order but if the payment/cost were the same, I'd take the X5M in a heartbeat, as I'm sure a few of the others that say the M50i is "good enough/close enough/fast enough" would. (Same goes for many of those with 40i saying that comparing it to the M50i)

Side question, why have you owned so many M3's!!??
Who me, own too many F8x???
Attached Images
     
__________________
__________________
'24-I20 iX 50; '23-G26 i4 M50; '22-G82 M4Cx*;20-G05 M50i*; '20-F82 M4CS*; '18-F80 M3CS*; '18-F80 M3CS*; '18-F85 X5M*; '18-G01 X3M40i*; '18-F80 M3ZCP*; '17-F80 M3ZCP*; '15-F15 X5*; '15-F82 M4*; '12-E92 335is*; '11-E70 X5d; '11-E89 Z435is*;'09-E89 Z435i*; '08-E92 335i*; '06-E90 330i*; '05-E83 X3*; '04-E83 X3*; '03-E46 325Ci* *retired
Appreciate 3
dezzracer1182.50
F85MTuNED1620.50