[Kief]

So I decided to unload my wife's 2018 X5M bc it was just overkill for her. In the 14 months we had it, she never even programmed her M buttons, or changed the default settings!! I knew the X5M would be more for me than her, but I'm the car nut, and she supports my addiction, to a point. I loved our X5M beast (when driving alone), but whenever I drove with her in the passenger seat, it was a major buzzkill!! Lol

Anyway, I thought the X5 M50i would be a nice compromise. A couple of months ago, I found an M50i at a relatively close dealership and was excited to give it a go. It had 20" no-seasons and no DHP, and I left the test drive underwhelmed. Long story short, my local dealer thought I was ready to pull the trigger on a custom build back in Sept. I had given them a couple of builds. I did not know they modified one for me. Fast forward to Nov and I see the rates improve and I contact my dealer bc I see they have M50i with 22" and DHP.
Well surprise, surprise, that was one of my custom builds I shared with them back in Sept. I test drove it and loved it. Only problem, they mistakenly ordered me the black 742M and not the bi-color. They were willing to get me another allocation, but I ended up striking a killer deal and just purchased an extra set of bi-color 742M for 3 seasons of the year, and the black 742M with Pirelli snows for the winter.

I'll give more impressions once I slowly break her in, compared to the X5M, but the X5M is on another level, as are all genuine ///M cars. Again, I just think the M50i is a nice middle ground for us.

A few quick pics from my attempt at a detail in 30 degree weather. Unfortunately, Carbon Black Metallic is going to be the end of me. Bc I didn't get the car once it came off the truck, the dealer swirled the paint significantly. I have more to try tomorrow when a little warmer, but it may be as good as it's going to get without taking it for a full paint correction, and I'm too cheap!! Hell, just take a look in some of the pics of my $2 front yellow reflector delete with left over black sapphire wrap from my X5M (did the same thing to my X5M). I thought the BSM would look like sh!t against CBM, but it isn't half bad and I'm not paying $120+ for painted reflectors. I'll work on the paint some more over time. I'll add some more pics in/out after a final clean up tomorrow.

EDIT: More pics added to posts below