I havent driven it that much. The wife's initial impressions: Slow. That is compared to a 400 bhp 535i and her M3, before that was a Porsche Cayenne Turbo (automatic).

She said it has so much less body roll than the Porsche, but still feels large compared to our current cars. She also noted that the brakes feel slicker (probably just the pad choice since it just had a flush and SS lines)




We feel the same way about the non ///M package ones, the plastic on the lower body makes it look cheap.
I think I got off easy buying the N52, she originally wanted a 4.8is.... This should require less work (knock on wood). I hope to prove that the extra horses dont come at too high of a cost in maintenance.
Stupid $500 water pump, Ive got two cars in the driveway with them, waiting.... plotting their attack on my wallet.