:rofl: Until the car dies....I got 135K on the X5, 42K on the M3....Got up to 290K on my old E30 325i.....

bah! The other beautiful color is mystic blue metallic; you really don't see it on the road too much..and I've never seen it on anything other than an M3.

I think Josh can verify this, but in the M5, when you select "forward/up-down arrow" or "N" or "R", I know it lights up brighter. When I test drove the M5, I noticed that whether the headlights are on or not, the brightness of the selected function "forward/up-down arrows"/"N"/"R" remains the same. Meaning that it doesn't dim just because the headlights go on....right?

I was going to wire in that function, but many people on the M3forums complained that it was too bright at night.

never noticed..

Hmmm....well, next time you drive the M5, take a look @ your SMG knob and when you select "N" or "forward gears", it will light up brighter than the rest of the shift pattern on the knob. See, if there is a difference whether you turn on or off the headlights. TIA

Looks excellent - that's a great looking shifter!