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      04-19-2013, 10:03 PM   #22
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I came from 2 F10 550is and now a F06 650i and felt some of the comment against the F06 a bit unfair......

I admit that I changed to the F06 for vanity reasons initially, as it just looked way better than the now all-too-common F10. I paid the deposit before ever test driven the F06.....

So I was with all the comments that the F06 was nothing more skin deep changes versus the F10, and I was going to mod the F06 just like what I did with the F10: Springs (because of DHP), wheels, power, BBKs..... In fact, when I traded in the F10, I retained all these mods thinking I will need them on the F06......

Boy, was I so wrong! Before delivery of my F06 (first F06 650i delivery here), BMW gave me a test drive of a F06 640i in standard configuration (no DHP, no IAS nothing extra). I was expecting the ride to be like an F10 but ah well, free anyway. So I take the car on a straight uphill ramp and hill-side windy roads to test handling. The F10 550i, although not lacking in power, feels like a big car (or rather, a boat). Yes all the electronics can give you that pseudo pyschological feeling that the car is good in handling, but......

In real life on windy roads, you will feel the F10's size.

The F06 (even 640i without DHP/IAS and all the electronic gadgets) on the same windy roads handles miles better than the F10! I find myself gunning the corners like my M3 (well, close anyway) without fear that the car will slip in anyway and the throttle response was way sharper in the F06. And the F06 was in comfort mode (normal), and I drive the F10 in the same stretch using sport.......

And when braking, the stock F10 brakes feels to me that it can barely manage stopping the car, but the F06 (according to RealOEM, same brakes as F10), can stop on a dime, which surprised me very much.

And these changes are not psychological to myself. I had my brother-in-law who owns a F10 M5 drive my F06. He thinks that the M5 definitely have more power (+108hp is a lot) but the F06 is very close in handling, and that is a non-M F06. Can't say the same about non-M F10s. Also, he feels that the F06 feels a lot smaller in terms of driving feel vs the F10. We all know physically the F06 is a large car......

So to this date, I still have yet to put a single performance mod (well, I took off the power tune from the car) on my F06 650i and it is already better than my previous F10 550i with all the mods.......

So, to all that thinks the F06 is only a F10 with a different skin..... Please, go test drive a F10 and a F06 back to back and feel for yourself.

To me, after owning both the F10 and F06, the F10 is a luxury sedan wanting to be a sport car but not quite getting there. Yes you can mod it to give it loads of power, but can't majorly correct the handling deficiencies. The F06 IS A SPORT SEDAN. WHAT A BMW SHOULD FEEL LIKE.

I would expect similar differences between the F10 M5 and F10 M6. They may have similar power, but there are subtle but significant differences between the 2 chassis to make them handle very differently.......
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