So I owned a 2016 640i xDrive M-sport (CPO) from October 2019 until a few days ago. I used to use e90post when I had a 2007 328xi, which I owned from 2009 to 2019. I loved that car and I would still be driving it if it didn’t crap out at 90K miles (AWD, main car-length wiring harness and oil leak) – I was on the fence about repairing, but decided I wanted to try the 640. I think it’s one of the more beautiful cars BMW has ever made, and one of the few that the European pedestrian standards did not ruin. I think maybe the very long hood allowed it to not have as high a hood end?
I never got to posting here because I didn’t want to modify it while it was still under CPO. I hadn't had it long before that I felt I had made a bad purchase decision
The car was too big for me – it’s got bad visibility to begin with and I’m a short guy, I could barely park it, and couldn't see curbs going around right turns; it was also just too floaty for me and not as tossable. I missed having a sliding sunroof. But most of all… I REALLY missed having a stick. So I traded it for a 2018 340i xDrive M-sport [Estoril Blue] with a 6-speed manual. I guess my next stop is the F30 forums
I’m glad I got a chance to own a 640, it’s a fantastic car, it just wasn’t for me. I'm much happier back in a 3-series.
Pics: Car at delivery. I don’t have any good pics of the front with the 19s on it… Car with 18s and snows; I believe these rims were offered on early 6’s, it didn’t look that bad, but they didn’t completely work with the M-sport trim. [Those rims/tires will be for sale, only a few thousand miles on the snows, but the rims are repainted badly.] Finally, a pic of the 6 in my garage in what I would call the most appropriate parking space ever for a 6-series. Yes, those plates are all real and it took me a decade of eBay surfing to collect them.
Happy Motoring,
Peter in Vermont
[need to update signature, but I still have 325cic and 850ci]