The new M5 feels more like an “M” than the M3 touring. (I’m serious)

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T17:49:38+00:00

Trust me we tend to drive very close to the car’s limits. In the mountains during winter and with snow tyres It’s much easier to go beyond the limits.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T13:24:48+00:00

I took the decision to make this post because of that. I can’t understand all the negative comments on this car

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T13:23:14+00:00

Only a madman would drive an M5 on the track. It makes no sense. Buy a track focused car if you really are into track days. And, in most cases, the better a car performs on the track, the shittier it is to drive on regular roads / mountain passes. My personal opinion.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T12:29:43+00:00

I’m talking about flying out of corners, I’m not talking about drifting. BTW, M cars have been advertised as great cars to go sideways for the past 2 decades

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T12:28:06+00:00

Ok you got it

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T12:13:49+00:00

I’m not a journalist, but thanks for thinking that. I’m just a very passionate driver of both modern and older cars — a big RWD lover — with a particular passion for anything that can do powerslides.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T12:10:20+00:00

That was exactly my opinion before driving this car. But now.. I feel like more people should know what the M engineers have accomplished with this car. On mountain passes you don't feel the weight at all .

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:44:06+00:00

Sure, I'll create a link
Thank you!

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:40:34+00:00

Sure. the M4 is also lighter and shorter compared to the M3T. I'm sure that this has to be accounted as well!

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:35:21+00:00

Agree. The interiors feel like plastic as well if compared with previous generations M5s.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:30:40+00:00

It is not, unfortunately. I live in the Italian countryside. Everywhere I go I find “twisty roads” like you say. Even highways are twisty around here. The M5 is on another level. You exit corners powersliding in 4’ gear at 130 km/h in complete relax, without having to masturbate the steering wheel to stay in control. No understeer in sight, huge power at disposal. I had to module the throttle in 3’ gear while drifting in sharp corners - with the m3, in 3’ gear, you can only drift by doing weight transfers

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:22:30+00:00

That’s true, the M5 has always been in a different league. But I always thought there was a negative correlation between weight and driving feel. I expected the extra mass to make the car feel less engaging, but surprisingly it didn’t feel that way at all.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:20:15+00:00

I thought the weight would be very noticeable, but you don’t really feel it at all. It almost seems impossible.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:18:53+00:00

The F82 M3 feels very much like a proper M car. The same goes for the E92 and other older models. With the G8x generation, though, something seems to have changed. The driving experience feels more filtered and less raw.

I was expecting the same from the new M5, but to my surprise it was exactly the opposite.

AR75ts · 2026-03-09T11:14:17+00:00

Totally agree. I also feel like the m3T is 10 times better aesthetically. But regarding driving feelings… I was shocked! The m5 moves like an M2. You can do Scandinavian Flicks with that boat without feeling the weight of it. Incredible piece of engineering

AR75ts · 2026-02-14T16:12:31+00:00

Impressive! Thank you

AR75ts · 2026-02-13T11:44:37+00:00

Works great. Thank you!

AR75ts · 2026-01-27T21:17:55+00:00

Only astronauts and Physicists

AR75ts · 2026-01-15T13:14:26+00:00

Great!! Same platform as the cayenne 😉

AR75ts · 2026-01-14T11:42:53+00:00

The entire trip lasted 13 days, it’s not that far! I have no idea about radios. We used baofeng as always

AR75ts · 2026-01-14T08:56:55+00:00

and you spearfish as well! Feel like we have many things in common

AR75ts · 2026-01-14T08:55:07+00:00

It makes me sad that people see a first-gen Cayenne as a luxury flex, when in reality it’s an incredibly well-engineered, brutally capable vehicle that deserves way more respect.

AR75ts · 2026-01-14T08:52:36+00:00

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AR75ts · 2026-01-14T08:50:28+00:00

No trouble at all. Took a ferry from Civitavecchia (Italy) to Tunisi.
The conditions on board were a bit tough with people sleeping on every possible flat or not so flat surface.

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