SAKHIR ORANGE M4 spotted

[Jbmw21]

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I was in the New Jersey area and spotted a M4 sakhir orange. Looks really nice and put a end to this sound discussion because this car sounds so much better in person. The gentleman was nice enough to rev the car and ask couple questions. The car was a manual. Took a quick video the crackle sounds amazing at the end watch the video. Iphone speaker doesn't do justice listen on anything else trust me. Pics included. The guy driving was working for BMW NA was given the car to break in then hand over to the press. Very nice experience ....video coming soon

[EMpunker]

I think this color looks best in direct sunlight.

Here in these cloudy pictures it looks like a blood orange.

[jc05e46m3]

Man, that is a great color. Too bad the tails don't have any contrast. I really like it though.

[Sir Loin]

Very nice! Thanks for posting the pictures. I hope your video will be in landscape mode, unlike your pictures

[Fr1zGum]

SO is very interesting color, but man..it reminds me kind a brick on wheels. Moreover, no contrast with taillights ruins all the rear look.

[GOLFFRR]

[JSP///M4C]

Nice find!

[chipotle_napkins]

Lookin good with that Sakhir Orange

[onatuesday]

Should have asked him if he follows the break-in schedule according to the manual lol

[absoluteis350]

Originally Posted by trinim3

Should have asked him if he follows the break-in schedule according to the manual lol

Are you keeping your RS5 or trading it for the M4? Just curious if you are going to keep both.

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

Very nice! Thanks for posting the pictures. I hope your video will be in landscape mode, unlike your pictures

D'oh!

[Rockette]

Everyone knows that Rutt's Hut is better than the Hot Grill in Clifton.

Great video by the way!

[sal501]

I wonder how would slightly smoked tails look, to give it better contrast?

[IEDEI]

really digging Sakhir Orange....probably my 3rd favourite colour on the M3/M4 after Yas Marina Blue and Austin Yellow.

[onatuesday]

Originally Posted by absoluteis350

Are you keeping your RS5 or trading it for the M4? Just curious if you are going to keep both.

Original plan was to trade the RS5 for the M4. Thing is the RS5 grows on me each time I drive her and she gets a lot of compliments (especially because misano red is sexy as fck). I really wish I could keep both but I've had 2 cars before and there's always one that is preferred and the other you have to find excuses to drive. Only a test drive can decide now

But I've been wanting the M3/M4 for 3 yrs now! Though I am worried that if I sell the RS5 now it may end up being a classic like the 1 series M and end up selling for more than msrp (v8 that revs to 8.5k rpm is pretty insane). RS5s right now have gone up in value since the 2014 production run is over (though 2015s come this summer so it might go down then)

Decisions decisions.

[Sir Loin]

trinim3, did you order your M4 with DCT or manual? Do you have DSG on your RS5?

[onatuesday]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

trinim3, did you order your M4 with DCT or manual? Do you have DSG on your RS5?

M4 is DCT. By the way when I submitted your survey I had MG/SO but I've since switched to SO/SO.

RS5 is DSG. My last manual car was an e46 M3. I drive in bumper to bumper traffic too often to deal with stick nowadays.

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by trinim3

M4 is DCT. By the way when I submitted your survey I had MG/SO but I've since switched to SO/SO.

RS5 is DSG. My last manual car was an e46 M3. I drive in bumper to bumper traffic too often to deal with stick nowadays.

The RS5's DSG stick shift is push up to upshift and pull back to downshift. That is reverse of what BMW's stick does, which is push up to downshift and pull back to up shift. Do you have problem with that? I find BMW's way is physically more logical. Or do you drive both cars like an auto and let the computer changes gears for you? Thanks.

[onatuesday]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

The RS5's DSG stick shift is push up to upshift and pull back to downshift. That is reverse of what BMW's stick does, which is push up to downshift and pull back to up shift. Do you have problem with that? I find BMW's way is physically more logical. Or do you drive both cars like an auto and let the computer changes gears for you? Thanks.

Just to keep this on topic, SO is the best M4 color

Sir Loin, yes when I first switched from BMW to Audi the controls of both the auto stick and the MMI (idrive) were reversed. It is indeed annoying and in theory the BMW's directional control input makes more sense physically. However, after about 2 wks of aggravation you get used to it.

For the DSG, I almost never shift it via the stick. I very much prefer shifting with the paddles. I'm also able to shift with my foot. I can get the car to shift down one gear at a time by giving just enough throttle to kick down one gear (this is a skill that takes time to perfect but is very useful). The only time I touch the DSG stick is for the following reasons:

A) while in auto mode I shifted with the paddles so need to reset to auto mode
B) put the car in neutral to let that beautiful v8 roar
C) put the car in manual mode which won't auto upshift even at the rev limiter (I still do NOT use the stick to shift, only the paddles)
D) occasionally pull down to engage "S" mode for more aggressive downshifting and holding on to revs (though I'm more likely to switch to full dynamic mode in any case)

It's an incredibly intuitive/flexible system. What I'm alluding to when I say that the RS5 is growing on me each time I drive her is that the car's computer learns your driving style over time and becomes in sync with the driver's subtle inputs even in "auto" mode. Same was true of my S4.

I'm pretty sure the m4's DCT behaves quite similarly, right?

[onatuesday]

Originally Posted by sal501

I wonder how would slightly smoked tails look, to give it better contrast?

I know in pictures there appears to not be contrast but when I see a SO m6 the taillights always have plenty of contrast. Could be one of those cloudy vs sunny lighting tricks again

[sal501]

Originally Posted by trinim3

M4 is DCT. By the way when I submitted your survey I had MG/SO but I've since switched to SO/SO.

RS5 is DSG. My last manual car was an e46 M3. I drive in bumper to bumper traffic too often to deal with stick nowadays.

I also ordered the same combo. Where in Bay Area?

[onatuesday]

Originally Posted by sal501

I also ordered the same combo. Where in Bay Area?

Live in the peninsula (San Mateo), work in the city. You?