i read conflicting reports about the upcoming m5, how it's either going to have a uprated v10 to 5.5l, or the 750's twin turbo, which incidentally is good for just over 400hp, so they've got their work cut out for them. either way, i get bmw's mag ever quarter, and they've been incessantly harping on their efficient dynamics, which really is probably the right thing to do because the horsepower wars are pretty insane.

for end users, bmw obviously have their head screwed on right; the majority of the buyers aren't looking for huge capacity monsters, they want that fine line between comfort, practicality and hair-raising performance. i can't imagine what the road tax for a e63 is going to be like, and how much fuel it drinks while WOT, although on our roads here, i doubt the pedal will remain floored for very long. it's a rarefied market, these huge horsepower sedans, and i totally agree with you about the m5 maintaining the lead, because it is going in the right direction, and especially if they opt for the turbo, the road tax factor won't be a great issue. the m5 has the image and name, but seriously... they have to improve that interior.

exotic? that would be a bit of a stretch.
supercar? by the way it's got most, if not all, of the existing supercar community more than a bit concerned, i'd say probably. i'd call it perfectly ok to be in this thread.

just sayin, the road tax for an E55 should be in the region of 13k.
have a good look at the brakes, if they're all cross-drilled and big and OEM, chances are it is real. if they're small and not cross-drilled, you have a fakey, like this one 'E55' I see quite often in PJ...

yeah, it would be a good idea to read up on this a bit more before you post further.

The badge behind a car isn't indicative of engine capacity, but is more a marketing tool to differentiate between tune, trim and price levels of cars within a model range.

with regards to the above pic, why am i not surprised that the depreciating assets, in this case the cars, cost more than the asset with the potential to appreciate?

i heard he's really tall.

erm could that possibly be 007?

the house is almost doubling in size haha... that's a lot of reno going on.

Maybach was travelling in a convoy with a Bentley of some sort, the convoy's cops were cleaving a trail through the stupidly massive jam on the way there with no regard to the mayhem they left behind. That CLK came sooooo close to collecting a idiot black Alphard that pulled out immediately after the last polis perdana passed by...

Looking at those pics, the Enzo would look pretty awesome if it were in white. These days, I'm starting to think everything would look pretty awesome in white...

I had an up close & personal with this GTR the other day in KLGCC (that's the sticker on top of the road tax). Took me a while to realise that the entire car is covered with the matte film, which doesn't really like clinging on to sharp points, which is why there's some folds at the base of the rear spoiler. Still, it's visually very imposing, my brother was referring to it as the Godzilla GTR.

On the matter of the GTR as a supercar, what exactly denotes a supercar? Is it the cost, the rarity, the power produced, the engine capacity, the seating configuration, the engine layout, the 0-100 time, the 0-200 time, the 0-xxx-0 time, the size of its brakes, the drag coefficient, the kerb appeal, the size of its spoiler, what? Or is it a combination of all the above is some sort of mystical ratio no-one but Clarkson can decipher?

The way I like to see it, if it's not in here, it's not a supercar. Those guys probably know a bit more about this in a first-hand manner than most of us put together, so I'd think that there has to be some measure of truth there. Of course, lists are never infallible and mostly aren't totally comprehensive, and there are bound to be errors and mistakes somewhere, or some vehicle that defies categorisation. Whatever the case, the GTR isn't in the Supercar list, but it is in the Coupe/GT list. Although it's not what one would categorise an exotic, that does not detract from what an amazing vehicle it is, and why I don't mind seeing it in this thread.

nice to see another one. there's also one that has been modified to look like a dtm, but you can tell it's not because the front grille is attached to the bonnet. also, ampwalk seems to be a bit popular with expensive cars...

titiwangsa. somewhere opposite that sentosa hospital. new building, can't miss it.
but the dude lives in ampang hilir haha

This post has been edited by Roland San: Apr 23 2009, 02:01 AM

oh yeah, that's the name. sentosa is on the other side right?
don't really pay much attention to the names of buildings haha

hahaha but that jln pahang way always jammed so i avoid it