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Originally Posted by SkykingUSA
Thanks for the insight. I believe it's the electric part of the drivetrain that is giving you that torque at the low speeds. At high speeds too, but the engine can also provide torque at high speeds, but not so nicely at low speed.
Sounds like you are "sold" on it! Congratulations and I hope you get the deal you want and enjoy your ride!
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I have been ruminating for a few hours as these financial deals are never perfect (from the buyers perspective) LOL.
My wife liked the 550e very much. Her view was, it felt the same as the M550 without the drama when you went over a manhole cover that had dipped asphalt around it, making it like a hidden crater in the road. The M550 could not adapt to our roadways very well and you had to be "on guard" all the time.
I would say that the most surprising thing about the 550e is the suspension. Like the modern Porsches, its is a big leap forward.
If you are a car buyer now, you have to come to grips with the fact that ICE options are few and far between. No 540i for us here in Canada and the 4 cyl options are not for me. Even moving to the M5, or the E53 which I have been contemplating for weeks, will get you a hybrid. I think I might wait to see how all this plays out before I go that far. We seem to be back to the early days of adoption when personal computer technology changed so frequently that 5 years would result in real obsolescence. I can't help but get in the car and think we are re-living the widespread adoption of Windows.