[bloozemanAZ]

Originally Posted by Beethoven3

Greetings from Santa Monica, CA. My new M850i Coupe was delivered two weeks ago. A huge upgrade from my 2009 650. I knew after seeing JSCO's great photos to begin the thread that Tanzanite Blue metallic with the ivory interior would be my spec, but I could not get a build slot until January. It was worth the wait! The car is incredible, including the marvelous V-8 engine, transmission, and the pops, crackles and burbles from the exhaust. The car is optioned with the carbon fiber roof, carbon fiber trim, Bowers & Wilkins sound, full leather trim, glass controls, alcantara, ZDA & ZDY driver assist, and Cooling & High Performance Tire Package. The B&W was definitely worth the cost as I have never heard a better car sound system. Thanks to JSCO and Bloozeman for their advice on the Tanzanite Blue and the various options.

The car is normally in comfort mode for my drive from home to office. The seats are incredibly comfortable and you don't hear anything outside the car except some minor road noise. I love putting it in sport mode on the weekends. The M850 definitely gets a lot of attention from pedestrians and other drivers. Have yet to use the driver assist functions nor sport plus, but plan to use them soon.

The only complaint I have thus far is the need to be very careful when parking the car or going over dips, as the front end is very low to the ground, and I have already done some minor damage to the front spoiler which nobody will notice except me.

A fantastic car. Well done BMW.

Congrats on a gorgeous M850i and welcome to the Tanzanite Blue club! It is definitely a head turning color even on top of the fact that an 8-series is a rare sight to see out in the wild. One tip on your commute is to set up Sport Individual as with that you can select the chassis/suspension on Comfort and the engine and transmission at Sport or Sport Plus. Back when I actually commuted to work (seems like a lifetime ago) my Sport Individual settings of chassis/suspension on Comfort and engine/transmission at Sport was fantastic.

Now that I'm no longer commuting with every drive I'm in Sport Plus which has taken some time to get used to as the transmission holds onto a gear very differently than Sport. However, as to my commitment to limeypride regardless of the MPG outcome it is rather smiles per gallon and Sport Plus delivers that no questions asked.