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<\/a><\/p>\nSadness<\/strong> – ditching my all time loved 3-series for a 5-series for the first time since my very first BMW in 1995.<\/p>\n Nervous<\/strong> \u2013 the size difference between 3 series and 5 series, not sure if I can still have the same driving experience as a 3-series, and parking in tight spots have a greater chance of getting a door ding. Diesel, with its 400 lb-ft of torque versus 300 lb-ft of torque in\u00a0the 535i, does give me more\u00a0instant acceleration than I’ve\u00a0always enjoyed from the 3-series. The big question is would the brake\u00a0system give\u00a0me the same bite and quick response and would the car perform\u00a0that awesome fast, tight turn at 50-65mph on a\u00a0curved\u00a0road.<\/p>\n Excited<\/strong> \u2013 \u263a a brand new car equipped with most of my wanted\u00a0high tech options and driving performance packages except the premium sound system. Let me tell you that \u201cNEW CAR\u201d smell is sooo refreshing.<\/p>\n Welcome to my opinion and experience driving\u00a0BMW’s new (at least to us here in the US) diesel technology<\/p>\n 5 mins seat time with the 535i right after 30 mins of driving the\u00a0535d, I immediately came\u00a0to the conclusion about\u00a0which car to get. The 100 lb-ft torque difference makes the acceleration experience like night and day. The 535d gave a very smooth instant\u00a0acceleration from 0mph -65mph as I\u2019m entering the freeway, quick responsive steering\u00a0system as I merge two lanes over, the RPM monitor shows steady increase, I don\u2019t feel any pause as RPM shift to higher number than the 535i, the RPMs quickly shift from 2000 as acceleration continues to 65mph. You can certainly feel several quick pauses as the transmission\u00a0is shifting to a higher gear, I don\u2019t feel the quick response and the smoothness from the engine of the\u00a0535i. I\u2019m always wondering can a diesel engine\u00a0provide the ultimate driving experience as I have always received from all my other BMW cars. Once again, BMW generously using\u00a0torque to achieve that\u00a0driving experience.<\/p>\n I\u2019m always fascinated with\u00a0the \u201cstart\/stop\u201d option to turn off the engine\u00a0during the stop motion. Because I\u2019m not a big fan of hybrid technology especially having\u00a0sat in several different generations of Toyota\u2019s Prius from the\u00a0first gen to the recent one, I don’t\u00a0like the sound and vibration when the engine\u00a0shuts off and starts back up again while at a\u00a0traffic light. It feels like an earthquake, the whole earth is rumbling. However, I decided to give it a try for about 1 hr. It\u2019s very quiet, and it has duration time on how long the auto shut\/on will activate when car in stop motion. The sound for engine shut and re-start was not so loud, probably due to the physical size of the car, also it\u2019s mostly stop at the \u201cSTOP\u201d sign rather than traffic light intersection. Toward the end of day, I was driving in the rush hours and on the freeway, \u2026 Hmmm\u2026 I guess once you dislike something, you will probably always dislike it. The sound and the vibration of the\u00a0shut down motion was OK, but to \u201cre-start\u201d engine, the sound was louder, and the vibrations shake the car a bit more than I\u2019m expecting, my kids were like \u201cis it an earthquake? What\u2019s wrong with car?\u201d Thanks to the BMW Engineering team for being so thoughtful, I quickly pushed the \u201con\/off\u201d button to deactivate the feature.<\/p>\n Carbon Black is the only metallic black color to choose from if you add the M-Sport package. \u00a0What’s fascinating about the color is how the color changes under the sun. \ud83d\ude42 It appears as navy blue under the sun light, and a true black color at night. \u00a0It’s beautiful and a new thing for us as we always jet black or metallic black for all our BMW cars.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 Thus, I immediately turned off the auto start\/top\u00a0when I sit\u00a0in any\u00a0BMW loaner car or my new 535d.<\/p>\n