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"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 12/07/2015 at 18:09 • Filed to: None

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How horrible the E60 5-Series interior looks. Gross. The door panels are a bit of an ergonomic nightmare. Amongst other blergh.

Like what the fuck is this shit? It looks like you’re looking at the door panel while drunk, but you’re dead sober. Who decided putting all that stuff where it is was a good idea? ERghfhg fsuuerere ptut thte door handel theree Hanz.

Then there’s the hilariously small cup holders. This one blocks the whatever climate control thingy that is. What can you put in there? A bottle of Advil?

Then there’s the steering wheel. Which looks like it belongs in a 2001 Jetta.

Then there’s the seemingly random placement of pretty much eveything and anything. The passenger side vent doesn’t match with the center stack vents, the IDrive knob looks like a centercap, the e-brake is angled towards the driver, the dash looks like somebody tried to take it off, then decided to put it back on the wrong side around.

Just ew. It’s a shame, since the exterior of these cars looked great.

HammerheadFistpunch > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:13

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Its like its made of agorophobes, afraid to interact with others and constantly finding reasons to go around instead of talking to someone. CRAP! here comes window switches...I can’t talk to them, hide! Whew that was close.

DrScientist > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:19

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yeah... what in the world is this handle doing not aligned with the rest of the interior?

we can debate design, like the idrive knob and the dali-doorpanels, but i cant see any good reason why this thing should be angled off like that.

jkm7680 > DrScientist 12/07/2015 at 18:20

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I prefer Helen Keller over Dali, but whatever sails your ship >:)

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:26

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The m5 is a bit better

Textured Soy Protein > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:30

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This seems weird but mostly inoffensive to me.

The door panels look weird but the grab handles and latches are in readily reachable spots. The window switches look weird but they’re just to the left of the steering wheel. Granted iDrive is not the most intuitive car interface but it’s not the worst, and whenever it got updated to the higher-res version (maybe the mid-cycle refresh?) it got less bad.

The cup holders suck, but so do all BMW cup holders.

Signed,

A BMW 135is driver

Future next gen S2000 owner > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:45

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It’s a shame, since the exterior of these cars looked great.

I thought you were serious, then I saw this bit of trolling. Well played!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 18:57

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The exterior wasn’t much better.

Matt Nichelson > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 19:08

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I can’t argue with the cupholder since my 3 has basically the same one. Not really sure what they were thinking on that one.

AM3R shamefully returns > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 19:10

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E-brake is angled towards the driver for sweet drifts... Just kidding, likely paying homage to the old driver-centric interiors BMW was known for, like the E30 with its angled dash.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 19:22

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I like this interior far better than that of the current 5-Series. Same for the exterior, come to think of it.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Matt Nichelson 12/07/2015 at 19:27

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They’re German, they were thinking, “Fuck you, Americans”.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 19:29

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Germans think we’re barbarians for drinking in our cars. They included these for fat, slovenly, Americans.

DerW220 > DrScientist 12/07/2015 at 19:50

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It’s to stab obese people in the ass when they get in.

Matt Nichelson > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 12/07/2015 at 20:04

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Yeah I guess so. It’s well known that they used to not put cupholders in their cars at all, so I guess it shouldn’t surprise me.

C62030 > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 20:46

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What the hell is that iDrive switch? It looks like an upside-down pie tin. The whole dash looks like a terrible accident with the Bulge tool in Illustrator.

CompactLuxuryFan > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 20:56

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Luckily they overhauled the entire thing and fixed at least the doors (which are my biggest gripe) with the mid-cycle refresh, when they switched over to 528i, 535i, and 550i from 525i, 530i, and 545i, respectively. Those would be the ones to get.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 21:04

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I like it...

*flamesuit on*

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 12/07/2015 at 22:04

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jkm7680 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/07/2015 at 22:28

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I’ve never loved BMW interiors, my grandmother had a 1999 or so 5-Series that she kept for years. Thing was squeaky and rattley as hell on the interior. Starting to fall apart rapidly. She eventually traded it for a 2014 E-Class.

gmctavish needs more space > jkm7680 12/08/2015 at 00:37

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Some eye bleach, in the form of correct 5 Series interiors

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > jkm7680 12/08/2015 at 01:17

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at least its turbos wont blow and leave u stranded or the timing chain wear through the guides

FromCanadaWithLove > jkm7680 12/08/2015 at 07:44

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Blame the Bangle butt. Also, they put the door un/lock button by the hazard lights button. It’s the thing seemingly furthest from the door. They still do it today, too. Such a pain.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > jkm7680 12/10/2015 at 01:56

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There was a critic in France in the 19th century that hated the Eiffel Tower with a passion, yet every day he went there for lunch. Someone asked why he did that if he hated it so much, and his reply was that it was the only place in Paris that he could go to where he didn’t have to look at that thing.

I feel the same way about the interior of the E60. Considering that the alternative is being on the outside and having to damage ones retinas looking at that, that, thing , the interior is pretty good by comparison. The 5-series reached its peak in the E34/E39 days, and the E60 is an affront to the lineage.

I love you but I've chosen hooning! > jkm7680 12/10/2015 at 08:18

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Ok, I give you the door handles. They look cheap. Other than that I think the interior of the E60 looks very nice and clean, better than the interior of its successor.

I love you but I've chosen hooning! > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 12/10/2015 at 08:18

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That looks indeed amazing.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > jkm7680 12/10/2015 at 08:39

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Those door panels remind me of doctor’s office art. From the ‘90s.

Nibby > jkm7680 12/10/2015 at 08:56

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The best part about their interiors are their seats, which are a tad too firm.

BlackberryShawtyHasAnE46 > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 12/10/2015 at 09:15

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Call me crazy but i always liked the exterior especially on the updated/refreshed later model years. And they fixed a few of the interior quirks too. But maybe I’m biased because I spent the last 3 months driving my mom’s 2010 while my 330ci was in the shop getting overhauled.

Leon711 > jkm7680 12/10/2015 at 09:20

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The window switch in later BMWs always baffled me, it is unnatural to twist your arm that way to operate the windows. Horizontal or angled slightly away from the driver works better.