best car i've had to date. E39 M5

best car i've had to date. E39 M5

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Aizle

12,429 posts

174 months

Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Aizle

12,429 posts

174 months

Wednesday 27th June 2012
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One for luck without Le Mans stickers!

gaz1234

5,233 posts

218 months

Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Aizle said:


One for luck without Le Mans stickers!
better

feanor75

109 posts

155 months

Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Aizle said:


One for luck without Le Mans stickers!
Gorgeous

I have a stock, what would you say are the must mods?

Aizle

12,429 posts

174 months

Thursday 28th June 2012
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feanor75 said:
Gorgeous

I have a stock, what would you say are the must mods?
How deep are your pockets?


feanor75

109 posts

155 months

Thursday 28th June 2012
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Aizle said:
How deep are your pockets?
Not that deep unfortunately

Aizle

12,429 posts

174 months

Thursday 28th June 2012
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feanor75 said:
Not that deep unfortunately
I can reccomend the muffler/silencer delete. Fairly cheap and makes the car sound like a proper V8.

E60 short shift mod is worth it if you feel the throw is too long.

Get some cooling into the brakes, you can buy ducts, OEM BMW parts to do this.

996 sps

6,165 posts

215 months

Monday 16th July 2012
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Just be aware, potential buyers:

podman said:
Case in point today OP and typical of my ownership of "fast" cars, M cars, Impreza's and Cossies.

Maybe once of the nicest/fastest cars you can get for budget, 10isk E39 BMW M5, low mileage, full BMW history, only run on Optimax, recently serviced with new pads, discs, braided lines , good fluid ..£800 worth in the last few weeks . Dyno checked and with all its 400BHP

Tidy 750 SRAD, £1,500-£2000, next to no history, run on what ever pump I can get it on quickest, oil change once a year, plugs every 2/3 summers and air filter the same.

After a 60 mile hard , hard thrash and chasing the bike, the car cried enough, brakes went to mush and become "dangerous", clutch gave up the fight and let go...oil temp went up to 125 degrees and the whole thing stank.

We let it cool down for a while but it wasnt a happy bunny and ended up being towed home, the bike run no different from when it was first wheeled out of the garage.

If you want to spend 10K on a car and want decent performance, you need this level of power / power to weight , or anything else feels slow to be honest, ive driven this car and to honest, it feels tepid up to 120MPH, about the same as a 400 maybe.

Be prepared for failures like this to crop up, I understand the clutch and its replacement will cost similar to what you can get a 750 SRAD for and the uprated the calipers the owner now wants, the same again.

Just a small illustration of what a PITA £10,000 400BHP cars are.



Patrick Bateman

12,143 posts

173 months

Tuesday 17th July 2012
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It's a 1.8 tonne saloon, if you're going to properly kick its in it will show.

broster

489 posts

176 months

Tuesday 17th July 2012
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Aizle said:
How deep are your pockets?
Couldn't agree more!
Iv fitted coil overs, stop tech brakes around, maf delete and full exhaust inc manifolds. Transformed the car, stops aswell as it goes now and makes an amazing noise!
But they are excellent in std form.

leeson660

429 posts

164 months

Thursday 19th July 2012
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These comparisons with bikes really are fairly ridiculous!

Its like saying, "my 200bhp seadoo jetski is much faster and cheaper to run than your 600bhp luxury 40ft sports boat". Yes it is, and your point is??? rolleyes

And thrashing an M5 for 60 miles? confused

Try it in almost any car (aside from cars designed for the track) especially anything with a bit of weight and you will probably get the same results.

Edited by leeson660 on Friday 20th July 07:36

TheAngryDog

12,394 posts

208 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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So how many still have their M5 after all this time?

M5 London

259 posts

100 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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TheAngryDog said:
So how many still have their M5 after all this time?
I still have mine. Bought it in January 2008. Can't think of many better 4 door saloon cars.

I have an M6 Gran Coupe, but that's a coupe with 4 doors so doesn't really count wink

Kidding aside I can never see myself getting rid of my E39 M5. EVER


2stis

507 posts

173 months

Saturday 13th February 2016
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Still have mine and loving it. Doesn't get used too much these days but had an amazing trip to Germany this summer, pounding the autobahns, visiting the factory in Munich, 5 countries in a day over the Stelvio and then taking in a few laps of the 'Ring:



All that with a wife, 2 kids and a load of luggage in complete comfort. It's the only car I have I can imagine fulfilling all my needs in one package so I don't imagine ever parting with it - as much as I am attached to it I think the GT3 would depart first.


AndStilliRise

2,295 posts

115 months

Saturday 13th February 2016
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M5 London said:
TheAngryDog said:
So how many still have their M5 after all this time?
I still have mine. Bought it in January 2008. Can't think of many better 4 door saloon cars.

I have an M6 Gran Coupe, but that's a coupe with 4 doors so doesn't really count wink

Kidding aside I can never see myself getting rid of my E39 M5. EVER

Love the plate.

Stinkfoot

2,243 posts

191 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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I have had my M5 for almost 8 years. Its still the best car I have ever had and even though its off the road at the mo, I still cant wait to get back in it.

RichardM5

1,733 posts

135 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Still got mine, in the same state as M5London, bought in 2008 and have an M6 GC!

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Stinkfoot said:
I have had my M5 for almost 8 years. Its still the best car I have ever had and even though its off the road at the mo, I still cant wait to get back in it.
Did you ever put that ESS supercharger on it?

M5 London

259 posts

100 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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AndStilliRise said:
Love the plate.
Cheers !!

M5 London

259 posts

100 months

Tuesday 16th February 2016
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RichardM5 said:
Still got mine, in the same state as M5London, bought in 2008 and have an M6 GC!
Albeit your E39 M5 looks brand new !!

......er and you have another rather special M in your stable !