Show us your E61 M5

[longfellow]

I'm not a huge fan of Silver cars but even that looks pretty awesome with 167 boots on.

Surely there are more E61 owners on here?

[muhnkee2]

p1tse said:

Nice

I wander how a 535d fairs against these

I ran a sepang bronze 05 plated M5 for just over a year, and sold it for a more sensible 535d m sport - fully loaded with every bell and whistle (except the tv).

When i had the M5 every morning i would walk towards the car with a sense of excitement and expectation - i was going to drive to work in a f**king V10 super car!!

Now when i walk towards my 535d i feel like a middle aged dad about to start his commute to his average job in an average company in his sensible diesel commuter mobile and i die a little bit inside.....

Don't do it....

[longfellow]

So how come you sold it?

Was it just costing too much to run?

[Aeroresh]

Sold mine a year ago...brilliant yet flawed. Not so much the poor mpg which I accepted. It was the tiny fuel tank which meant a pathetic 200 mile range which drove me nuts in the end!

Fitted with 21" Hartge wheels it had even more epic performance with H&S exhaust, custom Dinan remap and intake scoops which were good for 560hp.

[metsta]

Mine, owned it 2 yrs ago and didn't get it so I sold it and bought a fantastic spec 58reg 535d estate.
Hated that so bought my old m5 back.
Been to Germany in it, France and holland a few times

On the way through Germany home storming along at stupid speeds the car is truly amazing there not much else that can shift 3 kids and 2 adults with such solid unrelentless power. Did the same trip last year Calais, Nurburgring, Stuttgart, home in my 996 turbo and would say the M5 is the better all rounder for the family man.
This trip just gone I was easily getting 280 miles out of a tank and reckon I could have done better, mpg computer was around 25mpg from memory so it's on par withy old Discovery 4 TDV6.

I bought a smart car for the commute as I had that same dead feeling every time I drove the 535.

I've never had a warranty on it so be aware, mine has 86k on the clock and in the past year
Or so, Discs and pads all round, Clutch and bearing, iDrive unit, sunroof repaired, new tyres and powder coated wheels, oil cooler, major service inc plugs and smg service, throttle actuators and probably a bit more,at this mileage but one and budget for c£3-£4k

I will probably hang on to mine a year or so more and have a company local to me that will custom fit me a tow bar for my bike rack as it's the only thing I miss on family wagon.

In summary a great all round supercar for the family man as long as you have a relatively relaxed wallet and have owned other fairly expensive cars to run.
That said can't wait to do the euro road trip next year in the Ferrari if it's still with me and not been swapped back to a 911


Enjoy

Edited by metsta on Friday 22 August 14:24

Edited by metsta on Friday 22 August 14:26

[Truckosaurus]

Worryingly this is the only picture of mine I have to hand...



Always get an AUC warranty

[metsta]

Truckosaurus said:

Worryingly this is the only picture of mine I have to hand...



Always get an AUC warranty

Got a few pics of my cayenne turbo on the Low loaders in various places but never the m5 all the work I've done on mine was planned and touch wood never left me stranded as such, what's up with yours?
As a recommendation I've been using the boys at PMW in Essex, they know thief way round the M5's very well.
Also use stratstone bmw in hull for mail order discounted parts, them or ocean breeze bmw

Edited by metsta on Saturday 23 August 11:59

[metsta]

Truckosaurus said:

Worryingly this is the only picture of mine I have to hand...



Always get an AUC warranty

Got a few pics of my cayenne turbo on the Low loaders in various places but never the m5 all the work I've done on mine was planned and touch wood never left me stranded as such, what's up with yours?
As a recommendation I've been using the boys at PMW in Essex, they know thief way round the M5's very well.
Also use stratstone bmw in hull for mail order discounted parts, them or ocean breeze bmw

Edited by metsta on Saturday 23 August 11:59

[ecain63]

My old girl. Had her until 2 years ago and was the basis for the Buyers Guide at the top of the forum.

Excellent travelling car!


And a great lugger:

[BlitzE34]

The touring is the only cool the saloon is so uncool.

[keo]

Someone on site where i have been working has a black one, dark wheels, carbon fibre kidney grills. Very nice. Last week or so its had a roof box on. Such a pratical supercar!
I would love to try one even though its a big car, which isnt normaly my thing. Dont thibk i would get on with the gearbox either, i like three pedals

[ecain63]

keo said:

Someone on site where i have been working has a black one, dark wheels, carbon fibre kidney grills. Very nice. Last week or so its had a roof box on. Such a pratical supercar!
I would love to try one even though its a big car, which isnt normaly my thing. Dont thibk i would get on with the gearbox either, i like three pedals

The gearbox is excellent so long as you use it as it was intended
Paddle mode, S5!

[MuZiZZle]

ecain63 said:

The gearbox is excellent so long as you use it as it was intended
Paddle mode, S5!

DSC off S6!!!!

[longfellow]

ecain63 said:

My old girl. Had her until 2 years ago and was the basis for the Buyers Guide at the top of the forum.

Excellent travelling car!


And a great lugger:

Any videos with the wheels spinning up as I'm assuming that's the Le Mans burnout strip?

[longfellow]

So if there was a slightly higher mileage (circa 80k) car for sale at a decent price without a warranty, would you steer clear?

Obviously if the clutch/flywheel hadn't been replaced that would need to be factored in to be replaced at some point.

I don't have any issues with forking out a bit of money keeping the car in top condition and to me, it seems like the clutch is the main weakness, is there anything else that commonly fails?

I've read through the buyers guide which is very informative.

[MuZiZZle]

longfellow said:

So if there was a slightly higher mileage (circa 80k) car for sale at a decent price without a warranty, would you steer clear?

Obviously if the clutch/flywheel hadn't been replaced that would need to be factored in to be replaced at some point.

I don't have any issues with forking out a bit of money keeping the car in top condition and to me, it seems like the clutch is the main weakness, is there anything else that commonly fails?

I've read through the buyers guide which is very informative.

How old is it?

I mean they're all getting on a bit now, I just sort of bought mine on a whim, an 07 plate, then forked out for the big 60k service, a bit of wiring in the tailgate and bits and bobs. If you can afford to replace the engine or the gearbox if it shats itself, or are willing to sell the car on if it does so without repairing it and take the financial kicking, go for it.

Neither of these things may happen, but who knows?

I bought mine just sub 60k and got the Mondial warranty, personally I'd not run one without a warranty.

I do a tank of fuel a week at £90 ish, the average 1000 miles would be more like £450

It'll probably use a fair bit of oil, Opie does a BMW friendly 20L container for £150, an oil change will use 9.3 of that, it may need 1L every 1000 miles, maybe more, maybe less, they're all different and driving style and the age of the existing oil all play a part.

Road tax is £42 a month if you break it down.

That's your baseline really £4-500 a month to just run it, excluding insurance

I factor in my warranty at £90, and £100 a month away incase something falls off / I need to pay warranty excess / tyres / MOT

Basically, buy one!

[longfellow]

MuZiZZle said:

How old is it?

I mean they're all getting on a bit now, I just sort of bought mine on a whim, an 07 plate, then forked out for the big 60k service, a bit of wiring in the tailgate and bits and bobs. If you can afford to replace the engine or the gearbox if it shats itself, or are willing to sell the car on if it does so without repairing it and take the financial kicking, go for it.

Neither of these things may happen, but who knows?

I bought mine just sub 60k and got the Mondial warranty, personally I'd not run one without a warranty.

I do a tank of fuel a week at £90 ish, the average 1000 miles would be more like £450

It'll probably use a fair bit of oil, Opie does a BMW friendly 20L container for £150, an oil change will use 9.3 of that, it may need 1L every 1000 miles, maybe more, maybe less, they're all different and driving style and the age of the existing oil all play a part.

Road tax is £42 a month if you break it down.

That's your baseline really £4-500 a month to just run it, excluding insurance

I factor in my warranty at £90, and £100 a month away incase something falls off / I need to pay warranty excess / tyres / MOT

Basically, buy one!

Thanks for the info, very helpful.

To be honest I was just using the 80k marker as a guide really, not found a car yet as I'm just seeing what's around and I'm not in any hurry to jump into one just yet.

Luckily for me I can claim the majority of my fuel back and if I was to be running one of these without a warranty, I would be putting some money aside to cover any work that needs doing.

[longfellow]

[quote=metsta]


Mine, owned it 2 yrs ago and didn't get it so I sold it and bought a fantastic spec 58reg 535d estate.
Hated that so bought my old m5 back.
Been to Germany in it, France and holland a few times

On the way through Germany home storming along at stupid speeds the car is truly amazing there not much else that can shift 3 kids and 2 adults with such solid unrelentless power. Did the same trip last year Calais, Nurburgring, Stuttgart, home in my 996 turbo and would say the M5 is the better all rounder for the family man.
This trip just gone I was easily getting 280 miles out of a tank and reckon I could have done better, mpg computer was around 25mpg from memory so it's on par withy old Discovery 4 TDV6.

I bought a smart car for the commute as I had that same dead feeling every time I drove the 535.

I've never had a warranty on it so be aware, mine has 86k on the clock and in the past year
Or so, Discs and pads all round, Clutch and bearing, iDrive unit, sunroof repaired, new tyres and powder coated wheels, oil cooler, major service inc plugs and smg service, throttle actuators and probably a bit more,at this mileage but one and budget for c£3-£4k

I will probably hang on to mine a year or so more and have a company local to me that will custom fit me a tow bar for my bike rack as it's the only thing I miss on family wagon.

In summary a great all round supercar for the family man as long as you have a relatively relaxed wallet and have owned other fairly expensive cars to run.
That said can't wait to do the euro road trip next year in the Ferrari if it's still with me and not been swapped back to a 911


Enjoy

Brilliant, thanks.

What happened to the iDrive, did you get the BMW logo that just doesn't go away?

[BMWFred]

And here's mine!

[Cactussed]

That is some thread resurrection!