e39 M5 the best allround car in the world!
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Depthhoar said:
Recently returned to the Scottish Highlands after a 3500 miles round trip to N.Italy in my E39 M5. A mix of fast autobahn work combined with some alpine passes and two weeks of general driving in Italy.
Driver + 2 passengers and fully loaded with luggage. 120mph cruising (with ease) on de-restricted sections of autobahns and elsewhere a steady 85mph.
The car simply wanted to headbutt the horizon. Massive urge tempered by civilised and relaxed cruising at other times.
Hampered a little by the family payload on the Alpine passes but nimble enough in the circumstances and with power to spare.
15yr old car drove without fault. 19 to 26mpg depending on the road and load. Car consumed just over half a litre of 10W60 Shell Helix Ultra 'Racing' engine oil in 3500 miles.
Many admiring glances and comments for the car in Italy. (Friendly headlight flash of acknowledgement from a passing GB plated Ferrari 458 on the autostrada nr Modena, who then left me for dust!)
Awesome car, just awesome...
Interesting choice of oil Driver + 2 passengers and fully loaded with luggage. 120mph cruising (with ease) on de-restricted sections of autobahns and elsewhere a steady 85mph.
The car simply wanted to headbutt the horizon. Massive urge tempered by civilised and relaxed cruising at other times.
Hampered a little by the family payload on the Alpine passes but nimble enough in the circumstances and with power to spare.
15yr old car drove without fault. 19 to 26mpg depending on the road and load. Car consumed just over half a litre of 10W60 Shell Helix Ultra 'Racing' engine oil in 3500 miles.
Many admiring glances and comments for the car in Italy. (Friendly headlight flash of acknowledgement from a passing GB plated Ferrari 458 on the autostrada nr Modena, who then left me for dust!)
Awesome car, just awesome...
TheAngryDog said:
Interesting choice of oil
Hi Mike,I'm fairly catholic when it comes to engine oil. Happy that a high spec modern 5W30 or 10W60 from a reputable manufacturer will work fine with our 15yr old 'M' cars. Engine oil technology has moved on since the mid-1990s when our engines were developed and pretty confident modern engine oil formulations cover all the technical bases (and then some, probably). Very happy with my choice, more so since I bought two 20l barrels of the stuff for £3.50 per litre a couple of years ago! The Shell stuff is Ferrari approved spec, and 'meets BMW M requirements' whatever that means - weasel words I expect!
The previous owners ran the car exclusively on Castrol TWS 10W60 and one mentioned that the car 'used a little oil' between services, though he didn't quote figures. Mine's a summer car and gets limited use so the oil ends up getting changed at 3 to 4k mile intervals - just before it's laid up for the winter. The long trip to Italy is the first time I've noticed any oil consumption at all but there was a fair amount of WOT/alpine passes/high speed cruising work with an almost full load of passengers and luggage so I'm not that surprised.
Sorry, seemed to have derailed the thread somewhat. Apologies all!
As you were.
Depthhoar said:
TheAngryDog said:
Interesting choice of oil
Hi Mike,I'm fairly catholic when it comes to engine oil. Happy that a high spec modern 5W30 or 10W60 from a reputable manufacturer will work fine with our 15yr old 'M' cars. Engine oil technology has moved on since the mid-1990s when our engines were developed and pretty confident modern engine oil formulations cover all the technical bases (and then some, probably). Very happy with my choice, more so since I bought two 20l barrels of the stuff for £3.50 per litre a couple of years ago! The Shell stuff is Ferrari approved spec, and 'meets BMW M requirements' whatever that means - weasel words I expect!
The previous owners ran the car exclusively on Castrol TWS 10W60 and one mentioned that the car 'used a little oil' between services, though he didn't quote figures. Mine's a summer car and gets limited use so the oil ends up getting changed at 3 to 4k mile intervals - just before it's laid up for the winter. The long trip to Italy is the first time I've noticed any oil consumption at all but there was a fair amount of WOT/alpine passes/high speed cruising work with an almost full load of passengers and luggage so I'm not that surprised.
Sorry, seemed to have derailed the thread somewhat. Apologies all!
As you were.
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DVandrews said:
Sold my LeMans blue E39 M5 in 2014 after 10 years of satisfying ownership, one of the truly great cars.
I've still got my Le Mans blue one after 14 years (well, the anniversary is the 7th May!).It's still a car that surprises with its capabilities and after a period away from it the way it keeps on pulling ever harder as the revs rise is still enough to make me giggle.
Sure I want an F10 but it would have to sit alongside the E39, I'm NEVER getting rid of it (and my wife agrees
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