RE: PH Fleet: BMW M5 (E28)
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E30M3SE said:
article said:
This was replaced by the king of bork, otherwise know as the E34 M5 Touring, which was marginally less expensive to run than Concorde.
Classic line....
k it! For this reason, I take my hat off. Well played sir.
If so Super Car Saturdays over in Bolingbrook starts up again next month. If you've not been they're a lot like PH Sunday Service's so well worth a trip. Anyway, carry on...
. My favourite one if the E34 M5, one day I will have one (if i win the lottery 
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I absolutely love these old M5s, though my favourite is the E39 - just when I had been lusting over them the most one of the blokes at work turned in an absolute stunner, E39 M5 with 80,000 on the clock and garaged every night of it's life. Not a mark on it, it's immaculate. The only thing that disappointed me was how quiet it was at idle and low speeds. I imagine it picks up a bit once it's on the move, but I'd like to hear more of that V8 rumble!
I think if I had to rank the M5s in order of my favourites the list would be as follows;
1. E39
2. E34
3. E28
4. E60
5. F10
The gulf between 4th place and 5th is massive. I hold the first 4 in very high regard, but the F10 just does nothing for me. I think it's a great looking car, though not as good as the other M5s, but the engine, no matter how powerful, doesn't inspire me.
Any of the others though, I'd never get sick of even just looking at them, let alone driving them.
I think if I had to rank the M5s in order of my favourites the list would be as follows;
1. E39
2. E34
3. E28
4. E60
5. F10
The gulf between 4th place and 5th is massive. I hold the first 4 in very high regard, but the F10 just does nothing for me. I think it's a great looking car, though not as good as the other M5s, but the engine, no matter how powerful, doesn't inspire me.
Any of the others though, I'd never get sick of even just looking at them, let alone driving them.
Mastodon2 said:
I absolutely love these old M5s, though my favourite is the E39 - just when I had been lusting over them the most one of the blokes at work turned in an absolute stunner, E39 M5 with 80,000 on the clock and garaged every night of it's life. Not a mark on it, it's immaculate. The only thing that disappointed me was how quiet it was at idle and low speeds. I imagine it picks up a bit once it's on the move, but I'd like to hear more of that V8 rumble!
i think you need to remember what the M5 is supposed to be first and foremost. a comfortable executive saloon. if it was a bit noisy at idle and louder at slow speeds such as around town it'd likely be a less relaxing place to be when you want to be relaxed; which is quite a big part of the M5 appeal. step on the loud pedal though and things soon change....when you want them to.
My e34 M5 was hard to start after sitting for a while-turned out the inside of the dizzy had corroded and the spark wasn't getting through-easy enough to pop the cap off and have a look and clean it with emery paper if thats the case. Have you got an immobiliser on it? I've had an e28 535 and my current e34 M5 so know my way round these a bit.
I owned a white e28 m5 for a number of years, my brother had a black e30 M3at the same time... When we went out for dawn raids it was like the emperial star destroyer and a tie fighter !
Worst mistake of my motoring life selling that car... So much poise, it steered almost by thought, and handled like a dream... I did a "wetter the better" day with don palmer at MIRA, man oh man, I still remember the butt clenching moments I had tyre howl on the wet handling circuit.
Oh man! I want my old car back!!
Worst mistake of my motoring life selling that car... So much poise, it steered almost by thought, and handled like a dream... I did a "wetter the better" day with don palmer at MIRA, man oh man, I still remember the butt clenching moments I had tyre howl on the wet handling circuit.
Oh man! I want my old car back!!
E38Ross said:
i think you need to remember what the M5 is supposed to be first and foremost. a comfortable executive saloon. if it was a bit noisy at idle and louder at slow speeds such as around town it'd likely be a less relaxing place to be when you want to be relaxed; which is quite a big part of the M5 appeal. step on the loud pedal though and things soon change....when you want them to.
Oh I fully appreciate some people like their cars quiet, but I'll take my luxury with a pinch of volume please. Quiet is not for me. If I were lucky enough to be able to own an E39 M5 (or any M5 really) one of the first things I'd do is source an AC Schnitzer exhaust and put the standard one into storage.Mastodon2 said:
Oh I fully appreciate some people like their cars quiet, but I'll take my luxury with a pinch of volume please. Quiet is not for me. If I were lucky enough to be able to own an E39 M5 (or any M5 really) one of the first things I'd do is source an AC Schnitzer exhaust and put the standard one into storage.
You'll be wanting a full Eisenmann system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmgqDURRmD4
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