BMW E39 M5 - twin supercharged
Discussion
abarber said:
Yep. Not everyone wants an automatic only, bigger, depreciating M5 with a downsized engine that needs aural enhancement.
The E39 M5 did 190mph delimited but otherwise stock, so hardly lacking away from forum banter. It's still the best M5 for many people, including myself.
+1 It's a proper M car, the F10?... yuck!The E39 M5 did 190mph delimited but otherwise stock, so hardly lacking away from forum banter. It's still the best M5 for many people, including myself.
TheAngryDog said:
J4CKO said:
That is awesome.
I think we will see more of this approach with special cars like the E39 M5, rather than buying newer people will be doing what amounts to almost a homebrew "Singer", like planes and boats get a refit, instead of throwing stuff away it will get refurbished and improved.
The cost to properly supercharge of these with Kit that doesn't suffer heatsoak, upgrade brakes and suspension, make the engine able to cope with supercharging, plus buying in the first place is about the cost of an F10 M5. I think we will see more of this approach with special cars like the E39 M5, rather than buying newer people will be doing what amounts to almost a homebrew "Singer", like planes and boats get a refit, instead of throwing stuff away it will get refurbished and improved.
TheAngryDog said:
It's all debatable. What happens if cars over a certain age get banned from the roads?
Yeah, not sure banning all classics, vintage and veterans is going to happen ?The classic car industry is a big money and work generator for the country, I cant imagine many people would be in favour of banning older cars entirely except miserable, joyless, hate filled uber greenies and nobody really takes much notice of them, the political dont want to p
s off millions of registered voters, not everyone has a classic but there are a lot out there, someone using an old car a few hundred miles a year is not much of a polution problem in a world with factories, airliners, trucks and buses belching out crap by the tonne.
I'm having an untypically an off-colour week but this has made it bearable - about time this had a PH thread as it's clearly one of the most epic E39s alive. Even if the aesthetics of the carbon / wheels don't work for you, surely you can appreciate a Spanish 600bhp M5 that gets used as it should (including getting crossed up for fun on the Nordschleife)?
If you can't, you need to hand in your PH card at the door in my opinion.
Credit to the OP, just as the E30 is
If you can't, you need to hand in your PH card at the door in my opinion.
Credit to the OP, just as the E30 is
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