Buying E39 M5 advice please.

[DuncsHDND]

Good Afternoon fellow PH'ers,
After a bit of advice.
Have been looking at getting back into ///M Power ownership and saw this E39 M5 for sale.

I want a facelift model, and saw this which is the right year for the facelift options, it seems to have the 'widescreen' sat nav but can anyone confirm if it is a facelift model??
It doesnt appear to have Front PDC which i thought was standard on facelift cars.

Also does anyone know the car in question???
Any good / bad reports of Sterling Performance as dealers?? Has anyone dealt with them before......

Thanks in advance

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Duncs

[DuncsHDND]

Thanks for the help already,
I saw the folding seats and that was a big want for me. I know its a fairly rare option as have been looking for a while.
Will get the VIN No and do some checking / double checking.

[DuncsHDND]

RichardM5 said:

If the bits that I can see are factory fit (Nav, Phone, Folding rear seats, tow bar, Rear and Side Blinds) then it can only really be one car (assuming UK spec and not a Km speedo!), Folding seats and tow bar are a rare combination.

BJ11862 Built May 2001.

Richard, how do you find this info out??? Guessing there is an online register or soemthing with all the details on??

[DuncsHDND]

R8Steve said:

That was the spec of mine...although i'm starting to question the folding seats now. I'll check when i get home.

If it is mine it will be full BMW service history up to 2008 and the reg will be (or was when i sold it) M5 MXL.

Steve, did you get a chance to check when you got home to see if it was your old car??

[DuncsHDND]

RichardM5 said:

There are various places on line where you can get the details from a VIN but not the other way round that I know of. I have the details of all RHD E39 M5s so I can search across them for particular option combinations.

If it is BJ11862 it will also have the M-Audio system with large boot mounted subs, Glass sun roof (can't tell from the pictures) and will have originally had a Climate Comfort windscreen.

Richard, it does have the glass sunroof, after looking at the Sterling website you can see the sunroof fitted and raised whilst in their showroom.
Work dependant i will give them a call and get some more info from them regarding the car.
Thanks again for all the help so far.
Duncs