Mondial warranty, I thank you....

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My E61 M5 had 3k on parts today paid via the warranty, 2x idle actuators and aircon compressor.

So that's 4.5k for parts this year alone not including the labour!

Question is what's next??

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No chance, as long as the warranty can be applied, I won't sell. Like her to much! Perhaps end of next year I might ground her as I have a hankering for a C7 RS6.

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mmm-five said:

In the 5 years I had my Z4MC under AUC & Mondial, it had a new engine, new diff, a couple of wheel bearings, both headlight washers, wiper relay, 2 PDC sensors - over £15k worth.

Makes the £800/year I paid seem like a bargain. Car is on 150k miles now, and the only major thing it's had since I let the warranty lapse - at 100k as the cover dropped off dramatically - is a clutch & flywheel at 140k miles.

Can you still have warranty past the 100k than?

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All high performance cars have there woes no matter the manufacture/marque, you pay to play and to be honest, there isn't anything I would change it for.

I know the new M5 is proving to be reliable, but after a test drive I felt numb.

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Welshbeef said:

Are the prices really going up? Given you can enter E63 bi turbo routings for mid £20k and itthey are constantly coming down ditto the F10 M5 I'm struggling to see how he E60/61 will get above the F10 (remember it's only a couple of E39's now which are advertised above the cad D E60's.

Less than 140 on the road now, only built 220 worldwide.

Low milers are still demanding strong money, 25-30k

Current M5 will dip to mid 20s over the next 6 months.

Also, read this.

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/classic/six-reason...

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Welshbeef said:

There are not many C5 RS6's but they are not going up in price.
There are not many B 5 RS4's but they are not going up in value.

If it does go up and you own one a quality problem but articles like that might give punters a false view to buy one with the view it's going to sky rocket in value.

Disagree, I have owned three C5 RS6s and two B5 RS4s

The good RS4s are fetching mid twenty, two of those where imola recently. C5 RS6 hit rock bottom 3 years ago and are now climbing, however they make running a M5 look cheap.


Time will tell however the signs are there. I'm not really that bothered but I do like owning something which is a rare sight on the roads, I have never seen another.

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With the C5, a well maintained or plus models will fetch higher prices, so many stters now as people do not want to fork out for the repairs. Gearbox, Intercoolers, oil lines, abs pump, turbos Jesus list goes on.

Maybe revisit this thread in 6 months I reckon :-)

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Welshbeef said:

ant123456 said:

With the C5, a well maintained or plus models will fetch higher prices, so many stters now as people do not want to fork out for the repairs. Gearbox, Intercoolers, oil lines, abs pump, turbos Jesus list goes on.

Maybe revisit this thread in 6 months I reckon :-)

But if they start to creep up then sorting the stters will be a viable business case.

Best colour Dolphin Grey - no question . Schumacher ran one of these back in the day too

Sold mine a while ago, spent 10k on maintance, was one of the best I had seen.

Won't see another like it now easily.

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=464...

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AW10 said:

ant123456 said:

Less than 140 on the road now, only built 220 worldwide.

Roughly 200 sold in the UK alone so shirley more than 220 worldwide. Or do you mean just RHD cars?

My bad, I meant Europe, 220 in Europe, no more where built, never made it to the USA either.

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AW10 said:

http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=21 suggests 1025 all-in with 222 in RHD. Elsewhere there's a breakdown - 302 for Germany, 208 for Great Britain and Ireland and 184 for Italy.

Interesting that, when I couldn't find the answer two years ago I contacted BMW direct and they told me that they made the 220 quota for Europe and no left hookers!

Wouldn't mind seeing a leftie as not even seen a pic of one!

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ss1977 said:

Have a look here for lots of LHD M5 Touring-ness!

http://www.autogespot.co.uk/bmw/spots?type=M5+E61+...

Thanks for that, there are some very nice examples on there!