Hello from a new e61 M5 owner - Family friendly supercar

[metsta]

just bought me a fantastic e61 m5, 07 plate with 70k and fbmwsh, dare i say it a bargain for an e61. nearly bought a lovely 55 plate e60 interlagos blue one locally for £14k with 69k clutch done, fsh, i know its been said a thousand times but what can you get for this money thats anywhere near, soooo cheap.


and its stablemate so its in good company on the drive



great forum great info, next step is to extend the warranty....

[vescaegg]

For both

[M5MarkM]

Lovely BUT you are going to upset Eddie, he likes to be the only person with a V10 hurse

[Aeroresh]

There's loads of us hurse lovers on here!

Great car btw

[ecain63]

M5MarkM said:

Lovely BUT you are going to upset Eddie, he likes to be the only person with a V10 hurse

Ah feck it! The more the merrier! Nice pork there dude.

[Cheburator mk2]

The biggest problem you will have with the M5 E61 will be when it comes to replacing it. Nothing comes close...

I am sorry to be a bearer of bad news, but short of track days or ludicrously narrow Welsh/Cornish/Scottish B-roads, it will make your 911, however nice it is, redundant. A friend has a pristine LHD 964 C2 with LSD, you should have seen his face after a drive along his favourite A-roads in Kent in my E61. He still cannot believe the acceleration and amount of speed that an E61 can carry into a corner...

Enjoy!

P.S. The 964 is my favourite 911 and slate grey is the colour of my race 928, so you do have a great taste in cars

[metsta]

Thanks for the comments, I'm pretty sure on the budget I had this is the optimum driveway now.
M5 is for the kids and weekend, the 964 is my daily the e61 will destroy it in most categories.
The one that the 964 has me grabbing it's keys over the m5 is the pure basic recipe of noisy rough slightly underpowered air cooled lump and no fancy electronics
E61 great car all round

[cerb4.5lee]

Lovely motor you have, i love them they offer the best of both worlds pace & practicality, i wish i could keep up with the fuel bills on one, plus i bet it feels alot quicker than my 520d!!!

Enjoy