M5 E39 to E60 (via a Benz!)
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Evening all
Bit of an update on the family car situation
Bought an E39 M5 in 2011 to act as my daily driver, having previously had a very late E39 530d M Sport.
The M5 was in LeMans Blue which I absolutely loved. And that engine.....oh yes that engine! The V8 howl was released with a bespoke exhaust system and I enjoyed 15K miles in it without any issue.
I spend some money chasing some rust - typical areas - boot lid, petrol cap etc.
Having its new exhaust fitted
In the end I got fed up with chasing rust and so moved on to 500HP courtesy of a Mercedes CL600 twin turbo
Ive had the Merc for 2 years now and have loved it - made a few mods such as lowering links and bespoke exhaust. The torque on these is addictive and 60mph to 120mph is unbelievable.
So where are we today? Well last weekend I succumbed to M Power once more and traded the Merc for a beautiful E60 M5. I did a lot of research on the problems related to the M5 of this area, in particular clutch, flywheel, SMG etc. I found one at a dealer with very little history but looking very clean - 65K miles on a 55 plate. Did some research and discovered that the car had been owned for 6 years by a city trader for who money was no object. The car therefore has been to BMW dealers only (I have tracked the history) and 500 miles ago received a brand new engine with an invoice for 18k!!!! I am still in the running in period!! At the same time it had its 2nd new flywheel in 5 years and clutch etc
I'll let the pics do the talking
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It's pretty clean to be honest - so far I have had the wheel refurbed properly (tyres off) and repainted in shadow chrome - I loved this finish on my E39 and it works really well on the E60 too.
Ive replaced the bonnet, boot and wheel badges and for now, that's it. Gradually I shall work around the car with my machine polisher but for now I am more than happy to just enjoy the car - especially when you hit the M button and move from 400 to 500 bhp!
Yes, these cars do have a reputation for fragility but hopefully someone else has already taken th hit on my car and I can now enjoy a few months/years without huge bills!
Hope you like
Simon
Bit of an update on the family car situation
Bought an E39 M5 in 2011 to act as my daily driver, having previously had a very late E39 530d M Sport.
The M5 was in LeMans Blue which I absolutely loved. And that engine.....oh yes that engine! The V8 howl was released with a bespoke exhaust system and I enjoyed 15K miles in it without any issue.
I spend some money chasing some rust - typical areas - boot lid, petrol cap etc.
Having its new exhaust fitted
In the end I got fed up with chasing rust and so moved on to 500HP courtesy of a Mercedes CL600 twin turbo
Ive had the Merc for 2 years now and have loved it - made a few mods such as lowering links and bespoke exhaust. The torque on these is addictive and 60mph to 120mph is unbelievable.
So where are we today? Well last weekend I succumbed to M Power once more and traded the Merc for a beautiful E60 M5. I did a lot of research on the problems related to the M5 of this area, in particular clutch, flywheel, SMG etc. I found one at a dealer with very little history but looking very clean - 65K miles on a 55 plate. Did some research and discovered that the car had been owned for 6 years by a city trader for who money was no object. The car therefore has been to BMW dealers only (I have tracked the history) and 500 miles ago received a brand new engine with an invoice for 18k!!!! I am still in the running in period!! At the same time it had its 2nd new flywheel in 5 years and clutch etc
I'll let the pics do the talking
bums/bb145/sshenton1975/036_zpsfb28d3f5.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
It's pretty clean to be honest - so far I have had the wheel refurbed properly (tyres off) and repainted in shadow chrome - I loved this finish on my E39 and it works really well on the E60 too.
Ive replaced the bonnet, boot and wheel badges and for now, that's it. Gradually I shall work around the car with my machine polisher but for now I am more than happy to just enjoy the car - especially when you hit the M button and move from 400 to 500 bhp!
Yes, these cars do have a reputation for fragility but hopefully someone else has already taken th hit on my car and I can now enjoy a few months/years without huge bills!
Hope you like
Simon
Nice!
Will be a totally different character to your CL600.
Will be a totally different character to your CL600.
sshenton1975 said:
I found one at a dealer with very little history but looking very clean - 65K miles on a 55 plate. Did some research and discovered that the car had been owned for 6 years by a city trader for who money was no object. The car therefore has been to BMW dealers only (I have tracked the history) and 500 miles ago received a brand new engine with an invoice for 18k!!!! I am still in the running in period!! At the same time it had its 2nd new flywheel in 5 years and clutch etc
Surely it would have been more economical to scrap the car for parts? A 65k miles 55 plate doesn't even fetch £18k...Gassing Station | M Power | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff