M5 with "Press Preparation"

[Skrambles]

There's an e60 m5 for sale on the AUC website which lists "press preparation" as part of the spec. The car has only done a few thousand miles and is an 09. Does the press prep mean it will definitely have been ragged?

[Yelly]

Yes.

[Skrambles]

Ok then, best to steer clear. I think it was the car used to compare the m5 with the XFR and possibly the monster audi q7 v12

[JMRS4]

Skrambles said:

There's an e60 m5 for sale on the AUC website which lists "press preparation" as part of the spec. The car has only done a few thousand miles and is an 09. Does the press prep mean it will definitely have been ragged?

Had the boll*cks thrashed off it.;)

[Vroomer]

It's always puzzled me why BMW list 'Press preparation' on the AUC site, given it's likely to deter a lot of people.

Presumably they're doing it as a matter of policy to be seen to be 'whiter than white' and avoid potential comebacks.

[berry100]

Still under full warranty though isn't it, so what's the issue? Maybe I'm being naive....

[rash_decision]

It's an M5, what's the problem with it being driven hard? If you are worried about driving a car of such a nature hard, buy a 520d M Sport, that's better suited to the Asda or Sainsburys trips!!

And as previously said, it's coming through BMW AUC so under full warranty, and I'm sure if they had any issues with the car they would have shifted it on through the trade rather than market it themselves.

[Vroomer]

berry100 said:

Still under full warranty though isn't it, so what's the issue? Maybe I'm being naive....

Have you ever watched Top Gear?

[Skrambles]

rash_decision said:

It's an M5, what's the problem with it being driven hard? If you are worried about driving a car of such a nature hard, buy a 520d M Sport, that's better suited to the Asda or Sainsburys trips!!

And as previously said, it's coming through BMW AUC so under full warranty, and I'm sure if they had any issues with the car they would have shifted it on through the trade rather than market it themselves.

Nothing wrong with a car being driven hard every now and again, but if the only purpose behind buying the car was to push it to the limit repeatedly in tests against other cars, that is a worry. And if bought with no intention of using it privately, then what kind of treatment/care will it have had even off the track?

How does having a "full" AUC warranty help when BMW considers that components have failed for alleged "abuse" or "wear and tear"?

[physprof]

rash_decision said:

a 520d M Sport.

now that will be a car that has been thrashed like crazy by a frustrated rep in the belief that the M designation has imbued the car with supercar like pace

[M3RMS]

Each to their own, but i personally wouldn't bother me.

Car get's driven as it was specificaly built for? Fine with me.

[Vroomer]

They weren't built for 'Sideways Challenge' and doughnutting!

[M3RMS]

Vroomer said:

They weren't built for 'Sideways Challenge' and doughnutting!

I did the Porsche Car Control course over at Silverstone a few months back..... And as we spent the whole time doing precisely that, I'd beg to differ!!

[Vroomer]

Controlled conditions with someone in the jumpseat to moderate you.



Quite different from unsupervised hooligan journalists with no respect for a car thrashing the guts out of it!

[Skrambles]

M3RMS said:

Each to their own, but i personally wouldn't bother me.

Car get's driven as it was specificaly built for? Fine with me.

Presumably you'd expect a chunky discount tho', if told it had been a press car.

[philmots]

I wouldn't have it, specially when i could easily get a similar car which hadn't spent it's early years with the press!

[Brewsters]

What a bunch of poofs. It's an M5 ffs - made to be driven like it was stolen.

[alock]

Read Jeremy Clarkson's experiences with buying an ex-press car:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_cl...

[Brewsters]

alock said:

Read Jeremy Clarkson's experiences with buying an ex-press car:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_cl...

And???!!! and it has absolutely nothing to with this topic!!

[mat205125]

Do "Press Prep" cars fetch less money than a similarly equipped (i.e. everything ticked) car?

Is the paint finish appreciably better than the standard modern BMW Hammerite embarasment?

Has a warranty claim on a "Press Prep" car ever been refused on the basis that "the computer shows that in 2009 it performed 10 launch control starts and x hours on track in shift speed one million mode"