Best ///M Power Bargains - Volume 2

[Marty Funkhouser]

Great Pretender said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

Erm...are all M5's as unreliable as seem to be the case with the ones you've bought Great Pretender?

Apparently there are some reliable ones out there, but for whatever reason they seem to evade me!

In fairness, a lot of it depends on how much due diligence you perform before buying. Had I not been in a rush to buy the first car I saw (patience is not a virtue of mine) I'd likely have either bought a higher mileage car with evidence of work done to it, or saved a little more for a v. low mileage minter.

As it stands I bought a car on the cusp of needing some 'refreshment'

Do you think E60 M5's are likely to be similarly wallet raping?

[Chris_w666]

inkiboo said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

Erm...are all M5's as unreliable as seem to be the case with the ones you've bought Great Pretender?

Happy to report that other than some repairs I knew needed to be made when I bought the car, mine has been running smoothly. Cue massive disaster ASAP.

Ah the 'Watch this lads!' moment for the 21st century.

[Great Pretender]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Great Pretender said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

Erm...are all M5's as unreliable as seem to be the case with the ones you've bought Great Pretender?

Apparently there are some reliable ones out there, but for whatever reason they seem to evade me!

In fairness, a lot of it depends on how much due diligence you perform before buying. Had I not been in a rush to buy the first car I saw (patience is not a virtue of mine) I'd likely have either bought a higher mileage car with evidence of work done to it, or saved a little more for a v. low mileage minter.

As it stands I bought a car on the cusp of needing some 'refreshment'

Do you think E60 M5's are likely to be similarly wallet raping?

Without a shadow of a doubt!

[sleep envy]

dan101smith said:

You'll have to catch me first, and I'm confident you don't have enough fuel pumps for that

[nonuts]

Great Pretender said:

Without a shadow of a doubt!

Much worse I reckon if / when things start going wrong, think one of the guys on here has had £8k of warranty work on his in the last year or two.

[kazman]

GP must be on course for circa 20K of non warranty bills on his E39 over a 2 year period?

[Great Pretender]

kazman said:

GP must be on course for circa 20K of non warranty bills on his E39 over a 2 year period?

At the current rate of spend yes.

However, it's hugely unlikely I'll keep two more months, let alone two years.

[kazman]

Great Pretender said:

kazman said:

GP must be on course for circa 20K of non warranty bills on his E39 over a 2 year period?

At the current rate of spend yes.

However, it's hugely unlikely I'll keep two more months, let alone two years.

But then i wont hear the negative side to ownership anymore. How selfish of you.

[E30M3SE]

Great Pretender said:

kazman said:

GP must be on course for circa 20K of non warranty bills on his E39 over a 2 year period?

At the current rate of spend yes.

However, it's hugely unlikely I'll keep two more months, let alone two years.

Be a good buy for someone..............

[Great Pretender]

Shades of the old Asbomobile to this one:

http://pistonheads.com/sales/2294870.htm


Bloody loovely it is too.

[L100NYY]

That E36 is rather lovely isn't it

Always been fond of sunflowers

[Bolognese]

Wow, that E36 is really clean. Think its quite a bargain too.

[Frik]

L100NYY said:

Always been fond of sunflowers

Ga-ay!

[Bolognese]

Im not a fan of the 'flowers at all. I had the gen 1's on mine and promptly swapped them for ACS type 3's. A clean set of the evo motor sport rims are nice though... or a set of BBS

[L100NYY]

Frik said:

L100NYY said:

Always been fond of sunflowers

Ga-ay!

Coo-eey ducky.

[Great Pretender]

L100NYY said:

Frik said:

L100NYY said:

Always been fond of sunflowers

Ga-ay!

Coo-eey ducky.

Nope

Evo Sunflowers are where it's at.

The only better looking BMW wheel is the M-parallel and possibly the E34 Motorsport avec Turbines.

That is the end of it.

[L100NYY]

Great Pretender said:

L100NYY said:

Frik said:

L100NYY said:

Always been fond of sunflowers

Ga-ay!

Coo-eey ducky.

Nope

Evo Sunflowers are where it's at.

The only better looking BMW wheel is the M-parallel and possibly the E34 Motorsport avec Turbines.

That is the end of it.

I'm pretty certain that the original 3.0 press car had sunflowers and I think that's what started it for me.

[dan101smith]

or

1. 2 every time, I'm afraid.

Ph1 Sunflowers look unfinished.

Edited by dan101smith on Thursday 13th January 17:49

[kchika]

st. That Evo is seriously good looking.

And today I saw someone who had his really neat looking E36 dressed up to look like an ///M until the seats gave it away. What a shame.

[rob1234]

dan101smith said:

or

1. 2 every time, I'm afraid.

Ph1 Sunflowers look unfinished.

But no.1 every time for me thanks. Pref on a saloon (or a touring...).