E39 M5 prices on the rise ?
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Just started mine for the 1st time in about 2 months ! The wife and kids were away at the airport in the Volvo and i had to get my own tea ! So had to dig the M5 out of the garage and drive to the chippy, only drove it 2 miles but forgot just how good these are to drive considering its such an old car. Its tucked back up in the garage now. Ordered an Eisenmann sport exhaust for it today
Another AUC E39 M5 has just popped up. Apparently a 1 owner car. I wonder what they gave for it?!
http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
CB 987 said:
Another AUC E39 M5 has just popped up. Apparently a 1 owner car. I wonder what they gave for it?!
http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
Well that one was sold before i managed to even call up to do some due diligence on it.....didn't hang around long! http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
CB 987 said:
Another AUC E39 M5 has just popped up. Apparently a 1 owner car. I wonder what they gave for it?!
http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
Compared to the ones stocked by Hexagon going for 20-25k, that's actually almost reasonable money for the mileage. Especially when factoring in that 85k-mile one on Autotrader was 10k; 4k more for half the miles and being AUC is not so crazy IMO. Shame about the wood trim, otherwise I'd be tempted to go and see it. As an 'investment' it might make a good choice - I can't see that one depreciating by a lot over the next few years http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/dsct_ap...
RenesisEvo said:
Compared to the ones stocked by Hexagon going for 20-25k, that's actually almost reasonable money for the mileage. Especially when factoring in that 85k-mile one on Autotrader was 10k; 4k more for half the miles and being AUC is not so crazy IMO. Shame about the wood trim, otherwise I'd be tempted to go and see it. As an 'investment' it might make a good choice - I can't see that one depreciating by a lot over the next few years
Can't understand ruling one of these out based on the wood trim. As other posts have said, it's pretty easily swapped out for aluminium look or whatever floats your boat. Given decent ones are few and far between and there's so much else on a ten year+ old M5 to worry about, just seems like the wrong thing to be focused on if your seriously in the market for one.tjk123 said:
Can't understand ruling one of these out based on the wood trim. As other posts have said, it's pretty easily swapped out for aluminium look or whatever floats your boat. Given decent ones are few and far between and there's so much else on a ten year+ old M5 to worry about, just seems like the wrong thing to be focused on if your seriously in the market for one.
It is relatively minor thing, you make a good point. My criteria is largely in this order: condition/service history, stock (no mods), facelift, Le Mans blue, no wood. Having said that, there's an Oxford green car on Autotrader that has wood and appeals to me. What it will boil down to is how badly I want to scratch the itch, versus the risk of buying a less-than-perfect example which will be very hard to shift on in the future.lowcadillac said:
Or get a slightly less than perfect one and have fun making it perfect. That's what makes me happy.
That is a very slippy slope with serious wallet implications. A tatty example would likely cost me more in the long run than a reasonable one to start with. But I would enjoy the process of making it better.Yes fair comment,but if the purchase price of the car is right and you factor in the price of the jobs to do and lets be honest it seems that a lot of M5's do need work of one sort or another, you can have fun with the car and enjoy the improvements as you go.If you were running one as a daily driver though i guess things would be different.
At least if it's a toy you can park it in the garage when it breaks and save up for the repair.............as long as the mrs doesn't find out.
At least if it's a toy you can park it in the garage when it breaks and save up for the repair.............as long as the mrs doesn't find out.
Edited by lowcadillac on Saturday 6th April 19:50
~The idea that wood trim really will make these cars hard to shift is absolutely laughable. It wasn't on my highest of requirements but actually in the flesh I've grown to like it, it certainly breaks up the interior. The last time I checked when I was driving the car I was not paying any attention to the placement of wood trim inside. It can be swapped, I briefly considered it but on the lovely drive home this morning I thought to myself it would just be silly to replace it.
Its just impossible to imagine the colour of the trim being a buying factor. ok if you have two identical colour and spec cars, both similar mileage and both in same condition I could imagine it but on such a fantastic car/package it seems nuts considering how rare the good examples are and how easy to replace it is if the desire is strong enough.
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