Has anyone sold an E39 M5 recently?

[2stis]

I took a similar approach to what akirk mentions. Looked at loads and bought the best one I could find about 5 years ago. It was on about 60k then so obviously cost more than the 100k+ examples but 5 years on it has only needed regular servicing and drives beautifully.

It also has zero rust that I can see on the bodywork so far (even the underside looks very good as I had a good delve around when it was up on the ramp for MOT a couple of weeks ago. 0 advisories in my ownership!)

See I was beaten to it on the parts prices comparison too. I also found the prices for M parts has been more than Porsche parts, although admittedly I have not been buying any panels.

To answer the insurance query above, mine is not on a classic policy but is probably less than £250 a year, which I think is pretty good for what they have in terms of performance.

[Depthhoar]

danielw said:

Just an observation as I have a Porsche 996 and an E39 M5 (my sensible family car) and i've had similar jobs carried out on both. Taking discs & pads or control arms (m5) / track control arms (996) the parts cost for the M5 have been around double that of the 911 each time.

Genuinely interesting as I always thought Porsche parts would be way more expensive. Were you comparing BMW OE brake/control arm prices with similar Porsche parts form an OPC? Hoping apples being compared to apples, not oranges etc.!

(I bought front discs & pads for my M5 for £310: ATE discs and Jurid pads - the very same parts as from a BMW dealer. The most expensive front control arm came to £72 - a Lemforder part which bore the same logo & other markings as the BMW OE part it replaced. BMW dealer prices for that lot would have left me penniless! With a little research it is possible to buy OE BMW 'M' parts at much more sensible prices than those demanded by the franchised dealer.)

[Patrick Bateman]

Porsche coffin arms cost a bloody bomb I know that much, far more expensive than any suspension arm on the M5.