E39 M5 temptation needed.

[superlightr]

GregE240 said:

superlightr said:

granville said:

SuperlightR said:

Abolute pile of falling apart and dangerous shite.

Oh, come on.

hence the search link perhaps........

No, sorry superlight, you had a Lemon of an E39 M5.

I know 4 people with such cars, 2 very well. NONE have had a fraction of the problems you experienced.

I'm afraid you had these problems 5 years ago, nobody else on PH since has had major issues with one, and yet, every time you're like a scratched record. You had one that was poor quality-wise, ergo, they're all shit.

Well, sorry, but I think Granville was disagreeing with you.

You havnt read my post clearly.

The key is the use of I in my post.

I didnt say ALL M5's were shite, just the one I had.

Infact in my post some years ago on the I subject I did say I had a lemon of a car/a Friday afternoon car.
In this recent post I also just so happend to show in the topic of 'M5 Finally' if further details wanted to be known to any concerned parties.

The age of the car may tie in with the age the OP is looking at. As other posters have made their comments said about older M5's

THe OP was asking if all was shiny and light with the M5, hence my memory recall of my Bad one.

My apologies if you dont like the same tune being repeated when someone asked are M5 Great, what probolems may come up? But mine was not great, and was a pile of poo. My answer was relevant and true. Do you want this just to be a positive comment web site?

So to be crystal clear:
Im sure not all M5's are shite and many are very good and reliable, mine wasnt. Can I say it any clearer than that?

Edited by superlightr on Monday 4th December 14:40

ps Just checked cant find the M5 Finally post, but 'M5 engine problems' does serve my purpose just as well.

Edited by superlightr on Monday 4th December 15:02

Edited by superlightr on Monday 4th December 15:03

[GregE240]

Cool, sorry, hope it didn't cause any offence.

Does make a balanced view though.

[bluechim]

I have owned my M5 for 4 years

When I bought it it had 35,000 miles and cost £34000 main dealer (3 years old and of course was about £69,000 new, so good value??)

It now has covered 144,000 miles

It has cost well over £30,000 (this does not include servicing, insurance and tyres, just broken parts) to keep on the road during this period (new engine, several vanos units, loads of sets of discs, and lots and lots of other items). Oil costs alone were crippiling until new engine fitted.

Great fun car and extremely fast - but not for the faint walleted.

My guess is its worth £8K ish now?

[s4woody]

well ive been reading this tpioc and i must say that ive decided to get myself an M5..its a 2001 model with all the goodies and i cant wait..ive come from an audi S4 which was so much fun but i feel its time for a change..i hope im not dissapointed..

[seesure]

s4woody said:

well ive been reading this tpioc and i must say that ive decided to get myself an M5..its a 2001 model with all the goodies and i cant wait..ive come from an audi S4 which was so much fun but i feel its time for a change..i hope im not dissapointed..

You won't be,

Just keep the DSC on for while until you get used to it. Then switch it off and switch on the sport mode and enjoy....

[_deano]

when did the e39 M5 have it's last face lift?
Was it post 2001?

thanks

[stuh]

_deano said:

when did the e39 M5 have it's last face lift?
Was it post 2001?

thanks

Yes 2001 MY onwards. So some late 2000 cars have the mods. Angel eyes, widescreen sat nav, etc.........

[_deano]

I guess that would explain the high price jump from a 2000 car (around £12K) to 2002 (£18K +).
thanks

[blindswelledrat]

_deano said:

I guess that would explain the high price jump from a 2000 car (around £12K) to 2002 (£18K +).
thanks

Well, that and two years depreciation on a previously 50 k car

[cableguy]

_deano said:

when did the e39 M5 have it's last face lift?
Was it post 2001?

thanks

All details and production data can be read here.

www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=18

C.

[danp]

blindswelledrat said:

I need some encouragement or honest discouragement please.
Looking at how cheap you can get these for now I've suddenly got the urge to buy one on impulse. They seem like extraordinary value.
I do limited mileage and a car is for my daily 2 mile round trip station run plus weekend family use-currently minimal but probably more significant if I got an M5.
Anyway I've repeatedly read how good these are and I just wondered whether they are the money-pits which I imagine them to be.
Any advice on general reliability and cost of parts etc?

Thanks in advance.

Presume you really want a 4 door ? Else have to say I'd be tempted by an E46 M3, they seem to be rather more bulletproof and cheaper to run all round. Some of those big M5 sized bills would scare me !

[derestrictor]

The M5 will suck the eyeballs from the smaller car (M3) then move on to the main course, before hitting 5th, never mind 6th.

Don't even think about it, the big chap has all the answers and then some.

In sport mode it is manically addictive. In fact, I almost wonder whether it may have finally sated my notion of a return to the headbanging mania of planet Evodominicus.

It has such a ruddy great hammer!