E60 M5 Cat D On ebay

[Somesayhis]

Just seen this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-M5-5-0-V10-BLACK-Spa...

Tempted as a project.

[andygtt]

bear in mind that straight, full history, high spec 05 M5's can be bought for sub 15k...

[magnus911]

no key? but he has the V5?

[magnus911]

probably flooded / water damage. Fancy calling him and finding out?

[FredBasset]

The ring sticker on the boot would worry me!

[ecain63]

No key? Really?

V5 would probably have been in the car. I reckon its nicked personally. Wouldnt touch with a barge pole, even for spares!!

[Somesayhis]

I was going to call about it tomorrow. Will let you know what I find out. To my mind it needs to be around £9-11k for me to have a punt and if I do it will be with caution about the suspected stolen aspect Eddie mentioned. Can't help thinking that it would be good to have for track days and ring trip and keep my silver stone one pristine.

Edited by Somesayhis on Monday 6th February 21:09

[Somesayhis]

FredBasset said:

The ring sticker on the boot would worry me!

Agreed, and the painted calipers and stickers? on the seats are also alarming. Having said that if it's cheap enough and it's bought in the right context it's a hell of a buy for a little bit of track hoonage. When bored remove engine and fit to a mint e30 body like those crazy swedes.

Edited by Somesayhis on Monday 6th February 21:11

[DennisCooper]

FredBasset said:

The ring sticker on the boot would worry me!

If you were thinking of purchasing, why would this 'worry' you ?!

[feanor75]

personally i think that would be a moneypit

cat d and ring stickers, plus no key

not for me - would rather get a high mileage fsh for 13-15k

[Yiliterate]

This seems very odd...

The seller has been given plenty of opportunity to provide answers to the questions over the missing keys and the Cat-D status, and I'd have thought it was in his (or her) interests to do so if they were on the level - i.e. if the seller was able to provide reasonable/justifiable explanations, of the 230+ watchers ("YES 230 WATCHERS JUST WATCHING!") maybe one or two might JUST START BIDDING!. But no; only a plea to call for more details.

The seller has no feedback either...

[BriC175]

FredBasset said:

The ring sticker on the boot would worry me!

Also, the position of the front two seats! Max recline, i.e. 'gangsta lean'

[M5 Russ]

Zero rated seller - check
Evasive answers to obvious questions - check
Cat d but no info as to why it' is - check
car don't start and seller won't say why ( key excuse don't cut it) - check

Very very risky buy in my opinion. If it was 5 grand starting but then yes but 10k

Edited by M5 Russ on Tuesday 7th February 22:14