Thoughts on this M5?

[Pioneer]

Anyone know this car or any thoughts on it?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Think it may be worth going to check out

[tomtom]

Looks like a keen price for the year, spec and mileage.

edit: The inner of the driver's seat bolster looks pretty worn though?

Edited by tomtom on Tuesday 31st January 12:11

[Pioneer]

Well spotted

[CSK423]

steering wheel looks very shiny for just 33k miles, could be the way they've cleaned it though by polishing it to death.

[av185]

Advert naff.

Perhaps they clay barred the steering wheel too.

Tyres excellent. Tyres have min 3mm. :

Coffee would have to be factor 11 after all the hyping.

[batmanreturns]

it does not look like a Comp Pack to me, does not have the right wheels etc

[av185]

14 64 plate 11k miler in blue at BCA Perry Bar 10th Feb direct BMW finance.

I would be more interested in this.

[Pioneer]

batmanreturns said:

it does not look like a Comp Pack to me, does not have the right wheels etc

Should they be these ones?

[tomtom]

CSK423 said:

steering wheel looks very shiny for just 33k miles, could be the way they've cleaned it though by polishing it to death.

I'm only looking at BMW AUC cars right now and a lot of those also have shiny steering wheels at relatively low mileage.

For example, this one with 16k on it.

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Loughton/369626...

I wonder if the cheap 4-series-a-like LCI wheel just wears really badly?

[tomtom]

Oh, I even misread the price as £33k. Interpret the 'keen' in my first post as 'toppy'.

[theboss]

Pioneer said:

batmanreturns said:

it does not look like a Comp Pack to me, does not have the right wheels etc

Should they be these ones?

The 601m in the picture is standard for the CP cars but could be switched to the 343m as fitted to the advertised car, at no cost I believe. The same 343m option on a non-CP car would have costed a few grand. Essentially a CP equipped car could have either depending on which style was preferred by whoever specced the car.

Worth noting that it does have the black exhaust trims which are fitted on CP cars.

[sak83]

I thought comp pack cars fitted with the 343M wheels came in a black finish.

[theboss]

sak83 said:

I thought comp pack cars fitted with the 343M wheels came in a black finish.

Pretty sure, as with non comp pack cars, the 343m could be specced in grey or black... the only difference being that either is a non-cost option when CP is ticked

[helix402]

They have a Barista.

[BMWBen]

I always wonder when I see a worn bolster like that. I've got a transit custom with (cheap) leather seats that's done 40k miles and I literally drag my arse over it, usually in jeans, as I slide out and down, and my drivers seat bolsters look perfect.

So either cars like this have actually done 100k+ miles or some people have concrete buttocks.

But surely not... what kind of person is clocking their car like that and how are they getting away with it??

[tomtom]

I was doing my nightly browse of the AUC cars last night and saw another couple with a similarly 'worn' bolsters. Particularly the Derby car.

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Chelmsford/3696...
http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Derby/3696268-6...

Again, I wonder if it's a case of TADTS? Or maybe it's just the light / angle from which they're usually photographed.

[V5Ade]

The leather in the M5 is very soft compared to the plastic hide they use in the cooking models. Mine had some wear on the drivers bolster, however I repaired it with a leather pen. I can't see it now.

Regarding the original post, I would suggest that is top money for a non AUC car, unless it has new tyres and brakes.
FYI, I paid £40k for a 2013 Comp pack car from a main dealer 12 months ago.

[CSK423]

tomtom said:

I'm only looking at BMW AUC cars right now and a lot of those also have shiny steering wheels at relatively low mileage.

For example, this one with 16k on it.

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Loughton/369626...

I wonder if the cheap 4-series-a-like LCI wheel just wears really badly?

I have a 6GC with the LCI wheel, it has 30k miles on isn't shine like the examples above, must be the polish/cleaning method.

[Type R Tom]

Of topic but this is the first hipster car dealer I've seen.

[HoHoHo]

tomtom said:

CSK423 said:

steering wheel looks very shiny for just 33k miles, could be the way they've cleaned it though by polishing it to death.

I'm only looking at BMW AUC cars right now and a lot of those also have shiny steering wheels at relatively low mileage.

For example, this one with 16k on it.

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Loughton/369626...

I wonder if the cheap 4-series-a-like LCI wheel just wears really badly?

The steering wheel on my 33000 mile F10 M5 was in a shocking state when it went back. I thought I must have greasy fingers but it appears they are all the same.

As far as I can see it looks quite well priced and the bolster doesn't look too bad. I had Sakhir in mine and I'm sure that was simply better at looking good rather than black which tends to go a bit shiny