Opinions on this E39
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Stumbled across this. What are people's thoughts on the price? Other general opinions?
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1467846.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1467846.htm
Edited by Gad-Westy on Friday 29th January 13:12
It is technically a 2003 car, being registered in 2003. I realise it's a 1999MY car, but there are stacks of cars that get registered years after the build date. They've usually been sitting about in a field in Belgium for years...
I don't think the seller is being particularly dishonest. Most of the general public/sheep will wonder why [if the seller stated] it was a 1998 car when it was registered in 2003. It's overpriced anyway, I paid under £9000 for a Nov 2000 (full facelift) E39 M5 a month ago, albeit it needed a few bits and pieces.
I don't think the seller is being particularly dishonest. Most of the general public/sheep will wonder why [if the seller stated] it was a 1998 car when it was registered in 2003. It's overpriced anyway, I paid under £9000 for a Nov 2000 (full facelift) E39 M5 a month ago, albeit it needed a few bits and pieces.
This would not be for me either. If it has been sitting round for 5 years do very little then the seals will not be in good condition. Alternatively it may have had a pretty heavy life before being road registered.
You will have all of the usual pre update issues such as Vanos and oil past the piston rings.
You will have all of the usual pre update issues such as Vanos and oil past the piston rings.
"It Was Used For The F1 Team To Display At All Major Avents" - maybe it's me, but that sounds a bit weird? If "the F1" means BMW F1, they didn't buy into F1 until 2005 - Sauber were linked to Ferrari before that? And does display mean "sit around being stared" at, or in the "Red Arrows" sense of the word...be interested to know!
Wood..nt touch it with a barge pole. (see what I did there).
Or at least I'd go into it with eyes wide open.
It is a 1998 car, forget all the registered in 2003 rubbish. Its a 1998 car.
I wouldn't buy an E39 M5 prior to March 2001. Which is a bum for carbon taxation but a boon for vanos, and cam chain issues.
Or at least I'd go into it with eyes wide open.
It is a 1998 car, forget all the registered in 2003 rubbish. Its a 1998 car.
I wouldn't buy an E39 M5 prior to March 2001. Which is a bum for carbon taxation but a boon for vanos, and cam chain issues.
trooperiziz said:
julian64 said:
I wouldn't buy an E39 M5 prior to March 2001. Which is a bum for carbon taxation but a boon for vanos, and cam chain issues.
Facelift with Vanos changes was late 2000, so why the March 2001 date?I took that to mean there was a manufacture/registration delay meaning dates were unreliable.
julian64 said:
trooperiziz said:
julian64 said:
I wouldn't buy an E39 M5 prior to March 2001. Which is a bum for carbon taxation but a boon for vanos, and cam chain issues.
Facelift with Vanos changes was late 2000, so why the March 2001 date?I took that to mean there was a manufacture/registration delay meaning dates were unreliable.
Pferdestarke said:
You need a facelift.
The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
No offence intended but as somebody who strips car interiors to install a whole range of after market equipment, the E39 trim is so easy to change, shirley it is not a huge problem?The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
Especially if you can use it as a large negotiating tool?
M3333 said:
Pferdestarke said:
You need a facelift.
The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
No offence intended but as somebody who strips car interiors to install a whole range of after market equipment, the E39 trim is so easy to change, shirley it is not a huge problem?The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
Especially if you can use it as a large negotiating tool?
trooperiziz said:
M3333 said:
Pferdestarke said:
You need a facelift.
The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
No offence intended but as somebody who strips car interiors to install a whole range of after market equipment, the E39 trim is so easy to change, shirley it is not a huge problem?The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
Especially if you can use it as a large negotiating tool?
The trim simply clips off, its very easy to change. £600 does not seem bad at all depending on the savings involved with the purchase
M3333 said:
trooperiziz said:
M3333 said:
Pferdestarke said:
You need a facelift.
The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
No offence intended but as somebody who strips car interiors to install a whole range of after market equipment, the E39 trim is so easy to change, shirley it is not a huge problem?The car silly, not you.
And stay away from wood, it doesn't fit with the otherwise sporty image.
Especially if you can use it as a large negotiating tool?
The trim simply clips off, its very easy to change. £600 does not seem bad at all depending on the savings involved with the purchase
Gad-Westy said:
Just to affirm, I'm not a fan of the wood trim either but it wouldn't stop me buying a car as I unerstand it's a piece of cake to swap. What I am confused about though is the mix of sport leather and wood trim. Thought ali trim came with sport leather.
Nope, two separate trim options, mine is sports leather and came with wood trim as standard.Gassing Station | M Power | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff