E60 M5 £17,850!!

[flimper]

My God these are getting cheap now, getting seriously tempted to have a test drive



http://bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/details/0 ... -price_ASC

[pvr]

Got satnav though

I am not one to normally be concerned about fuel consumption, but that sure would hurt.

[flimper]

You only live once

[pvr]

Cheap to buy, but the mileage is scary on it though ...

I was at the dealer couple of weeks back, they sold the only M5 Touring in the country and even the sales guy I was talking to said the bloke was mad due the maintenance costs.

[Bing]

Got a mate with one of these - lovely, lovely motor. However even though he's not short of a bob or two he's mentioned running / maintenance costs can be 'eye-watering'. He got his second hand but still under warranty - which turned out to be fortunate... I was several sheets to the wind when he told me this, so the details are fuzzy, but I think he had to have the gearbox replaced as well as something major to do with the rear axle / suspension apprently caused by 'mis-use' on the part of the previous owner. Unsurprisingly I DO remember the repair bill clear as day - £23k

[flimper]

You definitely couldn't own one without a BMW warranty, agree on that. Mileage obviously too high but that Sepang does look nice

[ksher]

I love to buy a M5/M6, but the engine and gearbox are the main issues.

The only M car I want now is M3 E92 with M-DCT.

[mmm-five]

Cheap to buy, but the mileage is scary on it though ...

The mileage isn't the problem, it's the maintenance/running costs that are - just like any M5 of any era. If you're only planning on doing a couple of thousand miles a year then they're not that bad, but bank on filling up every 200 miles. Don't forget, you're still maintaining a £60k car - and there's not many indy ///M specialists who'll claim to be experts on the newer M5/M3.

I was at the dealer couple of weeks back, they sold the only M5 Touring in the country...

There are plenty of e61 M5 Tourings (in fact there are 9 for sale at the moment), so your dealer is telling you porkies - but then why would expect anything else from a dealer

Here's some photo's from when I went along for a UK magazine road test feature of the new M5T. Including a couple of me driving the vehicle in question.






To a man, none of the owners there said they'd swap their e34s for the e60/61 M5, as while it was undoubtedly fast (hitting the 170mph limiter at half-way along Bruntingthorpe runway), it never felt that you were driving it, and you just had to turn the steering wheel in hope and wait for it to turn than feeling the tyres bite in through the steering whee;.

[sars]

How does the RS6 compare in running cost, not that I want one, just interested, however if I just had to have a fast tin top car, I think I would have an S8

[flimper]

Great pics

[wantanM]

Two words. Running costs. Dude.

The engine is epic though. So smooth.

[flimper]

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3466218.htm £17,500 with 31,000 miles

I think I need to go to bed, all this looking about could cost me £££

[Spud]

The price of those will keep on plummeting. They'll be 10-12k within 18 months. New M5 and fuel is only going one way.

[flatout]

These are very tempting on the face of it BUT the running costs will surely eat into your pocket big time - take the fuel costs as an example, if say it's a daily drive @10,000miles with an average MPG of 15, you're looking at about £4,500 on just fuel alone. Layer in Tyres (say £1k @ low end), warranty £1.5k, service £600-1200... that's nearly 50% the car's value on ANNUAL running costs

Agree though, at these prices you almost think F** it , you only live once especially considering it's a £70k motor at Mondeo money just 6 yrs later....

[VvrooomM]

Gearbox is so out of date now it must be untrue!!


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