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11-25-2012, 04:44 PM
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Toronto
Posts: 7,718
Car: 11 M3 97 328is 99 M3
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How many miles and how much did u pay?
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11-25-2012, 11:17 PM
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#17
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 415
Car: 335xi
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I was thinking about picking up the E39 M5 that was posted here a few months ago (the one with the caramel interior  ). But I came back to reality after I did a bit of research and found out that it would get the same fuel economy as my full-size pickup ($100 fill-ups!). Admittedly, you can get around the fuel costs by having another DD (saving the M5 as a garage queen, which doesn't seem like a bad idea), but the real deal killer for me was the engine carbonization problem and the costly remedy. AFAIK, there is no guaranteed way to prevent the problem or to repair it without incurring labour-intensive dismantling.
Last edited by kenmar; 11-25-2012 at 11:36 PM.
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11-26-2012, 10:46 AM
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#18
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is BMW crazy
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thornhill
Posts: 15,578
Car: 2 X BMW M5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kenmar
I was thinking about picking up the E39 M5 that was posted here a few months ago (the one with the caramel interior  ). But I came back to reality after I did a bit of research and found out that it would get the same fuel economy as my full-size pickup ($100 fill-ups!). Admittedly, you can get around the fuel costs by having another DD (saving the M5 as a garage queen, which doesn't seem like a bad idea), but the real deal killer for me was the engine carbonization problem and the costly remedy. AFAIK, there is no guaranteed way to prevent the problem or to repair it without incurring labour-intensive dismantling.
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If you drive the M5 properly, you can keep it in the 11L/100 km range no problem.
The carbon problem doesn't affect anything operation wise and there is software to make the check engine light go away, hardly a deterrent of any kind.
Sounds like you wanted reasons NOT to get one, so you picked two that are actually not reasons at all.
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11-26-2012, 11:38 AM
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#19
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Vtec just kicked in
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: TO
Posts: 2,806
Car: 99 S52
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very nice pick up though I wouldve preferred caramel interior.
Dont ruin the car
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11-26-2012, 05:10 PM
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#20
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6th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,367
Car: 4 wheel
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Originally Posted by bmwm5lover
Sounds like you wanted reasons NOT to get one, so you picked two that are actually not reasons at all. 
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I agree with this statement.. anytime when one buys a car that requires premium gas, cost saving is out the windows... you want the power, you have to pay to play...
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11-26-2012, 06:36 PM
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#21
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is BMW crazy
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thornhill
Posts: 15,578
Car: 2 X BMW M5
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Originally Posted by SiR
very nice pick up though I wouldve preferred caramel interior.
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My fave combo too.
Too bad most caramel interiors look like ass.
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Hers--'07 BMW M5/6.: Indianapolis Red/Black:.
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'91 BMW 850i J Spec-ST Tuning Kit- Lowered-Wokke Chips- Custom Exhaust- 18" MK1's-KN Filters+ M Steering Wheel- Stereo Upgrade +++
'88 BMW 635CSi Lowered
'81 MB 500 SEC Koenig WILD RIDE
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11-26-2012, 10:46 PM
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#22
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Toronto
Posts: 109
Car: N54
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Mind PMing me your shipping company's information? Looking to my car out to Vancouver instead of driving all the way there.
Thanks!
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11-26-2012, 11:57 PM
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#23
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E90 n00b
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Brampton
Posts: 6,675
Car: E90 323i
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lookin good bud. shitty to see the windshield mishap on fbook today.
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11-27-2012, 04:50 AM
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#24
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Modeldater
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: GTA/Munich
Posts: 1,736
Car: BMW M3/TRD Supra
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Congratulations Anuk. My all time favourite 5 series, which I intend to own as well sooner or later. IMO, BMW has never managed to top the E39 M5 in overall appeal.
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11-27-2012, 07:56 PM
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#25
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: YYZ
Posts: 7,955
Car: '09 328i, '12 M3
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Originally Posted by mkgino
How many miles and how much did u pay?
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101K Miles. Clean as a whistle. I paid a lot more than the market value given this car's showroom condition and rare colour combination, also factoring duties, taxes, freight, flight and hotel costs.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenmar
I was thinking about picking up the E39 M5 that was posted here a few months ago (the one with the caramel interior  ). But I came back to reality after I did a bit of research and found out that it would get the same fuel economy as my full-size pickup ($100 fill-ups!). Admittedly, you can get around the fuel costs by having another DD (saving the M5 as a garage queen, which doesn't seem like a bad idea), but the real deal killer for me was the engine carbonization problem and the costly remedy. AFAIK, there is no guaranteed way to prevent the problem or to repair it without incurring labour-intensive dismantling.
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It's only 5L more than an E46 gas tank FYI. And they're not bad on gas at all. I got 350km on a half tank. Carbonization is not even that widespread - just find a clean, well cared for car and you're set.
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Originally Posted by bmwm5lover
Sounds like you wanted reasons NOT to get one, so you picked two that are actually not reasons at all. 
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Lol. Precisely.
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Originally Posted by SiR
very nice pick up though I wouldve preferred caramel interior.
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Nah, I'm not old enough to be surrounded by a beige interior...
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Originally Posted by damameke
I agree with this statement.. anytime when one buys a car that requires premium gas, cost saving is out the windows... you want the power, you have to pay to play...
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Yup.
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Originally Posted by AW11
Mind PMing me your shipping company's information? Looking to my car out to Vancouver instead of driving all the way there.
Thanks!
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They don't operate in Canada. I shipped it from Portland to Buffalo, and drove across.
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Originally Posted by Jim .E.
lookin good bud. shitty to see the windshield mishap on fbook today.
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Thank Jimmy. The windshield bullsh*t was on the '11 GLK not the E39. I'd have been furious if it was the M5. MB wants $1200 to fix it, FML. Just my luck, the most random BS usually happens to me.
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Originally Posted by ///M-TRD3
Congratulations Anuk. My all time favourite 5 series, which I intend to own as well sooner or later. IMO, BMW has never managed to top the E39 M5 in overall appeal.
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Thanks Sheldon. This car is perfection, IMO. I love everything about it! It can be a civilized, comfortable, cruiser or an absolute axe murderer. What a machine!
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Last edited by dbworld4k; 11-27-2012 at 09:08 PM.
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11-28-2012, 01:39 AM
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#26
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E90 n00b
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Brampton
Posts: 6,675
Car: E90 323i
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbworld4k
Thank Jimmy. The windshield bullsh*t was on the '11 GLK not the E39. I'd have been furious if it was the M5. MB wants $1200 to fix it, FML. Just my luck, the most random BS usually happens to me.
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$1200?! wtf...get a independent shop to do it for you.
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11-28-2012, 06:44 PM
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#27
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: YYZ
Posts: 7,955
Car: '09 328i, '12 M3
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Ended up going through insurance/MB anyways. We're paying those scam artists $1000s every year, may as well get something out of it. Lol.
The glass alone is in line with what independents quoted me, but the labor in taking apart the sunroof controls/surrounding stuff is jacking up the price. All that housing is integrated at the top of the windshield. Such a stupid design.
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11-28-2012, 09:56 PM
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#28
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2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Milton
Posts: 82
Car: '90 535i 5spd
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Damn that's a fine lookin ride. I love red 5-series.
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12-01-2012, 05:50 PM
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#29
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4th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brantford
Posts: 606
Car: Anything Demo
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Perfect in sooooo many ways
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12-06-2012, 02:12 PM
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#30
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3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Oaktown
Posts: 450
Car: 04 330i 6spd M-Perf
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Congrats Anuk. Welcome to the Imola Club. Not many people know that the red stripe in the M logo is in fact Imola Red. Good find! Can't wait to see it when the snow melts.
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