Old M5's, getting a bit 'scene' now amongst some of the lads I know. I know a couple who have just bought back into M5's both E39 and the ones before. Seems a few are picking them up as daily station cars and general run abouts. Lot of car for the money but still can be expensive.
M5 worth buying
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The benefit of Satnav in an E39 is not the navigation itself, which is what you'd expect of a 10 year old navigation system, but because the 16:9 widescreen does a lot for asthetics but more importantly allows for far, far better operation of integrated ipods, BMW bluetooth phone, OBC functions, etc.
See it more as an incar monitor rather than just a satnav system.
At least keep your viewpoint consistent!
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This is up for £10k!
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[TW]Fox;17484363 said:
Perhaps, if you're really that worried about the colour of the leather and the extent to which iPods integrate into the car, you were looking at the wrong car in the first place.
Fancy looking at M5s and rejecting one because the leather was black and not cream and you couldn't stick an iPod in. Smacks of excuses not to have one tbh.
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Yes, because a ST220 and a M5 are SO similar!
What makes them different enough that it's acceptable to buy an M5 with no Satnav but not a Mondeo?
Your opinions are very weird. As for the leather and options colour thing, if you are going to spend big money* on a special car, you want it to be right, not a compromise.
*£10k isnt big money, but for a 10 year old 5 Series, it is.
I can think of a hell of a lot more dissimilar cars. Why do you have such a chip on your shoulder Robbie G? Every time you enter a thread it seems to derail further. How about you avoid threads about BMWs in the future? Never ends well so might be best if you just don't bother?
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What's weird are your weak excuses for rejecting a car that is (apparently) primarily desirable for its driving characteristics. It's like hunting for years for that perfect house by the river, then rejecting it because it doesn't have a laundry room.
It's just bizarre allegedly wanting a car *so badly*, yet restricting your options to 20 or so cars, just so that the leather is the right colour and you have a computer to tell you where to go (which makes the dash look a bit better). Buy one then get the dash trimmed in leather if the look of the dash is so vital to you.
And did you really just ask what makes a Mondeo different enough to a M5?
I can understand wanting the best possible combination of options, but having admitted you're probably not going to find it, if your conclusion is then that you're not going to have one rather than you're going to get one without, then you obviously didn't want it that badly in the first place.
How about just ceasing the bleating and adding to the discussion? There's always a whiner like you in any thread in which a contra point of view is put across. That bloke with the Jag whose name I forget springs to mind.
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What you said Fox about it being the same as your car for 80% of the time (even more than this I suspect) is bang on.
I used to live near St Albans (where that car is) and know where that BMW dealer is in Watford. Basically there is traffic everywhere ALL THE TIME. There are almost no fun places to drive your M5, unless you include the sliproad onto the motorway, where at the end of it the traffic will be stationary or doing 45mph because of roadworks.
Now of course if you lived where I live now next to the Trough of Bowland and Yorkshire Dales, its a bit different
I used to live near St Albans (where that car is) and know where that BMW dealer is in Watford. Basically there is traffic everywhere ALL THE TIME. There are almost no fun places to drive your M5, unless you include the sliproad onto the motorway, where at the end of it the traffic will be stationary or doing 45mph because of roadworks.
Now of course if you lived where I live now next to the Trough of Bowland and Yorkshire Dales, its a bit different
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I'm rejecting it because I don't want a 10 year old 5 Series. Thats a major reason, rather than a weak excuse. I'm rejecting it for the same reason you probably love but did not buy a Mk4 Golf R32.
It sounds so extreme when you put it like that, doesn't it?
In reality, you are saying you simply don't need satnav in one 4 door saloon car built for cruising long distances yet it's an absolute must in a cheaper 4 door saloon car. Very bizarre. You don't even know what the system does - or didnt until we explained it - its not desireable for the navigation aspects. Plus 80% of the M5's out there have the system so there is limited reason to go for one without.
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Everyone knows how much I've wanted one, but I've missed the boat. The ship has sailed. I couldnt afford one when it was the right time to buy one, and no w I can afford one, the right time has passed. It really is that simple. The 'dream colour/spec' thing was more about how much harder it would be to stick to my guns if the perfect one did appear one day, which it wont.
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Because you must be able to count the number of "reasonably priced" examples of E39 M5s with such history and condition available today on a single hand?
I can understand the "No compromise" route if we were talking about a nearly new model that was just out of production, but the E39 M5 is getting on to be two generations old now.
It's all very well having the "ideal" car in mind but as you have said yourself, the chance of that happening is slim to nill, and gets slimmer by the moment. The car in question might be about as close as you're ever realistically likely to get to your ideal M5... even if it is the wrong colour
.You know where the BMW dealer is?! What has that got to do with anything!! I also live near St Albans, and in fact, even own an M5. If you go off the beaten track a little you can have plenty of fun.
The M5 is a very capable every day car. It doesn't need the twisties to be at it's best. For A->B driving and day to day use there aren't many cars for this kind of money that I can think I'd rather be in.
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Conclusion - you don't want a M5 as badly as you claim.
'Sorry, but the leather is black' - give me a break.
It's like turning down Emily Blunt because she farts in bed.
'Sorry, but the leather is black' - give me a break.
It's like turning down Emily Blunt because she farts in bed.
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You are trying to find arguments where there are none. I'm not rejecting that car simply because the leather is cream. I'm rejecting that car because I do not wish to buy an X reg BMW M5 for £10,000.
You are quite clearly poking the wasps nest with your stick for some sort of volcanic reaction
I really like them, they are my favourite car of all time, but I don't want to buy one. The time for me to have bought an M5 was 2006. I couldnt afford one. So I got a 530i Sport instead.
Have often looked for fun driving roads - where do you go? Watford is a total mare. But my point is, 400hp isn't much use nearly all of the time in commuterland SE.
Just drive wherever. http://bit.ly/aMp0aY - there's 41 miles without going on or over/under a motorway starting and ending in St Albans. To be honest, I rarely go out looking to drive. The M5 is a fun car to drive every day. I just don't buy the argument that it's pointless owning a powerful car in the south east. I expect there are more powerful cars in St Albans / Hardenden / Radlett than in pretty much the rest of the country, maybe excepting the Wag's paradise in Cheshire and a few parts of London.