New E60 M5 owner, just had her detailed. I love Interlagos Blue!

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Hi guys, recently bought one of my dream cars, the E60 M5! Coming from a 2.8 Z3 this thing is an absolute beast. Loving ownership so far.

She is an early model, 2005 in Interlagos Blue with a few nice options such at the TV tuner, Logic 7, active seats, full leather trim and alcantara headlining.

A good friend of mine is a detailer so of course I had to visit him, please have a look at the magic he worked on my M5!

White Details: BMW M5 e60

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Sweet car, love that colour!

Big question, Did you get an extended warranty?

We had an 05 M6 (2k miles demonstrator) and that had over 20k worth of warranty work including engine (think it was a throttle body), gearbox (hydraulics failed, killed the box and the clutch), exhaust catalysts burnt out, computer video display unit stopped working and power steering hydraulics pump broke and it also needed a new steering rack. All in under 60k miles.

Awesome cars with the NA V10 but expensive when things go wrong if you don't have a warranty!
 
That is absolutely stunning and a great job on the detail. :)

Think the E60 M5 looks better than the new one, more muscular and even though the new car is superior I'd take the V10 engine every time. :D
 
^JP^ said:
Sweet car, love that colour!

Big question, Did you get an extended warranty?

We had an 05 M6 (2k miles demonstrator) and that had over 20k worth of warranty work including engine (think it was a throttle body), gearbox (hydraulics failed, killed the box and the clutch), exhaust catalysts burnt out, computer video display unit stopped working and power steering hydraulics pump broke and it also needed a new steering rack. All in under 60k miles.

Awesome cars with the NA V10 but expensive when things go wrong if you don't have a warranty!
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Quite, maximum strength brave pills needed to buy a 7 year old one :eek:
 
Thanks for the comments! Hey Ian hope you're keeping well! What are you driving these days? I am getting married next year so thinking a stag do at the ring may be in order...

As for warranty, yes it has the full BMW warranty until November. I have a good friend who is a BMW specialist mechanic so unsure on what I will do after November. It depends how much the warranty will be, as its past 60k miles now so the renewal will be quite a bit more. Its just a weekend toy so it won't do a massive amount of miles so I'll have to see. That V10 is glorious but like you say, if it goes wrong it will be painful!
 
Do NOT let that Warranty lapse! It'll be expensive but this is a reflection of the sheer scale and expense of things that will go wrong :p
 
[TW]Fox;22448647 said:
Do NOT let that Warranty lapse! It'll be expensive but this is a reflection of the sheer scale and expense of things that will go wrong :p
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Indeed, you have to treat it like an 80k car when it comes to repairs because believe me that is how the BMW parts department see it!

One min everything is fine, then you pull the paddle for 3rd and a big red cog shows up and you have to pull over :mad:
 
Thanks for the comments! Yes the smile on my face is still massive... can't get enough of those brutal S6 gear shifts :)

Its HPI clear, and has had no accident damage so all fine on that front. The bonnet was resprayed but the finish wasn't that good, I can only guess that the body shop used did a poor job of it! Its come up great now though.

I bought it privately for £15k after a lot of looking around, really pleased with it as its has every option I wanted and in the colour I wanted. The only thing I would change if I could would be silverstone leather instead of black, but I was happy to compromise for the price. Really it is amazing value for money for a £71k with options 507bhp 'super car', just 15mpg and expensive maintenance/repairs/insurance (although its not too bad at 26) put most people off. Luckily I don't need to use it for work or commuting so it stays tucked up in the garage for the weekends and nice evenings!
 
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