:: Good price? e39 M5...

[Qube]

http://maxbimmer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87930
http://toronto.craigslist.org/car/299728236.html

2000 BMW M5 6 Speed 400HP - $29900

Sports Packaged With Aluminium Trim (Very Rare Car)
Silver/Black W/Red leather Inserts
Heated Seats/Mirrors
Sunroof
Navigation System
DSC Traction
ABS, Sport Function, Shades
Xenons
6 Speed Manual
400HP M-Power Engine
Tints (%15 All Around)
6 CD Changer
AudioFile

One Owner Ontario Car, No Accidents
All BMW Service Records Since Day one
Winter Stored
Brand New Rear Tires (275/35/ZR18 Pirelli)
Recent BMW (Inspection I & II) Tune-Up
TWS Castrol Oil Used Only (From Dealer)

$27,500 CAD

[nixter]

Looks like a great deal. I'm assuming the price is due to the fact that it's a year one e39 and that it's a little high mileage (mostly highway he says though). I'd say if it passes a PPI with a fine tooth comb, especially comp and leakdown then I'd grab it.

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[repenttokyo]

that is a very very good price for a canadian car. Also, have the carbon issues with that model year engine been dealt with or mentioned?


171 000 km is not really high mileage given the year - it's a little over 100 000 miles.

[Qube]

See... if I were still single, I would jump on it no issues. Married, I have to answer why I'm spending half the savings on a car... even though it's my savings :(

[Evan]

why trade your sweet E34 for an E39 with 100K on it? and pay $30K?

if he wants to do a straight up trade.. go for it... your car is worth more than his

[Qube]

It's an M5... and e39 M5... :(

[nixter]

why trade your sweet E34 for an E39 with 100K on it? and pay $30K?

if he wants to do a straight up trade.. go for it... your car is worth more than his

Worth more? how do you figure?

[Evan]

exactly.. it's no E34 buddy

[nixter]

Of course I love the e34 as much as the next guy but let's not be silly. An 89 535i with 350,000k is not worth more than an e39 m5 no matter what's been done to it.

Great price on that car though. Have it checked out. Hell if it checks out and your wife won't budge then flip it and make a couple bucks. You'll get to drive it in the mean time.

[Evan]

you guys need to straighten your priorities... unreal.

[repenttokyo]

a 535 and an e39 M5 are not comparable vehicles....they are worlds apart.

[Evan]

finally a voice of reason

[nixter]

We're not talking priorities, we're talking worth/$$$

Money aside, hell...let's take an E34 M5 and dump 30k into it. Now we're talking!

[repenttokyo]

i enjoy my e34 but i dream about an e39 m5...

[nixter]

+1

I think anyone who doesn't is just suffering from a case of sour grapes. :)

[Zeuk in Oz]

I was getting really excited until I saw the colour of the seats - are they for real ? Who in their right mind would want seats that colour ?

You guys don't know how lucky you are - in Oz the same car would be selling for about AUD $ 90,000 which is about US $ 72,000.

My 1999 528iT with 130,000 km on it cost almost as much as they are asking for the M5. :(

[Sam-Son]

why trade your sweet E34 for an E39 with 100K on it? and pay $30K?

Because it's an M5! with almost double the HP his car has

[Macv]

OMG what a beauty!

[Qube]

Hmmm the wife okayed it for some reason... what to do... what to do...

All she said is we can't have three cars... .. .. .. .. . . .

[Zeuk in Oz]

Hmmm the wife okayed it for some reason... what to do... what to do...

All she said is we can't have three cars... .. .. .. .. . . .
Obviously hers has to go ! :D

[Qube]

Obviously hers has to go ! :D

Her white and pink Focus ZX3? Heh. She can't drive manual, so the 535i is out of the question... so is the 6spd M5. I know! She can take transit!

[Qube]

Insurance is an extra $130 CAD a month to have all three cars...

[Robin-535im]

Insurance is an extra $130 CAD a month to have all three cars...
You know you're serious when you've checked on the insurance costs...

I did the same with an e34 m5 a few years back. Didn't buy it. I should have. I regret it still.... buy it!!! Life is too short to drive the same car forever.

[Zeuk in Oz]

Her white and pink Focus ZX3? Heh. She can't drive manual, so the 535i is out of the question... so is the 6spd M5. I know! She can take transit!
What - she only has one leg ? ;)

Now is the time to teach her to drive a manual. She'll love you for it. :)

[rob101]

What - she only has one leg ? ;)

Now is the time to teach her to drive a manual. She'll love you for it. :)
I got myself a country girl, she only drives manuals. Thank god she has been tamed though and is not "bogan-like".

[repenttokyo]

if you can afford the purchase price and the maintenance, then do it.

[Qube]

Thing is in the condo, I can't have three cars. I HAVE to let one go... and I can't bear to see the e34... I mean I still have so many parts for it too... 3 pairs of ceramic brakes, new discs, new sachs clutch, new clusterboard... rebuilt sword, three K&N intakes... two clear signals, three headlight sets... etc...

In actual fact if I lived in a house I would have got it as soon as she said ok. Right now it's the e34 holding me back. I vowed that the only reason I'd change it, is if it's totally, utterly dead beyond repair :|

[Evan]

I'll take a set of brakes and rotors and an air filter... make sure to stop by every now and then and tell us how fast your e39 is!

[Barney Paull-Edwards]

check out Ebay.de ,prices are very similar to US,seems a fair deal but you obviously have a lot of extras there that are standard here.If you can suffer RHD you will get a better spec and condition,E39`s are cheap due to oversupply of E60`s

[repenttokyo]

check out Ebay.de ,prices are very similar to US,seems a fair deal but you obviously have a lot of extras there that are standard here.If you can suffer RHD you will get a better spec and condition,E39`s are cheap due to oversupply of E60`s

he's in canada. importing from the us we pay 15 percent tax and then 6 percent duty on a german built car, so 27 000 Canadian dollars is a very good deal.

Also, we cannot import any european vehicle here until it is 15 years old.