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Sold and driving away ......

But how will people know I’m a cashed up Ponsonby tradie without a blacked out Ranger?

A friend of mine has bought this Imola Red E39 M5 and it will be moving up to Auckland.

255hp is nice without boost though. That SC kit is pretty nice anyhow.

Anyone want them? Near perfect condition. Would be a shame to have to dump

Still very usable. The rubber in still soft but has come away from the serrated ends a couple of them, can be glued etc, which someone has already done to one of them. I may of broke a nub on one of them when i removed it. The rest of the clips look to be intact. Eye watering expensive to replace new but im happy to take $120 on here

Same. Ive always preferred none on the msport but think the model badge suits the non sports. Saw you Greenwood street today hunter, i think you should get 540i badge also match your plate haha.

Started experiencing a lumpy idle on start up, intermittent sluggishness when driving a few weeks ago along with some odd gearbox behavior. i scanned the car, got a p0369 crank shaft sensor intermittent code. After some googling and reading ordered a new sensor from Coombes (genuine is best) and it was off to Mosens for fitment along with a gear box flush. Got the car back today, feels like new. So smooth in both engine and gearbox departments. Brilliant!

Not sure many people buy them as an investment. Most people have an interest in them and if it holds value then bonus. If it goes up in value double bonus......

Try EuroCare at 65 McAlpine Street Wigram. Tel:03 341 6678. eurocare.co.nz

There is an active E39 M5 community on a closed Facebook group if your friend would like to join. We are overdue for a catch-up and a beer.......would be a good excuse to greet a new Imola member! PM me for details

Big thank you to Nick, @m325i package arrived today.

Fixed for MY2023

Why the M badge delete? As far as I'm aware the NZ new m sports had them from new so "factory"? Mine is staying right where it is...

Welcome to Bimmersport, Ron! Great to see you here, mate. And good luck with your sale ?

Today, @Autoglym and I gave Grey Thunder a clean before Mega Meet. Thanks Barry, it looks super - if I say so myself!

I should take you fishing.... your good with bait Nathan

Hey @qube, I've got four tyres for sale. They are 255/35/18 and brand new. Is $1000 for all four a fair price?

Many truths in there. Snap crackle pop exhaust is annoying. My car does it but only on occasion, because it's Italian, and Italians only do sh*t if it's an occasion. Fake quality audio is also another one. I haven't met a car audio system that I like. M5's is the best factory stuff I have had but my home job installs in my old jap cars were amazing quality in comparison. Also watched some of their other vids around the M cars. Fairly on point.

I read all this, and saw no "Epstein didnt kill himself" in this whole thread, I am disappointed.

Quicker around any NZ track... possibly for the first four or five laps (less if its Hampton Downs International or the full Highlands Park track), then the brakes will start to be an issue as you haven't upgraded those in your shopping list, shortly after your road tyres are going to be overheating due to the tread blocks moving about under load, so you'd need a set of semis at least, missed off the list. Then you'd be sick of rolling around like a Spanish galleon through corners, so you would need a new set of adjustable shocks and springs, all times two of course as its for both cars. At which point you then find out how flogged all your bushes are so they all need to come out an be replaced. So now you have an EVO that can stand up to a decent track day, or even race event, oh but wait, the piggy back ecu and tune has now caused the over-stressed engine to blow a foo-foo valve because none of the cooling has been upgraded on the shopping list. So that's a rebuild (or two) and while you're in there you probably want to go forged internals, chuck on a bigger turbo, and do some head work. How much are we up to by now..? Once the engines all back together and been on the dyno for a good few hours to be broken in and tuned, you should be all good to go back to the track, at which point the 250,000km gearbox and or centre differential decides it's had enough of all this extra torque and abuse and lunches itself. It's about now you start to think to yourself what was that expression about fast, cheap, reliable racecars again? Thanks for your input Tony Quinn, unfortunately a lot of those "Gentleman Racers" don't have as much ability as they have available horse power in their cars, so can be almost as much an issue as the Flat Peak Cap brigade in their cheap Evos at Pukekohe track days. It does if you don't take it to the track and just keep it in the garage... but where is the fun in that. Or you can do what I do, and have a racecar that never makes it to the track and still costs lots of money each month, I must be going wrong somewhere?

depends on the brand? u can buy new low budget brands for less than 1000 from a shop fitted, but if its michelin ps4s then it would be too cheap!