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Good on ya Glenn. Although I found it odd being able to smoke my cigarette in Glenn's office just a few months back! I gave up last Sunday morning at 2am. Day 5 and just the rest of my life to go!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331006392248?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Some one convert their e39 touring in to an M5 touring! :-)

Glenn did my gearbox oil, we used the factory grade ELF equivalent. It made shifting better when warm, but no difference to cold. I did notice though that after giving the M5 a good thrash, getting the gbox temp right up, the shifting becomes butter smooth, so it seems as if it's a combination of oil flow, and oil viscosity that changes the shifting behaviour in this box.

Don't forget The valley pan. That's a nice place for coolant leaks to start from.

Based on my reading from the USA M5board forum, cold 1-2 shift issues is normal, but more predominant on the pre facelift models. Some have had success with running thinner oils. I just skip 3rd until about 2mins of driving and then 2nd is willing. Previous owner of my m5 ran it on 95 as there wasn't 98 available any where close to Nelson, and to me it still felt quick on the test drive. Running on nothing but 98 now, but I don't know if BPultimate 98 is actually 98RON...

Ahh the petrol station... The M5's natural habitat. If you're brave you can repair the pixel issue, there are a few how-to's floating about on the net. Otherwise i'd recommend one of our used parts suppliers to supply you with a replacement unit. How are you finding shifting when the car is cold with the short shift kit? I have the same short shift kit, and shifting from 1 - 2 when cold is near on impossible. Even after replacing fluid with what the factory recommended.

Another one joins the circle. Well done. Much needs doing?

good work! Congrats on the purchase.

To who ever is looking, would definately recommend getting it hooked up to a GT1 system or similar and checking everything over.

Well spec'd too, although not sure if the EU2 emissions standard option means the exhaust is a little more strangled : Type Value VIN WBSDE92000BJ11245 Type code DE92 Type M5 (EUR) E series E39 () Series 5 Type LIM Steering RL Doors 4 Engine S62 Displacement 5.00 Power 294 Drive HECK Transmission MECH Colour ANTHRAZIT METALLIC (397) Upholstery PRAEGELEDER/SILVERSTONE (O5SS) Prod.date 2000-07-24 Options : S168A ABGASNORM EU2 EU2 exhaust emissions standard S352A DOPPELVERGLASUNG Insulating double-glazing S403A GLASDACH, ELEKTRISCH Glass roof, electrical S415A SONNENSCHUTZROLLO FUER HECKSCHEIBE Sun-blind, rear S508A PARK DISTANCE CONTROL (PDC) Park Distance Control (PDC) S548A KILOMETERTACHO Kilometre speedo S670A RADIO BMW PROFESSIONAL Radio BMW Professional RDSS677A HIFI SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL HiFi system Professional DSP S694A CD-WECHSLER VORBEREITUNG Provisions for BMW 6 CD changer S818A BATTERIEHAUPTSCHALTER Battery master switchS850A ZUSAETZL. TANKFUELLUNG EXPORT Additional Export tank filling S864A SERVICE KONTAKT-FLYER UEBERSEE Dealer List Overseas S876A FUNKFREQUENZ 315 MHZ Radio frequency 315 MHz S880A ENGLISCH / BORDLITERATUR On-board literature, English S925A VERSANDSCHUTZPAKET Dispatch protection pack

Looks very nice and clean. GL DaveO

Pretty soft rear quarter panels on the M6!

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/bmw...-163648995.html

You'll need to create an account to use that site, which is easy enough.

Or at least they thought to have made the spring operating the latch easy enough to replace ;-)

When I went to the BMW factory in Munich last year, they were only producing cooking model 3 series models. They also produced the E90 M3 engine. The e90 M3's were produced further up north in Germany. I could be wrong but I think just the x, z,1 and 3 series cars are also produced outside of Germany. The 5 and 7 series, or at least the majority of them have always been produced at the Dingolfing plant. I do recall looking at an E34 535is once which was build it in SA, and a mate had a very rare e30 325is with the 2.7 six and M3 suspension, which was also built in SA. Weather they were ckd items assembled, im not sure.

This was actually my 2nd car. My first one was the same, except grey and stock standard. It had a disagreement with a tree, and then got put to sleep forever.

This morning I saw an e60 520i with knock off M5 grills on the front guards... Then shortly after i saw this ....

Bought a DICE ipod kit for the M5. The commute just got even better.

Love these best motoring vids! There are some full-length ones floating about too from the late 80's onwards. I'm still on the hunt for some more clips of the e39 m5 being thrashed around Tsukuba.

The F40 is still the only supercar i'd own. Would have been good to see a bit more grip driving instead of Ken Block drifts in slow motion. Otherwise an awesome clip.

Beauty is only skin deep. But with the e60 M5, it's ugly on the inside too - definately a car you'd want to own for the first 40 - 50,000kms and then trade in/flick off for something else. I do like an e60 touring with the M-tech goodies though.

Very nice interior! I wouldn't worry about the vanos too much - they all rattle. What fails with the vanos units in the M5's is well documented and not exactly rocket science, nor costly to fix if you're handy with a multimeter and soldering iron. The GT1 system has a vanos testing programme which will tell you if there are issues. Yes the heritage interiors have the pleated lines in the seats, a bit pipe and slippers looking, especially with my example, but for the price and spec I couldn't resist.

The face lift steering wheel is a lot nicer, and i read that they are the exact same wheel found in the e46 m3 so that makes for a bigger market of available steering wheels. The seats shouldn't be different post or pre facelift. Depends how the example was optioned. You have 'heritage' or 'sport' which seems to be whats in the blue on tardme, as well as mine, the centre sections of the seats are pleated leather. Heritage is usaualy paired with wood trims, so the blue one for sale seems a bit of a hybrid of sport and heritage, or the wood trims were swapped out/painted. Some examples were also spec'd with extended leather, so a full dash trimmed in leather, as well as the other trim panels. Fun to clean... Engine wise, you supposedly get less vanos diesel sounding rattle with the facelift model, as they updated the design of the vanos lubrication system. If you get serious on the blue one, get it hooked up to the GT1 diagnostic system, plenty of testing features.

I'm with AMI, and i've found if you argue enough you can get a genuine windshield. What helped me though is the bad experience in the passed with the aftermarket crap glass repairers seem to endorse. AMI told me that the price difference between oem and aftermarket is not that big (e39 wise) so I simply used that against them and told them to get me a genuine windscreen. I also have house and contents with them so Im sure they appreciate my business with them...