Niglan11

Having bought an E60 M5 recently a PPI is a must, I use BMWork shop in botany, Ross and the team have serviced my last 3 BMWs and always been good with providing a straight up view on the good, bad and ugly. Personally I prefer slightly less molested vehicles for peace of mind and less insurance hassles. Get the service history and go through it with a fine tooth comb. Check if the suspension mods are certified, won't be much fun getting pulled over and pink stickered in an M5. Line up an aftermarket warranty if you can, although normally hard to come by without buying via a dealer. Auto sure and Jansson were the two providers I found with cover for more than 8 cylinders. And as pointed out by other members the servicing and run costs are going to be higher than a standard 5 series but in return you get a much bigger smile on your face. Good luck.

You can contact NavNz who advertise on Trademe, I picked up the latest NZ map DVD for my UK imported 06 M5 for $99.00. Give them a call and they should be able to confirm if they can sort out what you need. The other option is to go through BMW however from a cost perspective its a touch more expensive... Re Bluetooth pairing there are a few helpful guides on the web. However off the top of my head the process goes along the lines of. Make sure BT is turned on in idrive (select in idrive info, settings, scroll down to Bluetooth and make sure BT option is ticked) Suggest you may want to delete any old devices already paid from previous owners. Existing pairings show under the phone menu. Select device then select remove device Select phone and you should see the pair new telephone option. Select that option and then Start pairing. Now on your phone go to settings, BT (make sure BT is enabled) and you should see the cars BT as a device to pair with (My phone shows the device listed as BMW1234 ect) select the BMWxxxx on the phone. Idrive will prompt you to create a pass code eg 1234. Create passcode and then select confirm passcode. Enter passcode into iphone when prompted. And that should hopefully get your phone paired. Re playing music my car came with a aux audio jack, which is a usb and headphone jack in the centre console, I bought a BMW Y connector cable off ebay which did it he job of connecting my iPhone 4s to idrive, the iPhone has since imploded so I have an old iPod pluggd in. If your car does not have the aux audio option and you have a CD stacker in the glove box I think there are a number of after market modules that can be used to replace the CD stacker and connect media devices into idrive. Good luck.

Hi Raj, how did the mufflers sound at motorway speeds, any drone?

Nice one, fine choice!