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My wheels took a week and $2000 to repair. 2 days and $180 seems fair to me.

Just found it on TM. Nice colour combo, I really like that silver and the extra leather is quite cool also. I test drove a blue one with white interior and in the end I couldn't buy it because the white leather was so dirty . No need to worry about the PPI really, the dealer needs to cover anything immediately after purchase. And really, the person inspecting needs to be a M5 nut to provide any value. A couple of things to not worry about: The lurching SMG is pretty normal Grinding noise going around tight slow corners is normal (grumpy diff).

E55 is pretty reliable and a sh*t load faster. They handle like a rudderless oil tanker though. Just fix your car and keep going for a few years.

Sounds like you will be fine with an M5. I've had mine for 2 years now and only had minor things: 1x coil 1x knock sensor (dealer fixed it) Diff seal leak P/S leak I do have to do the brakes and tyres next year though.

If your partner doesn't want a manual they likely wont want an SMG M5. Mechanical insurance is exceptionally expensive for these. You could be looking at $2200 per year. Mine cost that much and was limited at 2 years. Before you own an M5, ask yourself these questions: 1: Can you live with 20L/100km fuel consumption? 2: Will anyone that frequently travels in the car have issues with the SMG? My wife won't drive mine. 3: Do you have cash flow available IF something was to go wrong? I.e. can you pull $5-10k of cash together if the worst was to happen? 4: Are you happy with ~$2-4k per year servicing costs? If you can get past the points above and you want an M5 then go for gold. Otherwise I would suggest looking at alternatives such as the newer Audi S6 V8 twin turbo, AMG E63. They aren't an E60 M5, but they are far more modern, faster and in the case of the Audi, fuel efficient. Common maintenance items: Tyres: $2200 Brakes: DIY @ $2500 Oil/filter: DIY @ $250 Spark plugs: DIY @ $200 VANOS Solenoids: $1400 each * 4

Edit: oops I thought this was a different car. Didn't look hard enough!

Most unreliable is fake news.

Sometimes I regret getting my M5 instead of the one of these I test drove.

it's in the pictyure: "halfprice"

Haven't had much grief with mine in 2 years. Just a diff seal, P/S seal and a coil so far.

No. You need around +15 front and +25 rear offset.

The rear would fit, the front is 20mm off.

I'm glad you explained it. I thought about it but couldn't be arsed spending the time researching. The other thing to mention is that the N5x has a much friendlier power curve. The ramp rate on a 1000HP 2JZ is ridiculous. That coupe is certainly a nice car.

Hah, you make it sound like you can just turn the boost up on a 2JZ and get 1000hp. In reality 1000HP out of a 2JZ, RB26 or N54 is going to be a big, expensive job. The 335i has been a performance deal since 2016, or earlier even. I was looking at low mileage 335i wagons in 2015 for under 30 grand.

Just got my wheels back from refurb, cost a pretty penny. They're ment to be black shadow chrome but came out mostly black.

I just got my wheels back from WheelFixIt. Good guys and good work done, but not cheap. Price will depend on what you get done.

The engine and transmission are the valuable bits. The rest is just e60 junk.

Yeah I don't think it would be worth it. Sell the 318 and buy some mods for the 135i.

Id agree with that. You would probably just leave it SMG after driving it. If you stick shift the SMG it is very close to manual in feel.

Yeah im thinking the same, the SMG is pretty good when you are giving it the herbs. Both SMG and manual are a bit of a drag the rest of the time. just

Yep, it'll hit 25 in a real crawl. Even my old E55 was better I think. It's a shame as technology really took off in the following years with DI, stop start and deactivation to allow for decent fuel economy out the high performance engines. I'm looking at the new 4.0 TT Audi S6 which has 9.6l/100 combined :o.

Grey Lynn. I drop it in and catch the train home. They are pretty good there, just busy, which can mean the service is a little rushed or impersonal some times. Still better than the plastic fantastic that is Auckland City BMW. Urgh. Edit: got my car back, it was just a coil in the end. I must have mixed up my cylinder numbers when swapping over to test. Oh well, fixed now.

I take mine to BM Workshop. They are reasonable, but rather busy. Probably about 600 for a service as it takes 9L of fairy princess oil. Fuel economy is terrible. I get 5.0km/l if I use it on my daily commute from Ranui to CBD. On the open road it gets to about 7.2 which I can live with. Sadly my 535i uses literally half the amount of fuel. Downshifting I think it's optimal to just let the trans downshift itself when coming to a stop. Cheers, LR

Nice one. Do you get much drone? Mine is miss firing on a cylinder. Suspect it's an injector fault but waiting to hear back. Could be Keen on the 2nd December meeting up.

That doesn't mean they are better. My Jap import cars have ALWAYS been in better condition than the comparative NZ new vehicle. I'm not saying this is the rule, but for the cars I have had it's been true. My 130i, E500, E55 and M5 all had absolutely no marks on them whatsoever, it's as if the Japanese owners had them running on blocks in their garage to get the mileage up or something. A lot of them also appeared to have service history.