M5 at Pick-a-Part?

[Danch 42]

https://www.pickapart.co.nz/webpage/WebPage.asp?Ref=10381&VehicleID=216197&SeriesID=145

Funny how you see something random like this as pick a part. It's been 4 days and a lot of body parts are gone.

[Driftit 2202]

Link doesn't seem to work.  Which pick a part was it at?

[deedub 123]

8 minutes ago, Driftit said:

Link doesn't seem to work.  Which pick a part was it at?

Works for me. It's at Mangare.

[Vass 1054]

Mangere

https://www.pickapart.co.nz/eziparts/Display_Vehicle.asp?PriceListID=0&VehicleID=216197&$Location=112105099107097112097114116099111110122&LocationID=3&VehicleDesc=BMW M5

That's crazy tho, must be a blown engine or something major. Insane that something like this would end up at PaP regardless.

[Neil McCauley 451]

Big set of BBS RE's it looks like too.

[elias 395]

Surprised no one’s pulled the engine yet. Nothing like a s85 with unknown history/condition 

[M3AN 4112]

6 hours ago, elias said:

Surprised no one’s pulled the engine yet. Nothing like a s85 with unknown history/condition 

This. Unless a rod has punched a hole in the block it would probably be a good buy at those prices (using the 'Check Prices' link) summing up to <$2500 for a long block and ancillaries.

Edited 20 hours ago by M3AN

[Driftit 2202]

64,000kms...  I know PickaPart often get most of their info wrong.  But that would just be insane if it was true.

[Kees 651]

I went today just to have a look. Engine and gearbox were already removed - and they aren't listed in the sold section. I would say Pickapart is selling those separately - or got the car in a deal whereby they got the car minus the drivetrain. 

Anything M5 specific is basically already gone. The air boxes are still there along with the alcantara headliner and the seats. Although someone has used the back seat cushion to lie on when removing the diff. Rear brakes were still there and rear axles. 

Registration was MJF262 - WOF in 2020 cited 63,942km. Sad how that car only lasted 2 years here.

WOF on the windscreen was from 2021... 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Kees

[Neil McCauley 451]

Were the wheels still there @Kees?

[Kees 651]

1 minute ago, Neil McCauley said:

Were the wheels still there @Kees?

No they were gone too. 

 

[KwS 2448]

its always wild to me when PAP gets cars like that. Like, someone could've sold it privately for parts (or even to a proper wrecker), for way more than PAP would've given them... but no, they dumped it.

[paulo 86]

WOW - wish this was down at my local P-A-P!

Those heated / cooled seats would be worth saving for sure 

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Alcantara headlining is a worthwhile upgrade too, if in salvageable condition. 

I'd also be grabbing the M5 specific under-trays for engine and gearbox. 

 

[paulo 86]

2 minutes ago, KwS said:

its always wild to me when PAP gets cars like that. Like, someone could've sold it privately for parts (or even to a proper wrecker), for way more than PAP would've given them... but no, they dumped it.

Agreed. I recently saw a complete but rough early 90's 3L G-wagon at PAP CHCH. Randomly sitting in an aisle, incorrectly listed as a 300e or something. Couldn't believe it !  It definitely looked saveable.
It had disappeared within a week, no doubt a negotiated deal with a punter that saw the potential. 

[Kees 651]

4 hours ago, KwS said:

Like, someone could've sold it privately for parts (or even to a proper wrecker), for way more than PAP would've given them

Exactly. What I also find ironic is that Pickapart will not have come close to maximising the parts value of the car. Anything rare/desirable/expensive has to be sold at a low fixed price, and people are so rough with the cars that anything left (particularly on the interior) generally gets ruined. 

In a weird way everyone loses... 

While its a shame to see a nice car getting parted out, often it provides the parts to keep 10+ more on the road - yet when a car is at Pickapart there is so much wastage and you have to live nearby to physically go get the bits you need yourself. 

4 hours ago, paulo said:

Alcantara headlining is a worthwhile upgrade too

This was absolutely mint, but I bet it won't be long until it's ruined with people leaving doors open etc. 

[sillyfrog05 13]

Didn't look too bad one upon a time.

[treone 677]

43 minutes ago, Kees said:

While its a shame to see a nice car getting parted out, often it provides the parts to keep 10+ more on the road

This could be optimistic lol

My prediction is that all the leftover M5 specific bits will be put on a 525i. Or even worse, an e60 diesel variant haha 🤣

[elias 395]

1 hour ago, treone said:

This could be optimistic lol

My prediction is that all the leftover M5 specific bits will be put on a 525i. Or even worse, an e60 diesel variant haha 🤣

I’d pick a 535/530d over a 525 any day of the week, m57s are fantastic 

[treone 677]

Sorry if the sarcasim of the post has been missed. Let me try again…

slapping a M5 badge on a 520i/525i/530d/535d (add your own model here) does not make it an M5 😝…

same applies to all ‘M’ variants and model series 🤪

Chur!

[paulo 86]

16 hours ago, Kees said:

No they were gone too. 

 

With regards to the wheels, it could be worth checking at the office to see that they haven't removed them and stashed them elsewhere. I know that they do that at PAP CHCH. 

[paulo 86]

3 hours ago, sillyfrog05 said:

Didn't look too bad one upon a time.

Hmmm looks good. I wonder if the lowering springs are still on the car...

[Driftit 2202]

15 minutes ago, paulo said:

With regards to the wheels, it could be worth checking at the office to see that they haven't removed them and stashed them elsewhere. I know that they do that at PAP CHCH. 

Yeah I have seen a guy throwing wheels over the fence at PAP.  So anything nice is removed.
Do they still have those manky cobra chickens guarding the place in Mangere?  Loved being hissed at while your under a car pulling parts.