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My friend has an E39 M5 with 75k miles for sale.
He bought it new, and always had it serviced at the dealership.
It's been maintained OK, garaged, and all records are available.
I took it out for a test drive, and didn't notice anything wrong (I'm no BMW expert).
I'm thinking about buying it and, assuming its going to be well taken care of, how many miles could I expect it to last?
I saw this thread where BMWs with a lot of miles are mentioned.
Is it reasonable to expect 200K or 300K miles out of an M5?
the M5 is a VERY high performance vehicle and need to be maintained as such.... yes ou probably can get 200k out of it BUT you have to remember the M5 is a high performance sedan and parts will cost more.... also what would you be using it for?
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the M5 is a VERY high performance vehicle and need to be maintained as such.... yes ou probably can get 200k out of it BUT you have to remember the M5 is a high performance sedan and parts will cost more.... also what would you be using it for?
Thanks AlpineSixAndSeven, that's kinda what I was thinking.
As far as usage is concerned, I'll probably use it only for the longer weekend/out-of-town drives. I have another vehicle for daily commuting.
It WILL be pricey to maintain an M5 for that long, but you CAN get 300K out of it if you treat it right--assuming it's already been treated better than the dealer recommends.
To maintain that vehicle for that long would probably be more costly than it would be to just sell it before everything starts to fail, and a lot will start to fail, because that's just our luck.
That's a lot of useful information.
Yeah, I'll probably never make 300K miles - just want to understand what a reasonable expectation would be.
I don't have too much info on how the car has been driven and stuff - just that the maintenance records are available from the dealer. The owner is a friends fiance and seems pretty responsible...
You may wanna have a compression test on each cylinder. And maybe someone (maybe yourself) could drive behind the car and watch the tail pipes during up and downshifts to look for puffs of smoke.
No one has mentioned so far that there is not many things that will put a smile on your face like taking your M5 for a spin. A real mood adjuster for me! There is not a car that is more fun! I say, if its in good condition--go for it..You did not mention what year?
The pre-purchase inspection uncovered some wear-and-tear related issues including worn tires (all four) and brakes, worn clutch, etc. Estimated cost to fix everything: $5K+.
There is also a DME memory fault which will apparently cause it to fail smog:
Fault code 170: Secondary air quantity too low. Fault code is not currently present, detected 33 times.
Apparently, this could be because the air blower inlets in the cylinder heads may be clogged (which will cost a lot to fix), or could be that a resistor is busted.
Apparently, this could be because the air blower inlets in the cylinder heads may be clogged (which will cost a lot to fix), or could be that a resistor is busted.
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