e39 M5 v e30 325i sport

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Post Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:22 am

see if you can meet up with omi for a ride in his m52.
It's definately worth your while seeing if you like that. They will pull like a train and wave bye bye to most if not all m20's bar the turbo stuff.
Bollocks to this 24v scrap!
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Post Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:34 am

not a certain 2.7..............................
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Post Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:29 am

Simon13 wrote:not a certain 2.7..............................
Hence I say most, who's 2.7?
Bollocks to this 24v scrap!
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Post Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:33 am

schnaarf wrote:E39 M5s are fantastic cars but make sure you spend quite a bit for a good one with full BMW service history so you know its been looked after. And get it serviced by BMW/specialist. 8k spent on ours in january. Only went in for an MoT and thats a mint condition le mans blue 2001.
it went in for an mot and ended up costing you £8000? :eek:
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Post Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:25 pm

My mate has a E39 M5 for sale at the moment and he thought he'd change the front disks and pads before he sold it - £450 from Euro Car parts 8O

Compare that to the E30 - what are they £25 a disk?

Lovely car the E39 M5 but you need to factor the difference in part prices, even if you do the work yourself.
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Post Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:40 pm

billgatese30 wrote:so how did the M50 boys do then Howard?

did you get a passenger ride?
No mate, had to shoot off around lunch so never got around to it! will have to try another time. Decided to pass on the m5 now, wait a couple of years and go for an rs6 avant 8)
Meanwhile get the sport complete and the engine to what it should be and have some more fun in that.
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Post Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:49 pm

^ Good man! E30's are not the fastest or best handling cars but they are sooo much fun and IMO no other car in their price-range can beat em for their all round awesomeness.
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Post Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:06 pm

are you at the croft trackday again in July Howard?

If so come and find me and you can jump in for a couple of passenger laps in the S50 if you like :D
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Post Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:20 pm

billgatese30 wrote:are you at the croft trackday again in July Howard?

If so come and find me and you can jump in for a couple of passenger laps in the S50 if you like :D
Hoping to make it, so you may have yourself a deal there winkeye