E34 M5

[baddie]

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying my second M5. Like the E34 for it's hand-built history and straight six. Does anyone else have one, and are your ownership experiences good? My last car was fantastic but sooo expensive to maintain. I would expect to do at least 10000 miles a year in it and want to know what experiences you've all had bills-wise. Thanks

[dp400]

Hi, I have a very nice E34 M5 that i might be pursuaded to part with. Let me knoe if you would like to discuss further.

Dave

[apache]

I had an early one and it had 100k plus miles on it, the damn thing felt like a new car. It ended up with a leaking head gasket which I was told would involve an engine out job. bills weren't too bad and I had a good indy service it. I'd have another but would have to go for the 3.8 as the the 3.6 needed to get over 3000 to do anything

[belleair302]

I run a 3.8 LE so if you want any info about daily running costs and some bills just ask. Otherwise post something on www.m5board.com on the E34 forum and watch the answers come flooding in.

[mmm-five]

I've just bought a 3.6 after losing my 3.8 in December to a combination of engine and EDC suspension problems (a potential £7k bill).

I find the 3.6 a little more happy to rev than the 3.8 and it feels lighter & more precise for some reason (could just be the different suspension and non-servotronic steering).

A good 3.8 with 100k miles will still be over 12 years old and (as long as you ignore the LEs) you can pick one up for £5-7k (I got a 1990 3.6 with a rebuilt engine with 118k miles on for £3300 a month ago).

As previously said, the M5Board is a good resource (and I'm on there with the same username) - just be prepared for some dry/sick/personal/'individual' sense of humour from some.