E39 M5 Whats a low mileage car really worth?

[runninglow]

Iam struggling to price my low mileage E39 M5. Most of the advertised 2000 cars have double the mileage at least (mine has 44k, FMBWSH, immaculate). The price range seems huge £12k to £16.5k. Car is at the dealership being serviced for sale (and the Vanos accumulator fixed).

Anyone with any recent experience or a view on this?

[dazren]

I assume this is a pre facelift car as opposed to a late 2000 registerred 2001 M/Y "facelift" car?

Link to M5s for sale on PH classifieds:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=572

Edited by dazren on Thursday 24th May 16:01

[belleair302]

I would look at £15,500 as a low price, but would haggle hard from £16,000. How much are you looking to receive for your car?

[runninglow]

Its a March 2000 W car. I was thinking £16.5k - should be worth that with mileage, condition and peace of mind re service history, Vanos etc.

I don't really want to sell her and have been hanging on to her since my E60 M5 arrived in Feb '06 but its time to move on.

[jezzaaa]

runninglow said:

Its a March 2000 W car. I was thinking £16.5k - should be worth that with mileage, condition and peace of mind re service history, Vanos etc.

I don't really want to sell her and have been hanging on to her since my E60 M5 arrived in Feb '06 but its time to move on.

2x M5s in the same household, you lucky thing!!

Just curious...but are there things you prefer about the old one, now that you're well aquainted with the new one?

J.

[edmundo]

FYI, I recently bought a 50K 99T reg for £12.5K

[runninglow]

There is a huge difference between the E60 and E39. On a bad day when the i-drive is playing up and driving you crazy you hate the E60 and look back on the good old days of a radio which actually had buttons. On a good day the engine and gearbox working in harmony and the handling sublime it feels like the best drivers car in the world - certainly the best all-rounder. The handling of the E60 is clearly a generation on from the E39 which is still a great car to drive. Performance wise the E60 when on the move is very very impressive and in the real world as fast as almost anything else (nearly as fast as my old V600). It is a joy though to get back into the E39 which does everything you ask it to do when you ask it and feels just so right, simple, intuitive and really connected. In the E60 you are very aware of the electronics managing the car even if you turn DSC off - but I don't have a big problem with this given the 507bhp of the car. I do have a problem with the i-drive concept and the fact that the computer behind it can't cope with multiple tasks so it often locks up in its navigation and entertainment modes. BMW haven't got a solution to this and I've heard some pretty lame excuses.

[Jim Green]

RUNNINGLOW : I just bought my E39 M5 about two months ago.

Purely by chance it's also a March 2000 built Car. Pre Face Lift, but with all the toys with the exception of Privacy Glass and Double Glazing.

I found it advertised on Top Marques web site.....34,000 miles from new, one owner, with extended BMW Warranty, in Le Mans Blue, With Black on Black Leather. It is very close to concours condition, with absolutely no scatches/dents AT ALL. It really is almost as it was the day it was new.

It was advertised for 17,500 and I haggled the guy down to 17,000. I couldn't find any faults at all on it, so it was a hard haggle. But I wanted a totally mint car with low milage with the intention of doing the shows with it. (I sold an RS Cosworth Concours Show car, so my standards were very high).

I decided that condition was the most important thing to me, and of course low milage, and disgarded alot of Face Lift cars in favour of this one. So.....if yours is truely immaculate, then it will sell for the price your suggesting.

Edited by Jim Green on Monday 4th June 21:13

Edited by Jim Green on Thursday 7th June 08:30