Is it immoral....

[Vixpy1]

To put a towbar on an E34 M5?

[AAV]

Yes, now go and have and have a good stiff drink followed by a cold shower, and just hope that your post has not been read by a family member

[bher]

I would accept it if it is to tow a trailer with a sport car having twice the power of the M5 on it.

[waremark]

I have a tow bar on my E46 M3 - to tow a machine with only 50 hp.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Yes, of course it is. Now stick it on the latest M5 bushpig and it will be OK.. E34 is so pure a design that to do this would be criminal in extremis!

[M3John]

Charley, stop being so silly man and just go and buy another car for towing !

[Howitzer]

Rubbish, the M5 is not a supercar or out and out sportscar, it's a great all rounder.

Pop the towbar on.

Dave!

[Neil.D]

bher said:

I would accept it if it is to tow a trailer with a sport car having twice the power of the M5 on it.

Agreed. It would be cool to tow a Caterham/Ultima etc but when your not you will just look like a caravaner...

[ASBO]

Erm,

My E35 M5 came with a factory fitted towbar and by all accounts it's bloody good at towing stuff (although I've never had the need to myself).

I say go for it. As Dave said above, the M5 is still a big four door saloon and not a super car. It will however tow bloody quickly!

[Neil.D]

ASBO said:

Erm,

My E35 M5 came with a factory fitted towbar and by all accounts it's bloody good at towing stuff (although I've never had the need to myself).

I say go for it. As Dave said above, the M5 is still a big four door saloon and not a super car. It will however tow bloody quickly!

Is it detachable? or fixed/welded to the subframe?

[ASBO]

Neil.D said:

ASBO said:

Erm,

My E35 M5 came with a factory fitted towbar and by all accounts it's bloody good at towing stuff (although I've never had the need to myself).

I say go for it. As Dave said above, the M5 is still a big four door saloon and not a super car. It will however tow bloody quickly!

Is it detachable? or fixed/welded to the subframe?

Yep, it's detachable. Quite a neat installation (as you'd expect) and you'd never know it was there .

[shunt]

Had a detachable factory one fitted to my E36 M3 Cab for towing a small ski boat, it was great for the job. Now I use an old modeo though..........

[Mroad]

Yep my E34 M5 has the factory detachable towbar too, as has been said it's a very neat install with a detachable piece of blanking trim where the towbar slots in. The boot even has brackets and a compartment to store the towbar when not in use, a typical well thought out BMW design and install. I'll sort some photos out if anyones interested (can't say I have used it yet).

[Vixpy1]

Yes, could you.

Its too tow my track car, i was going to use the scooby, but its turned out a little more extreme than i wanted

[Fer]

Vixpy, I thought for you morals were something that happened to other people!