austen_wrx

Thinking of swapping my 54 plate WRX againsts a 1999 BMW M5 with FBMWSH and one owner.

Am i stupid?? Should i stay away from it??????

Nevetas

I would!

Try and get some sort of aftermarket warrenty though.

LG John

Me too. For a little over £20k you can get much younger examples.

Edit to say I fooked up! I wouldn't, not at that mileage when a little more cash will get you more.

Listy

Do it mate.

Beemers rule!

After 2 scoobs I'm a total convert.

Fianlly after 38 years as far as Beemers are concerned "I GET IT" !!!!!!

craig5

i've just sold my 2001 m5 and if you think you're impreza is expensive wait until you have a m5, the mafs are over 500 pound for the pair and thay don't last it will eat 1 litre of oil ever 1k at 15 pound a litrerear tyre are 298 each for pilot sports,just had vanos done on warranty for 3400 pound ouch but they are a great car if you need any more help pm me

austen_wrx

I hear what you say, but my scooby is only worth £12500 -£13000 in this crappy market, so its a big step up to £20k!! I just wish i had spent my initial £19k on a 2nd hand car rather than new!! Anyway, i won't be doing that again!!!

LG John

You can get M5s for £13k WOW! I take your point but I feel you are stretching to get a car that could be trouble free or could be a horror story.

austen_wrx

Trying to agree a swap for this M5. I agree it will either be trouble free of an absolute money pit. 1 Owner with FBMWSH has got to be a good starting point. Tha car looks absolutly mint!!!!

craig5

have a good look through this site before you buy
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/index.php?

craig5

austen there is a lad on the m5 site from london who has had 10k of repair's just this year on his bm warranty,i would have a good look at the exhaust too they are 3k from bmw for a cat back

M5_POWER

If it has bmw warranty then yep, if not you risking a lot mate.

I've had 3k of warranty work done in a year. Its nothing major, just small things, like a pixel fails on the speedo, they change the whole unit. Vanos, Mafs, cam sensors and any engine problems will kill you without warranty.

If you really wanna go for it a bmw dealer will for 200 quid do a AUC check, this will bring up any issues and engine fault codes etc.

Jat

Jamescsti

I would be very tempted if it was me I must admit!

TopBanana

Unless you can afford a decent one don't bother.

danny-boy

That's a lot of wedge for a car that's been to the moon and back.

I dunno if you've seen this but its got 50k on it and BMW warranty for £23k

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/55891.htm

Cheers

Dan