Got Myself A New Toy To Play With :-)
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Got Myself A New Toy To Play With :-) M5
a 1990 absolute mint M5. 4 seater. Back seats are like a VTi/SiR CIVIC. Was optional extra. She has the works. Very Happy!!
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3.6L straight 6. 315bhp 250lb/ft torque standard.. And won't be changing a thing. She'll stay as munich intended. But i'll give it a month or two then i've to decide weather to keep impreza or this as i not rich enough to run 2 cars and a van too.
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That is lovely! How much if you don't mind saying? I had the 525i auto version which is massively underpowered in comparison but still miss it lots as it was such a pleasure to drive and my dad gave it to me after he had had it from new. Wish I had never got rid of it
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Very nice! I take it even with 130k on the clock it still runs beautifully? Reason I ask is I let my 525i got for silly low money with only 90k due to a tooth/cog snapping off something which didn't affect the running but made a nasty clanking noise when you started it up where the broken bit was spun round the casing it was sitting in and to get it out would have involved dropping the gearbox out. Can't remember what I was told it was but cost to drop the auto gearbox out was ridiculous. I was just gutted that happened at such low miles for a car that is known to go on for ever.
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Originally Posted by LegacySTi
130k clock. Main dealer to 110k. Specialest after that. Every M.O.T. from ne and tons receipts and bills most from main dealer!!
Thats a great car for the money and with history as well!
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Originally Posted by worley
Looks nice, a good friend of mine has one on an 'M' plate. grey/green with grey leather. It has the optional adjustable Nuremburg (sp?) suspension and 340 bhp.
A lot of car.
A lot of car.
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Nice M5
Your wheels are on the wrong way, at least some of them are! They are directional, designed to draw air out from the brakes as the cooling ducts feed air to the inside. So where the spoke joins the rim, the pointy side should point towards the direction of travel.
I had the same wheels on my 840 before I upgraded to 18" M-parallel, and it's not unusual for garages to mix them up when swapping tyres as they don't realise the wheels are directional
Have a look at this M5 wagon pic to see what I mean (these are installed in the correct direction):
http://www.authen.no/pics/bmw-m5-touring-1992-2.jpg
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Your wheels are on the wrong way, at least some of them are! They are directional, designed to draw air out from the brakes as the cooling ducts feed air to the inside. So where the spoke joins the rim, the pointy side should point towards the direction of travel.
I had the same wheels on my 840 before I upgraded to 18" M-parallel, and it's not unusual for garages to mix them up when swapping tyres as they don't realise the wheels are directional
Have a look at this M5 wagon pic to see what I mean (these are installed in the correct direction):
http://www.authen.no/pics/bmw-m5-touring-1992-2.jpg
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Originally Posted by Paul_M
Nice M5
Your wheels are on the wrong way, at least some of them are! They are directional, designed to draw air out from the brakes as the cooling ducts feed air to the inside. So where the spoke joins the rim, the pointy side should point towards the direction of travel.
I had the same wheels on my 840 before I upgraded to 18" M-parallel, and it's not unusual for garages to mix them up when swapping tyres as they don't realise the wheels are directional
Have a look at this M5 wagon pic to see what I mean (these are installed in the correct direction):
Paul.
Your wheels are on the wrong way, at least some of them are! They are directional, designed to draw air out from the brakes as the cooling ducts feed air to the inside. So where the spoke joins the rim, the pointy side should point towards the direction of travel.
I had the same wheels on my 840 before I upgraded to 18" M-parallel, and it's not unusual for garages to mix them up when swapping tyres as they don't realise the wheels are directional
Have a look at this M5 wagon pic to see what I mean (these are installed in the correct direction):
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Yep the back wheels are wider, IIRC they are 9" wide (255/40 tyres) and the fronts are 8" wide (235/45 tyres). So with the widths being different, and the wheels directional, each wheel is unique to that corner 
The wheels themselves aren't actually directional, they're two piece and it's the outer part that is. But there's no good reason to split them unless refurbishing etc so they're pretty much directional.
The wheels themselves aren't actually directional, they're two piece and it's the outer part that is. But there's no good reason to split them unless refurbishing etc so they're pretty much directional.
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