RE: BMW M5's (was: Re: Sticker prices?)

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Only my wife stood between me and a 91 I'm-probably-speeding-red M5 last
fall. The car was close to perfect although the interior was a little
worn. I have *never* driven anything with a better engine. It's smooth
and it absolutely screams when it's being wound out. The power is also
pretty unbelievable and for a car that size it handles extremely well,
and for a car with such handling it rides very well (better than my
stock 94 Acura Legend GS).

2 minuses: RWD with 310bhp and maintenance (that oh-so-beautiful
engine...).

They wanted $34,000 for it, but were indicating that $32K was possible.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, redmond, wa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626
  O-

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>From: 	Andrew Duane USG/PE[SMTP:duane@zk3.dec.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, April 22, 1996 7:57 AM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	BMW M5's (was: Re: Sticker prices?)
>
>Hairy green toads from Mars made Linus D. Toy say:
>
>> At 11:32 PM 4/19/96 -0700, Eliot Lim wrote:
>> >like that.  i hear that the early 750i's were buggy as hell.  what's
>> >a '88 or '91 M5 worth?  the bmw salesman even tried to dissuade me
>> >from considering one because he said that the maintenence was
>> >horrifying, even for an audi owner.
>> 
>> that's because the M engine is practically hand built.  little in common
>> with the stock 3.5L  I6.  (not true w/ the '95 M3) fyi, the '88 M5
>>listed in
>> the high 40s, in the mid to high teens today, the '91 M5 listed in the high
>> 50s, in the 30s today.  and at 300+ normally aspirated hp in a 3800# car,
>> that is nothing to mess with, especially if it's been seen by Dinan.
>
>A friend at work has this exact beast: a ticket-me-first red '91
>M5, and it *has* been seen by Dinan. He bought it about 18 months
>ago, replacing an '88 M5, which replaced a 535is, which replaced
>a 530i....
>
>If one of you (Eliot?) wants some info, I can put you in touch....
>
>BTW, it's a bitch to work on (he does most of it himself), but
>it SCREAMS.
>
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