Sorry to hear about your clutch. Once the clutchface is glazed and you get slippage with your foot off of the clutch pedal you need to have the clutch replaced.
Mine is a 7/00 build date so I'm glad to hear it has the updated clutch. However, the clutch is always going to be the weakest link in the drive train. Any car with 400 hp, 370 ft lbs of torque and 24 linear inches of rubber on the ground at the drive wheels is going to require some care and good clutch work when you are "getting on it."
With the old high performance muscle cars with comparable out-put engines, the tires were narrow enough that they would break traction easier. These new 275/35 low profile tires are a lot tougher to break loose and therefore put a lot more stress on the clutch and universal joints. I expect we will be hearing of a lot of clutch problems with the M5.
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