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xraydoc99 · 23rd July 2007, 06:57

After many months of lurking and asking a bunch of stupid questions I’m finally a member of the club and ready for a proper intro.

I’ve been looking to buy for about three months and finally found the “right” car. I wanted a fully optioned black\black with low miles and no wear and tear. I am in Arkansas and there were never many for sale within a day’s drive of here. I was really hoping to buy from an individual so I would know exactly what I was getting and who I was getting it from but after 3 months and no luck I started looking at the dealers.

I found a late June 06 build car with a late September in-service date that had only 3k miles and only one tiny stone chip on the hood as its sole cosmetic blemish. It is fully loaded, missing only the rear airbags which I didn’t want since I have small kids. It had an original sticker of $95.5k. It was at International Autos in Milwaukee. They were originally asking $82k. I paid $74.5k which I felt like was a couple thousand more than it was worth, but from a dealer not too bad of a price. I was tired of looking and ready to be driving so figured a few thousand at this level wouldn’t kill me. I heavily debated buying new but figured for $21k I would let someone else suffer the break-in period.

The salesman agreed to meet me in Chicago at the airport. I flew up on Saturday morning and drove it about 700 miles home that day. My wife thought I was crazy making the drive. I don’t think she understood that 700 miles of peace and quite with my new (to me) M5 was much more play than work. So after a good wash and some photos here it is.

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xraydoc99 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I got my new (to me) M5 and drove 700 miles the first day! - Intro with PICS After many months of lurking and asking a bunch of stupid questions I’m finally a member of the club and ready for a proper intro. I’ve been looking to buy for about three months and finally found the “right” car. I wanted a fully optioned black\black with low miles and no wear and tear. I am in Arkansas and there were never many for sale within a day’s drive of here. I was really hoping to buy from an individual so I would know exactly what I was getting and who I was getting it from but after 3 months and no luck I started looking at the dealers. I found a late June 06 build car with a late September in-service date that had only 3k miles and only one tiny stone chip on the hood as its sole cosmetic blemish. It is fully loaded, missing only the rear airbags which I didn’t want since I have small kids. It had an original sticker of $95.5k. It was at International Autos in Milwaukee. They were originally asking $82k. I paid $74.5k which I felt like was a couple thousand more than it was worth, but from a dealer not too bad of a price. I was tired of looking and ready to be driving so figured a few thousand at this level wouldn’t kill me. I heavily debated buying new but figured for $21k I would let someone else suffer the break-in period. The salesman agreed to meet me in Chicago at the airport. I flew up on Saturday morning and drove it about 700 miles home that day. My wife thought I was crazy making the drive. I don’t think she understood that 700 miles of peace and quite with my new (to me) M5 was much more play than work. So after a good wash and some photos here it is. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Current Stable: 2006 BMW M5 SMG - My daily driver 2002 Porsche 911 Cab 6sp- Wife's daily driver 2003 Chrystler Pacifica AWD - Nanny's daily driver\catcher of spilled milk Past rides: 2003 Infinity G35 Sedan 6sp 2001 Nissan Maxima AE 6sp 1999 Nissan Maxima 5sp 1995 Nissan Maxima 5sp 1982 Saab 900 Turbo 5sp 1979 BMW 320i 4sp Last edited by xraydoc99; 23rd July 2007 at 07:09.