Pics of my newly acquired 1990 M5 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

M540i LE · 16th November 2005, 06:40

Pics attached ...

Jahangeer · 16th November 2005, 11:49

congrats sir. that is a gorgeous car, hope you have fun with it.

illjah · 16th November 2005, 13:07

Looks in good nick.

I loooooove that interior - I am upgrading my sebring grey '91 to that exact same interior very shortly.....

Brian M5 · 16th November 2005, 20:48

Looks great inside and out.

Why did they ever change from that brilliant steering wheel.
I'd love to have one of those again.
I'd have thought it wasn't beyond the BMW Engineers to design an airbag into it. The standard wheels with airbags are -it has to be said- UGLY.

illjah · 16th November 2005, 21:19

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Originally Posted by Brian M5

The standard wheels with airbags are -it has to be said- UGLY.

That's an understatement!!! A sport airbag wheel was available as an option on standard models. If I had one of the ugly ones it would have to go..... I'd even sacrifice having the airbag if needed!!

Brian M5 · 16th November 2005, 21:51

Ahem,
I also have the optional "sport" wheel.

So that is Ugly and Even Uglier for the airbag wheels

The above one is a delight with those sculpted thumb grips and it just looks the part as well as feeling good.

Aaargh - Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

M540i LE · 18th November 2005, 00:24

Thanks for all the good wishes. Illjah, I also love the look of the interior - one of the reasons behind the 'impulse' buy of the car.

This is one of the just 524 RHD 3.6 M5's made and one of only 45 E34 M5's ever officially imported into Australia - so a bit of a rare beast down under.

Not really sure what I will do with it - maybe ship it to London and drive it at the 'Ring next year with all you other Euro based M5 guys

Cheers

illjah · 18th November 2005, 03:05

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Originally Posted by M540i LE

maybe ship it to London and drive it at the 'Ring next year with all you other Euro based M5 guys