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sajStars · 18th July 2008, 11:56

Boyz,

I finally took the pludge, and bought an E39 Black M5.

Spec:
M5, 59K on the clock, Fully serviced - documentation, BMW, mots validating the miles

Initial Thoughts:

1) More torque than i expected.
2) Car feels very agile through bends, and smaller to drive than what it looks like.
3) Driving it back from Scotland, i achieved 18.4MPG - which i am not sure is good or bad
4) Speakers are really bad - well annoyed about this - cannt believe that this car was £50k when new - and the sound is soooo bad.
5) Was expected a deeper noise from the exhaust.

jimmythefish · 20th July 2008, 03:15

Welcome aboard, looks like a nice M5, especially like the 2 tone black/gray interior!

James

sor118 · 27th July 2008, 19:45

Congrats and welcome to the club! What speed did you average to get that bad of average fuel consumption? I can typically get closer to 30mpg going between 65-80MPH or 100 and 120KM/H.

My sound system sounds great. Maybe your connections are bad or you have some blown speakers or faulty amp not providing enough power to the speakers?

sajStars · 28th July 2008, 11:27

i dont think i had the trip computer on the right setting! doh!

Its a beast though, just when you think you have tammed it - it bites back!

SSense · 28th July 2008, 11:59

Carbon Black! One of the best colors.
Congrats and Welcome Aboard

sajStars · 28th July 2008, 12:05

in all honesty i did not rate carbon black - until i saw it and wow....

it looks dark and mean.....

for the first time - i drove it well over the weekend and the it does not cease to impress me, m5 runs out of road quickly.