I just want topop in and say hello to a fellow Ontarian and I am amazed to see the mileage on your M5. I average 11-14L/100 with heavy foot and mixed driving with alot of toronto traffic. Barely a 1L of oil between oil changes every 6K-7K.
Hey brother! Good to hear from you!! I bought the beast from a sleazy used car lot in Toronto in 2008 with 105,000 km on the clock. It was throwing an SES light every 5 km driven. The LED display below the speedo/tach had almost no pixels working. The tires were bald, but it was otherwise in great condition. They cleared the SES light three times, and told me it MUST be a gas cap problem when the light came back on. I told them that it probably WASN'T a gas cap problem, as it could be a whole host of things that are wrong with the car. They then dropped the asking price from 35K to 31K to 24K, at which time I accepted and bought the car. They also wanted to sell me multiple warranties to bring the car up to 30K - which I declined. On the drive home, the car went into limp in mode and I couldn't exceed 3000 rpms! AWESOME!! After replacing multiple oxygen sensors (all except one), she drove pretty well. About a few months later, the SES light returned. I bought myself a code reader and diagnosed multiple nagging problems which eventually had me replacing the MAFs, the VANOS sensors and some other sensors underneath the plenum. And the SES light returns. But it drives so well!!! Finally, I replaced the last O2 sensor at the advice of my dealership, and finally, after over 100,000 km of driving with the damn SES light on, the light now stays OFF!:biggrinbounce:
I replaced the LED display, bought snow rims/tires, put in the bluetooth kit from bavauto, put in sirius satellite radio in place of the cd changer, replaced the junk windshield with an OEM bmw unit so that my auto wipers work again. I'm now putting in a new mirror so that the autodim feature works again, and it also has the compass in the mirror as well as the homelink so I can ditch that silly garage door opener remote. I've replaced every fluid, the serp belts, the fan, clutch, alternator, driveshaft and summer tires X3 (kumhos made this car stick like GLUE!!).
I knew that this car would require some major maintenance when I bought it and replaced every fluid. I accept that costs involved with a supercar are high - that comes with the territory - but I must say - this car is worth every penny!!! What a ride!!! I know these things cost over 100K new in Canada - and the fact that I got her at one quarter that cost - well, that is just sweet music my friend!
Enjoy your rides!!!!:cheers:
