I've taken my car to Spa Franchochamps - driving the 400 odd miles and then taking it directly on the track was magic, but hard on the car. Recently I did two open pit lane days at the Nurburgring on the Nordschleife. It seems to me that the e39 M5 is fairly good at track work - a little heavy, nicely balances and overall not bad.
Clearly the brakes are pants, but with an upgrade, in my case APs, it's now the tyres as the suspension seems fine for few track days a year. Has anyone run Toyo R888 and what were the results - what miles do you get, and what is the track experience like, and how is the road work?
What are the views, am I mad to make an e39 track worthy when it might be cheaper to take a Caterham or Boxster or even a 911?
Ian
Clearly the brakes are pants, but with an upgrade, in my case APs, it's now the tyres as the suspension seems fine for few track days a year. Has anyone run Toyo R888 and what were the results - what miles do you get, and what is the track experience like, and how is the road work?
What are the views, am I mad to make an e39 track worthy when it might be cheaper to take a Caterham or Boxster or even a 911?
Ian