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I'm browsing the classifieds at the moment looking at E39 M5's. Being BMWs, most of them obviously have fairly high mileage now(in my price bracket at least - less than £10).
I know BMWs go on forever, but what about M5s? How do they fair after circa 100k miles, being such a high performance car? I've also heard of Vanos issues that can result in huge repair bills?
I wouldn't expect it to be a cheap car to run, but at the same time I don't expect to have to fork out thousands of pounds to sort out a very expensive engine.
All advice/input welcome
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Alan
I know BMWs go on forever, but what about M5s? How do they fair after circa 100k miles, being such a high performance car? I've also heard of Vanos issues that can result in huge repair bills?
I wouldn't expect it to be a cheap car to run, but at the same time I don't expect to have to fork out thousands of pounds to sort out a very expensive engine.
All advice/input welcome
Thanks
Alan
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There are plenty of M5s available for that kind of money , mileage is not that important as long as it has full bmw service history . There are a few threads on here that will tell you about the vanos issue , it is very very expensive to put right so do a search on here for all the info ( i think stu and graceland have posted up some very informative posts).
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