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Old 17-05-2009, 09:30 PM
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Default 1995 BMW M5 - What issues?

Seriously tempted by one seeing as my life has taken an unexpected turn I'm thinking once the finances are sorted I need to change my car and teh price of these things is hard to ignore. can anybody talk me out of it or is there really not much to be put off by?
Old 17-05-2009, 09:48 PM
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Stunning cars honey... but surely youd prefer cossie power again?
Old 17-05-2009, 09:51 PM
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Never had a Cossie and as this will be a replacement for my A4 daily driver I don't think a Cossie would be a good plan. I'm just mulling a few ideas over in my mind. I still love my A4 and might just throw a bit of cash at that but this sneaky interest in an M5 I think needs looking at.
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is this the e34?
Old 17-05-2009, 10:18 PM
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IMHO buy it if its what you've always wanted

I've always liked the E31 850 so I bought me one and now I'm happy
For now lol

Just do it m8
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edc shocks are a grand each,buy the best car you can afford or it will ruin you! other than the shocks there isnt much different to look for on the m5 as any other car, i ran 1 for 5 years, awesome.
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i disabled the edc and replaced the entire suspension with bilstein coilovers, as i wasnt going to pay 3.5/4k to replace the original stuff

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Rust.........my mate just finished one that looked ok-ish when he got it but by the time it was stripped was rotten to shite. tho that could be down to where it lived-salt etc. Just have a good poke about cos very little rust could be seen at the start. I'd get a pic but he sold it on quick-parts are very very expensive

Some car though had nearly 190k on it and still pulls like a train. Deffo old school cool

Actually his might have been a bit older but pretty sure there the same shape.
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
is this the e34?
Yes a `95 M5 would be an E34

Just because you are buying an M5 for sub Ł5k dont forget the parts still have M5 tax on them and are getting harder to get hold of.

Ive heard stories of an exhaust system costing over Ł1k
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Cool as hell cars tho
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