Ive always been a fan of this particular model and I need a family barge, i have been considering changing the exige for an Evora, but im worried about the depreciation on them ATM, hence thinking keep the exige
and get an M5 they are seriously cheap thesedays.
I would have a max budget of 10k and am going to do plenty of research and perhaps get one after xmas, so does anyone know anything about them? anyone had one?
Im not bothered about fuel costs really as it wont do too many miles.
Yeah had two in the family, an early one and a late one. Differences were:
Early (2000 iirc) car had low tention piston rings, so drank more oil
Later cars gained a oil pump for the head, made it less clattery at startup & idle
Strong cars but clutch is the weak point, check for slipping regardless of miles
Brakes can be a tad weak, not an issue on the road though but change fluid
Vanos can be chattery, but doesn’t mean it’s buggered
Early car had a duff vanos seal that can allow oil to be sucked into the manifold, check for blue smoke.
Check the self dimming mirrors work, the glass is silly money.
Oh common that the dash letters start to have dead pixels.
MAF filters cause all kinds of fun with regards to performance.
Deffo buy on condition rather than age or miles, however these cars are comparatively bullet proof if they have all the stamps. Munich legends are my dealer of choice, although Barney has moved on I think.
On final thing, get a loud exhaust, they sound like a 520i without one.
[quote=Muu]Yeah had two in the family, an early one and a late one. Differences were:
Early (2000 iirc) car had low tention piston rings, so drank more oil
Later cars gained a oil pump for the head, made it less clattery at startup & idle
Strong cars but clutch is the weak point, check for slipping regardless of miles
Brakes can be a tad weak, not an issue on the road though but change fluid
Vanos can be chattery, but doesn’t mean it’s buggered
Early car had a duff vanos seal that can allow oil to be sucked into the manifold, check for blue smoke.
Check the self dimming mirrors work, the glass is silly money.
Oh common that the dash letters start to have dead pixels.
MAF filters cause all kinds of fun with regards to performance.
Deffo buy on condition rather than age or miles, however these cars are comparatively bullet proof if they have all the stamps. Munich legends are my dealer of choice, although Barney has moved on I think.
On final thing, get a loud exhaust, they sound like a 520i without one.
NOT fond memories of being beaten with a baseball bat over the head for the keys…garage it/be careful/be vigilant. I’ll never own an RS product ever again despite it being a true beauty
I am looking at changing my every day dog barge. My 530d has 72k on it now, so want to sell before it gets too leggy.
I have been looking at M5 and RS6 estates. I am steering more towards an RS6 as I dont like the M5 gearbox. I have had two SMG M3’s and they aren’t the greatest as an every day proposition and an RS6 has the best part of 600bhp which is obviously required now we have two dogs!
RS4’s are bloody small inside. I looked at those when I bought my 530 BM.
I know everyone ravs about them but i stupidly bought an e39 m5 purely based on all the glowing journo reports and it was a big disappointment with dead steering feel, dull exhaust note and high running costs and crucially for me it never actually felt that fast. After driving a friends e60 M5 it felt much the same just a bit quicker, still very clinical though and not that exciting. Neither model give that feeling of driving anything very special which I think is crucial.
Lol, I ended up driving my '60s fiat 500 to work and leaving the M5 on the drive everyday…no one could understand it but to me the little fiat was a million times more fun.
Cheers for all the input guys, some interesting points.
One downer for me is I asked Matt @ Henderson Taylor if he could insure an E39 M5 on a limited mileage policy similar to my exige as it would only be used as the family weekend runaround so 3k per year max, but they can not insure a 4 door car ((
Does anyone know if one would qualify for a classic policy(as most r 10 years old now) or any other useful insurers.
