Buy used M5 or keep 535d and chip it?
04-04-2006, 05:20 AM
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M5 will hurt business 
So 535D remapped is the way. I drive a lot (+40k now days) and M5 would cost fortune to drive that much! :'(
But maybe as a second car? Or first and 535d as a second!
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So 535D remapped is the way. I drive a lot (+40k now days) and M5 would cost fortune to drive that much! :'( But maybe as a second car? Or first and 535d as a second!
Skaffa
04-04-2006, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' post='263951' date='Apr 3 2006, 01:29 PM
Went to a friends party yesterday and a guy turns up in his stunning recently purchased 64k Intergalagos Blue M5 with all the toys. He took me for a blast and let me drive back. If you've never been in one all I can say is its a fantastic car 
, if you have then you know how good it is.
I can get a used model for around 64k similar to the one I drove and have my wifes backing..........................................
, if you have then you know how good it is.I can get a used model for around 64k similar to the one I drove and have my wifes backing..........................................
Only joshing of course, are you keeping the 535d then? If so, spend a tiny amount of the money you're going to save on a few track days. You can have a blast in some real exotica now.
Alternatively, get a year's membership of that Damon Hill P1 club
04-04-2006, 08:40 AM
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Funny Merv. Great decision 
. Before I ordered my 535d, I was thinking 
about purchasing an M5, had the color and options filled in and the the dealer spot to get it in 3 months (he was waiting for the go ahead). Then I broke down situation the same way you did, but I also had to factor in : my new-born son 
, my 'permenent speed limiter 
' wife and of course my 'new grandma' mother who lobbied against it and gave a crash course to my wife about the vicious beast the M5 is.
Let's just say that soon to be a year with my 535d and with 35,000Kms on it (still trying to figure out how all thos Ks got on it) ......GREAT RIDE 
.
Now the sad news is that I am off to Tanzania for a longtime and cannot take my ride with me. I have had the painful experience of giving it to my brother, who actually hates the E60 design
but can't stop talking about the way it rides.
. Before I ordered my 535d, I was thinking about purchasing an M5, had the color and options filled in and the the dealer spot to get it in 3 months (he was waiting for the go ahead). Then I broke down situation the same way you did, but I also had to factor in : my new-born son , my 'permenent speed limiter ' wife and of course my 'new grandma' mother who lobbied against it and gave a crash course to my wife about the vicious beast the M5 is. Let's just say that soon to be a year with my 535d and with 35,000Kms on it
(still trying to figure out how all thos Ks got on it) ......GREAT RIDE .Now the sad news is that I am off to Tanzania for a longtime and cannot take my ride with me. I have had the painful experience of giving it to my brother, who actually hates the E60 design
but can't stop talking about the way it rides.
04-04-2006, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris535D' post='264366' date='Apr 4 2006, 01:11 AM
Well done, great input, thanks.
04-05-2006, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='264485' date='Apr 4 2006, 06:30 PM
is that an option
Looked Discovery yesterday about UAE rich and famous. :'(
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04-05-2006, 11:26 PM
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04-06-2006, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by skaffa' post='265356' date='Apr 6 2006, 05:57 AM
Yes, if You have oil well at Your back yard!
Looked Discovery yesterday about UAE rich and famous. :'(
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Looked Discovery yesterday about UAE rich and famous. :'(
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