Description
Cette M5 délicieuse et bien présentée a été initialement immatriculée aux États-Unis et achetée sur place par le propriétaire actuel en 2006; il l'a importée au Royaume-Uni en 2009 et l'a immatriculée ici. Il déclare :
" I bought the vehicle with 18, 000 miles. If I remember correctly, it now has 48, 000 miles?
I have therefore put 30, 000 miles on the vehicle and took it in for oil changes every 3, 000 miles. The manufacturer’s recommended intervals were too far apart for my liking. So in total, I have had about 10 oil changes on the vehicle. The necessary work was done at the proper mileage interval.
Other than oil changes, there were two major works performed on the car.
1. Work done at BMW’s expense on the VANOS system in about 2007 - BMW of Manhattan
2. Clutch replacement in around 2011-2012 - Hexagon BMW in Kentish Town
I moved car service from BMW of Manhattan, NY to BMW of Bloomfield, NJ. BMW of Manhattan was impersonal and I like to talk to the techs who service my car, just to get colour on anything they saw, heard or felt about the vehicle. I was introduced to a superb BMW tech by name of Tibor Hosszou. He worked at BMW of Bloomfield and would always work on my car by request and would give me good feedback
After moving to London in 2009, the nearest dealer to my post code NW2 2HE was Hexagon BMW in Kentish Town. Like BMW of Manhattan, it was an assembly line, I could not get good feedback from the techs. A friend of mine used to take his BMW to BMERC. The owner was a man called Irfan. He was a big fan of the E39 M5, he would do the oil changes and we would chat.
Other than the clutch, and the VANOS work, the vehicle has never had a mechanical defect requiring repair.
The vehicle has been in storage since 2015
I believe that the airbags are currently on recall
The vehicle was babied. It was never redlined. It was never used for commuting. Start up engine rpm limits always adhered to. The longest trip I took with it was London to Berlin. There was also a trip to Spa Francorchamps for the F1 GP. So from 2006 to 2015, I put on 30, 000 miles. 3, 500 miles a year.”
Cette voiture est présentée dans un état exceptionnel et pourrait orner soit une collection de classics, soit être un moyen de transport régulier plaisant. Bien sûr, comme elle provenait à l'origine des États-Unis, elle répondra à leurs normes strictes ou peut-être avez-vous un repaire continental qui rendrait la conduite à gauche vraiment positive.
Quoi qu'il en soit, lorsque vous regardez les performances d'une M5 BMW et puis la spécification de luxe, vous comprenez le véritable attrait de ce classique moderne - details above
