Feeler: M5 for sale?? Am I nuts?

[Digita1 Ecstasy]

omg!! AC Schnitzer Type I's!!!!

Any interest at all in selling your rims?

I'd love you long time if you did.

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

What the heck do you need a boat for in your climate ?

If you really do, hire a lock up garage and store the boat there - it must only be viable to be used for a few months a year anyway.

The M5 should be preserved and turned into a Sunday driver - hasn't it earned that right ?

I'm sure a WRX would be nice, but why not look for a nice E39 M5 to add to the collection ? That would really make you appreciate the E34 !

Contrary to popular belief, it isn't always freezing here - summer highs 30C and higher.

Sunday driver is a cool idea. No E39 please.

[rreimund]

I'm with everyone else in saying you should find a way to keep the E34 M5..
That said, I don't have any quick solutions for you on how to justify it.

I think the key is somehow getting the boat out of your garage and into either a.) a rented space elsewhere, or b.) another family members' garage.

I don't know your family, etc. but I would start by telling your family members that you're interested in getting a new daily driver and really need the garage space back, and if there's any other alternative arrangement that can be come upon.

I also have a confession.. I'd like to see you keep the E34 a bit longer so that I can pull a Qube down the road when you face this same conundrum again, AND when I'm in a better financial position to offer you a fair price for it. :-D
Your M5 is amongst my favorites for a.) it's condition b.) the obvious care you put into it and c.) your apparent modding philosophy.. It's been mildly modded and are mods that I would likely have done myself.. very much in line with my own..

Best of luck in whatever you decide.

[puppypilgrim]

Anthony, I'm a Canuck in Vancouver, BC. Don't sell the M5. What you can get for it in cash, won't buy you anything approximating the driving pleasure it gives you. It is a kind of super-sedan for the price it commanded at one time. While the Subie will feel more nimble and tossable, there is a certain BMW-ness that will be missing.

If you felt the need to consolidate to one car all year round (the Subie), I understand. If you could not afford the maintenance of the car due to circumstances, I would also understand the decision. Maybe you are just tired of the car. If so, I would wait till warmer weather to sell the car - you would undoubtedly get a better price. Plus, you won't know what you're giving up until you try another car on your favorite roads - roads that you know and have taken with your M5.

Assuming you own your M5 debt free, that is another powerful argument to NOT get into further debt to acquire another car (sorry don't mean to offend you here if you are independently wealthy and money is not an issue) given our tax rates here in Canada. This would happen if you traded in your M5 for new car.

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

omg!! AC Schnitzer Type I's!!!!

Any interest at all in selling your rims?

I'd love you long time if you did.

The rims are my faves too, but they'd most likely stay with the car for better or worse.

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

I'm with everyone else in saying you should find a way to keep the E34 M5..
That said, I don't have any quick solutions for you on how to justify it.

I think the key is somehow getting the boat out of your garage and into either a.) a rented space elsewhere, or b.) another family members' garage.

I don't know your family, etc. but I would start by telling your family members that you're interested in getting a new daily driver and really need the garage space back, and if there's any other alternative arrangement that can be come upon.

I also have a confession.. I'd like to see you keep the E34 a bit longer so that I can pull a Qube down the road when you face this same conundrum again, AND when I'm in a better financial position to offer you a fair price for it. :-D
Your M5 is amongst my favorites for a.) it's condition b.) the obvious care you put into it and c.) your apparent modding philosophy.. It's been mildly modded and are mods that I would likely have done myself.. very much in line with my own..

Best of luck in whatever you decide.

On moving the boat to other storage - I just had a furnace put in the garage as a "present" (although it was going in anyway) with the hint that it would "pay the storage fees"...

Thanks for the comments about my modding philosophy. After spoiling a few other cars by over-modifying them, the temptation to do so on this one was resisted. The temptation has been pretty strong at times though.

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

Anthony, I'm a Canuck in Vancouver, BC. Don't sell the M5. What you can get for it in cash, won't buy you anything approximating the driving pleasure it gives you. It is a kind of super-sedan for the price it commanded at one time. While the Subie will feel more nimble and tossable, there is a certain BMW-ness that will be missing.

If you felt the need to consolidate to one car all year round (the Subie), I understand. If you could not afford the maintenance of the car due to circumstances, I would also understand the decision. Maybe you are just tired of the car. If so, I would wait till warmer weather to sell the car - you would undoubtedly get a better price. Plus, you won't know what you're giving up until you try another car on your favorite roads - roads that you know and have taken with your M5.

Assuming you own your M5 debt free, that is another powerful argument to NOT get into further debt to acquire another car (sorry don't mean to offend you here if you are independently wealthy and money is not an issue) given our tax rates here in Canada. This would happen if you traded in your M5 for new car.

Yeah, I know the cash realization would be lower than my perception of its actual worth but, after a time, one becomes jaded. This car has been owned outright since purchase and all mods and repairs have been carried out by my labour and attention to detail using only OEM or better parts. Maintenance cost is not the issue either. I'm in no hurry to sell and once the decision is made either way, spring will be here.

Trading it in would not be an option - no dealer would give more than about $10k for it on trade. That would be an insult to the crew from Garching. These cars are bought, not sold...

[krzysiom5]

Anthony,
Don't sell the M5.I'm sure that you've seen this M5 promo.video before, but here it goes again (this is also for you JR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBELG...elated&search=

[Gayle]

Anthony,
Don't sell the M5.I'm sure that you've seen this M5 promo.video before, but here it goes again (this is also for you JR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBELG...elated&search=

I expected to see our favorite board member, fukem5, at the end of that video, taking credit for all of bmws accomplishments.

[Digita1 Ecstasy]

Yeah. Don't sell the M5. Just sell one pair of its shoes. It doesnt need three!


They dont Make ACS Type I's anymore