///M Back w/ Pictures (big) Part 1

[Matt P]

Here I am arriving at BMS about 4pm Friday afternoon.




Hmmm.. I wonder where my car is...




Ahhh! Found it! Now, where is somebody?




Found John, fighting a broken door latch. Wayne is out for the moment.




Ok, got the key, let's walk back over to the M5




A bit dusty inside.. I'll need to get it cleaned up.

Those white buttons to the upper left of the shift lever? That a remote control for my new Stereo.


More to follow...

[bahnstormer]

looks good!

[Matt P]

A few more shots of the M5 sitting at BMS






Notice the EDC switch on the right of the console. For the first time since I bought the car, it should ride like new.






And a couple shots of the engine bay. Wouldn't you know it, I went to start it up and the battery was low. John had to give me a boost.





Now on to the Stereo....

[Matt P]

This is my new Rio Car / Empeg head unit installed in the dash.... The remote is sitting down below it.

This Empeg is equipped with twin 30gb laptop drives for 60gigs of MP3 storage.




Notice it is a standard DIN sized removable unit. You can take the Empeg out and hook it up to your computer network. It has an ethernet port in back and runs Linux.




Here is the empty docking sled. There is an AM/FM tuner module connected to the back of the docking sled by a cable.




Here is the head unit sitting in the passanger seat.





More Stereo Pics to follow....

[Matt P]

Here are the boxes that held the new stereo components I had installed.




In the rear are 2 new MB Quart 6.5" coaxial speakers





Here is the amp and speaker crossovers mounted in the CD-changer compartment. Those big crossovers are full of LEDs that light up.




Now I have driven the car from BMS in Ft. Worth to Classic BMW in Richardson. The Friday afternoon rush-hour drive was hell. Though I did get to take the on-ramp from North I-35 to East I-190 at about 85mph. The EDC suspension now has 2 flavors controled by the dash switch: stiff and really, really stiff.

Here is the car in the Classic BMW service bay. Nearly everyone is gone, but the manager knew I was coming has made sure someone was around. He and a few others came out to look the car over.

I'm leaving it at the dealer because they have a great detail department. While it's there next week the dents will be taken out, the oxidized paint made to shine and touched up, the interior detailed, and basically the whole car made over as if it was going to a magazine cover photo shoot. :-)




Here I am transferring stuff out of the M5 Touring into my trusty 1990 535i. I'll be back.... soon.






That's all for now.... Comments welcome.

[George M]

My comment is...what a rare and exceptional car! Congrats on getting it back Matt.
The moons must be aligned with all the M5 karma falling into place :-)
Enjoy that bad boy!

[ScottyWM]

Another one too nice for the virtual car show!!! Just jealous actually...

[Elekta]

<boiyoing>

Uhhm, be back in few minutes.

[JR'Z 525]

Matt,
Beyootifull car! What a lucky man you are!
John R

[Phil M]

matt, whats the m5t's performance figures compared to a m5 sedan? does the styling improve or take away from this? or is it just about the same?

BTW, that is one bad mofo you got right there. once you get it lookin spiffy i think we got another competitor for JR and Dmitry for the upcoming car show