...Titanium silver,white or sterling grey with under 30K miles...please let me know...

 

A nice Titanium/ black sport with light modifications on M5board.com. 37K miles is a little over what your looking for. But it's in great condition with a reasonable asking price.

 

Make sure you research the carbon build up issue. A real pain to deal with and costly if you do it right.

 

I might be interested in selling mine. Here are some pics. https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=59680

I have about 50k miles, but everything is perfect.

 

I have a blk/blk '02 with around 53K. Please PM if interesed

 

03 M5 24xxx in so Cal. PM sent.

 

AFAIK, the carbon build up problem doesn't happen with the 03's, and the 03's have DVD NAV as well.

Too bad the 03's are still going for more than I wanted to pay for. But I can wait. The four door thing is really for when we have a kid anyway...

 

Why wouldn't the 2003 cars be suseptible to the carbon buildup? They use the same exact motor as the '01 and '02 cars. The only change in the motor for the E39 M5 was the early '00 models used a different sized piston ring, which is what contributed to those cars having higher oil consumption.

As far as DVD nav goes, if you can find a nice '02 or earlier car for the right price, upgrading to DVD nav is a common and easily done. I beleive it runs about 1K?

 

Based on my reading of the m5board, it seems most of the carbon build up is concentrated on 00 and 01 cars.

Of course, maybe all M5's are affected, and the 03 owners are just not saying anything about it.

Ther eis also the VANOS issue that I believe BMW changed the design on 02 forward to avoid it.

And then there's the valve gasket leaking, but I forgot if that one is year range limited or not.

Anyway, I still need to do more research, but like I said, I got time before I really need a 4 door sedan.

 

Been an active M5board member for over three years. My understanding is the only change in M5 motors is the piston rings in the very early '00 models. I just read up on CBU, and the summary posted by a member said all model years are suseptible. It's a tough issue, because if your car gets it , the costs are high, even if BMWNA pitches in and helps. There is a fix to the current problem, but it doesn't mean that it won't come back. Do a search for "Carbon Buildup" on M5board, and check out the CBU Summary thread.

 

Dad has a 2000 M5, low miles, tubi exaust, short shift kit, re finished rims, new tires, o and its black, if your interested PM me