06 M5 for sale

Seth Brundle

...or maybe just the engine, gearbox and bonnet!
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66346
very sad!

qz

This is one of those rare times that I allow myself to cry.

megatronyu wrote:

rolled 5 times =(

Damn.

fletch

but I can tell already that it is not cheap based on my buy back price from insurance

What does he mean? It looks like complete scrap to me....especially given a car with so many electronics, why would you bother trying to get it back on the road....The car is in surprisingly good shape for havin rolled 5 times tho

qz

fletch wrote:

What does he mean? It looks like complete scrap to me....especially given a car with so many electronics, why would you bother trying to get it back on the road....The car is in surprisingly good shape for havin rolled 5 times tho

It's fúcked!

fletch

Structurally though the cabin of the car remained fairly intact and didn't crumple too much...

Robbo

Ouch. Seeing as he's from Texas, perhaps he wasn't expecting one of those pesky "corners"?

Seth Brundle

according to realoem.com a new engine is worth about $24k and gearbox is about $9k. selling just these on the 2nd hand market would fetch these if not higher prices I reckon as the S85 engine would not be available to anyone without and M5/M6 if going through a dealer.
then the leather, wheels, etc would earn more money

Seth Brundle

qz wrote:

It's fúcked!

Nothing a bit of elbow grease and T-Cut wouldn't sort out!

colm_mcm

i could think of better ways of blowing $81,000 what an idiot!

junkyard

I have the technology I can rebuild:) pity its not in Ireland I'd sort it in a month.

Seth Brundle

colm_mcm wrote:

i could think of better ways of blowing $81,000 what an idiot!

$81k in the US - it starts @ €135,600 here

junkyard

Welcome to Rip-off Ireland. Everything you ever wanted plus tax.

rabbitinlights

Would fully comp insurance not cover it? What would happen in this case would they give him the full $81,000?

S.

colm_mcm

those M6's have every sort of nannying device known to man, how did he roll it?!

fletch

colm_mcm wrote:

those M6's have every sort of nannying device known to man, how did he roll it?!

Well first of all it's an M5....and second of all....it's a car capable of doing 200mph+....all it takes is some eegit to over estimate their ability and do something stupid for the natural laws of physics to render every driver aid in the world useless.

ateam

fletch wrote:

What does he mean? It looks like complete scrap to me....especially given a car with so many electronics, why would you bother trying to get it back on the road....The car is in surprisingly good shape for havin rolled 5 times tho

"good shape" lol

colm_mcm

I never liked the styling of the new 5 series anyway

Seth Brundle

rabbitinlights wrote:

Would fully comp insurance not cover it? What would happen in this case would they give him the full $81,000?

S.

I guess it would depend on his policy - many policies here would offer you a new car if the write off is less than a year old.

colm_mcm wrote:

those M6's have every sort of nannying device known to man, how did he roll it?!

at a guess I reckon he did the following:-
go fast then turn sharp but don't brake inbetween

ateam wrote:

"good shape" lol

The car rolled 5 times and the driver has only a sore shoulder from his seat belt - the cockpit is still intact so I would agree with the comment

colm_mcm wrote:

I never liked the styling of the new 5 series anyway

Neither do I really - Im only starting to warm to it and only then if it has a kit. However, the M5 really does look good

colm_mcm

isn't there a huge waiting list on the M5?

Seth Brundle

There is.
I was at the launch last year in Weston and talking to the BMW Irl PR gal she was telling me that 2005's cars had already been sold (25 cars) and that the list had been growing for 2006

unkel

kbannon wrote:

Nothing a bit of elbow grease and T-Cut wouldn't sort out!

LMAO

rabbitinlights

kbannon wrote:

There is.
I was at the launch last year in Weston and talking to the BMW Irl PR gal she was telling me that 2005's cars had already been sold (25 cars) and that the list had been growing for 2006

Thats weird, I ordered an M5 brochure off the website last november and I got a phone call from them about a week later asking about a test drive around Galway, I strung her along and she said Cunninghams had 2 in stock and that the waiting time on one is about 4 weeks! They now have 4 different ones in stock and murphy a gunn in milltown have 3 in stock. I think the whole waiting list thing for the M5 is a bit wierd.

drdre

wow i wonder what speed he was going.the driver and passengers must be gone to god as it looks in bits.

unkel

drdre wrote:

the driver and passengers must be gone to god as it looks in bits.

RTFT / RTFL, the driver was grand, just a sore shoulder - there were no passengers

ds20prefecture

kbannon wrote:

according to realoem.com a new engine is worth about $24k and gearbox is about $9k. selling just these on the 2nd hand market would fetch these if not higher prices I reckon as the S85 engine would not be available to anyone without and M5/M6 if going through a dealer.
then the leather, wheels, etc would earn more money

So you buy a previous shape 530d touring, slip this engine in and you have the ultimate BMW - 500bhp AND handsome. And a 5 speed manual M5 (none of your poofy sequins-tronic nonsense). Hasn't the 530d similar torque to the M5?

Big Balls

Dunno how I'd cope with a car with that much power either but clearly the car was too much for his driving skills.

BMW should do a course for M cars I think.. would make them even 'cooler' and would save that type of heartache!

junkyard

Its not just M5's that get written off you know. I've driven M5's and similar type cars for years and haven't crashed, basically you drive taking road conditions and the amount of traffic on the road at the particular time into consideration. I think most people get to be better drivers with experience although some are no hoper's from the start. Some people just shouldn't be allowed on the road full stop, they're just not driver material.

Anan1

True. Although a no-hoper and 500bhp is a particularly unfortunate combination.

junkyard

A no hoper and a Citroen 2CV is an unfortunate combination.:)

Anan1

Maybe VRT rates should be graded according to driving ability;)

LundiMardi

ha ha ha!! that's gas.. ha ha