Bought mine based on your insights and has been prefect in every way. Best car we own. Watched and did maintenance based on your videos. Nothing like a S85 V10.
Very good video to teach the ones who just say bad things and they never a clue of what a m5 e60 is. The car has ti be treated like a human, warm up before getting exercise, do not eat bad food, summing up tray ourselves good. Treat this car good and make preventative maintenance. Every time I drove mine I feel like a unique driver 😂😂.. because the majority of the people don’t have a tiny idea of what is to drive such a car like this 👍👍👍💪💪💪. Thank you for the fulfilment.
So true Tech Guy, all of the e60 bashing has started to fissel out. I bought my 13 year old e60 m5 10 yrs ago & of course I knew before hand maintenance & repairs wasn't always going to be inexpensive.
Well said. Most people on the forums regurgitate the same information about the bearings. These engines are masterpieces, but not maintained properly and they can be a nightmare.
100% agree with every single thing you said here , had my m5 for 5 months now , done all the service items myself thanks to great info from your channel . big thumbs up from rainy uk :)
Had mine for 18 months now, did the rod bearins myself and glad I did although they had some life left in them, have refreshed most suspension parts and now love driving it which with all the rain in the UK at present isnt very often 😪
Wow thank you for these great insights. I hadn’t considered the strain on the VANOS pump for parking up hills. My car has been parked in the garage for over a year because I found a ton of copper in oil. I’m saving up to replace the VANOS pump, bearings, and oil pump too just because I’m paranoid. I’ve just started the car and came back 15 minutes later when it was properly warm to drive it but I guess the previous owners didn’t car much. I’m lucky not to have injector issues yet, but I can’t even find replacments anywhere.
Hi Guy yet again a fantastic video straight to the point no BULL S..T just honest information..one thing i have noticed is people are waking up as the price of these cars are now shooting up for good examples .i went out in mine yesterday here in Manchester got talking and offered 48k for my car 2 owner 13k on clock full history...but i will never get another like this so its staying with me for good you was without any doubt the reason i got this car and after watching every one of your vids and 2 years of looking so ...THANK YOU ..❤❤💯🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Excellent video as always. As an owner of one of these cars myself, the car is a nightmare if you don’t maintain them. I look after mine as my problems are normally E60 problems not M5 issues.
Coming up 6 years ownership, nothing major to report, but cant sell it because of the scaremongering on the forums, word to the wise-- if you think the e60 is a money pit nightmare, try buying a f10 m5 with the s63, these can make the e60 look as reliable as a toyota corolla, (i own one of each)😂😂
Driving in the 5th or 6th shift setting comment. Doesn't the transmission adjust shift speed based on your speed? so unless you're in 5th/6th speed setting driving fast, you wouldn't get much wear as it still shifts slow at slower speeds.
Nice shine, very clean. Well done!
Bought mine based on your insights and has been prefect in every way. Best car we own. Watched and did maintenance based on your videos. Nothing like a S85 V10.
You had me with that title 😣
I thought something bad had happened lol thank god! mine sits patiently waiting for nice weather!
Very good video to teach the ones who just say bad things and they never a clue of what a m5 e60 is. The car has ti be treated like a human, warm up before getting exercise, do not eat bad food, summing up tray ourselves good. Treat this car good and make preventative maintenance. Every time I drove mine I feel like a unique driver 😂😂.. because the majority of the people don’t have a tiny idea of what is to drive such a car like this 👍👍👍💪💪💪. Thank you for the fulfilment.
Five years ownership here too. Apart from the regular oil changes I’ve still only needed to replace a thermostat and a coil pack. Amazing reliability!
So true Tech Guy, all of the e60 bashing has started to fissel out. I bought my 13 year old e60 m5 10 yrs ago & of course I knew before hand maintenance & repairs wasn't always going to be inexpensive.
Well said. Most people on the forums regurgitate the same information about the bearings. These engines are masterpieces, but not maintained properly and they can be a nightmare.
100% agree with every single thing you said here , had my m5 for 5 months now , done all the service items myself thanks to great info from your channel . big thumbs up from rainy uk :)
Had mine for 18 months now, did the rod bearins myself and glad I did although they had some life left in them, have refreshed most suspension parts and now love driving it which with all the rain in the UK at present isnt very often 😪
Wow thank you for these great insights. I hadn’t considered the strain on the VANOS pump for parking up hills. My car has been parked in the garage for over a year because I found a ton of copper in oil. I’m saving up to replace the VANOS pump, bearings, and oil pump too just because I’m paranoid. I’ve just started the car and came back 15 minutes later when it was properly warm to drive it but I guess the previous owners didn’t car much. I’m lucky not to have injector issues yet, but I can’t even find replacments anywhere.
Epic engines but they do need some love and that where it goes wrong; undoing issues with previous owners.
Hi Guy yet again a fantastic video straight to the point no BULL S..T just honest information..one thing i have noticed is people are waking up as the price of these cars are now shooting up for good examples .i went out in mine yesterday here in Manchester got talking and offered 48k for my car 2 owner 13k on clock full history...but i will never get another like this so its staying with me for good you was without any doubt the reason i got this car and after watching every one of your vids and 2 years of looking so ...THANK YOU ..❤❤💯🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Mine is 238,km runs good same rod bearings also needs very high octane100+
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Excellent video as always. As an owner of one of these cars myself, the car is a nightmare if you don’t maintain them. I look after mine as my problems are normally E60 problems not M5 issues.
I’ve had quite an unfortunate experience with mine. I never run it hard and something breaks every other week 😂
Coming up 6 years ownership, nothing major to report, but cant sell it because of the scaremongering on the forums, word to the wise-- if you think the e60 is a money pit nightmare, try buying a f10 m5 with the s63, these can make the e60 look as reliable as a toyota corolla, (i own one of each)😂😂
Driving in the 5th or 6th shift setting comment. Doesn't the transmission adjust shift speed based on your speed? so unless you're in 5th/6th speed setting driving fast, you wouldn't get much wear as it still shifts slow at slower speeds.
I have E60 M5 with codes