Want of the day

[Jackleg]

The levels of want for this are just off the scale.

The E39 has to be one of BMW's best looking cars. If my M5 and been a touring I don't think I'd have ever parted with it.



https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2003- ... onversion/

[Foz]

Seems nicely done but it isn’t an M5 touring, $40 grand!?

[Jackleg]

I think it's as close to an M5 touring as you'll ever get.
40 grand's a bargain right ? I've seen people pay a lot more for a lot worse.

[Jobbo]

Awful beige leather, and it looks like the standard elephant hide rather than the usual M5 nappa. Not nearly worth the money.

[Mito Man]

The modern idrive unit doesn’t suit the interior at all. Would be better with a smaller standard sized aftermarket system.

[nuttinnew]

Paging JL;







$40k but still nearly two days to go, it could go up muchly yet.
I'd only have lhd if it was a car only ever built as lhd (E30 M3, E34 M5 Touring, etc), if a conversion I'd want rhd .

[Sundayjumper]

If my M5 and been a touring I don't think I'd have ever parted with it.

If my M3 had been a touring I don't think I'd have ever parted with it.

Oh, it was, and I did

Everyone else thought it was brill, but living with it every day became - if you'll believe it - boring. Because it was such an all-rounder. For sitting in traffic it was no different to a cooking 3-Series. For fun it wasn't quite special enough to get excited about. I'd imagine an M5 Touring could end up the same. But that's just me. YMMV.

[integrale_evo]

It's nice, but not £40k + nice. It's not exactly a difficult conversion.

Rusty but mechanically sound e39 m5 + tidy e39 touring + several hours on the spanners = the m5 touring BMW never made.

Only a fraction of the work a decent e46, e91 or f31 m3 touring would be.