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Re: Buying an M5

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> > I'm thinking about buying a '88 M5. What are the +/- of this car?  Are
> > they worth 20K and are they expensive to keep up.
> 
 Filippo is correct.  I've just recently purchased an '88 M5 with 53k 
miles on it in wonderful shape (not as nice as Filippos but pretty 
close) and I must say that it took a long time to find a good example 
that the owner wasn't asking a mint for.  The best advice I can give 
is to look at as many as you can (within geographical reason.  Theres 
no point spending $2k in travel to find an M5 for $1.5k lessthan 
another). 

Make sure than you have it checked by a BMW mechanic who has had 
experience with these cars.  Due to the rarity, not all mechanics 
have worked on them very much (or even at all).

Now, on a different note, if your on the east coast, take a look at 
Filippos.  I'm in CA, and if Filippos car had been closer, I would 
have bought it as soon as I saw it (I must admit I only saw pictures, 
but these pictures where regular 35mm "candid" shots and were 
absolutely perfect).  He does know what he speaks (everything he has 
told me was confirmed by my mechanic and my guy was recently in 
Autoweek as the guy who dropped the E30 M3 motor in the Z3, so he 
does know M stuff.  He also has a sweet M2002, but thats another 
story)

Good luck and have fun.  They're great cars.  I'm finding myself 
looking for excuses to go visit clients (I'm a CPA) and am afraid I'm 
going to put 100k miles on this thing within the end of the year.  I 
guess I'll have to start driving my '72 02tii more (what a lousy life 
I have, huh <BIG GIANT SLOPPY CAT GOT THE CANARY GRIN>)

Jerry Chyo

'72 2002 tii (yeah)
'88 M5 (bigger yeah)