Any reliability issues?

@@AristidIX nothing major. Had to rebuild both vanos units at 150k (93k miles), cost me around $5k parts and labor.

​@@5Qu1Z33r I have a friend who is now selling an E39 M5. He wants to exchange it for a newer M model. Found a pre-redesign 2008 E90 M3. Gave up the E60 M5 because it is unreliable. Do you think the E90 M3 with a manual transmission would be a good replacement for the E39 M5?

@@mislavkonjik2827 seems like a slight downgrade to me 😅

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! It really was a great period for BMW.

​@@OvertakeFilms I have a friend who is now selling an E39 M5. He wants to exchange it for a newer M model. Found a pre-redesign 2008 E90 M3. Gave up the E60 M5 because it is unreliable. Do you think the E90 M3 with a manual transmission would be a good replacement for the E39 M5?

Wow, thanks! It really means a lot. I'm both amazed and pleased to see the video reach you in Finland! I bet that 2002 M5 is wonderful on the roads out there.

100% agree. Best review of e39 m5 ive seen on youtube too

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

Thanks!

Same.

Same.

Yeah! I love that V10, but they do sound worrying and sadly in the UK (I think the rest of Europe too) no manual option!

I might not be competent enough to assess it but aren't the NA V10s still way less complicated than the twin turbo V8 that followed, the one with the turbos between the heads and overheating issues? Questionable styling might have been questionable 19 years ago, one might not like the design but holy crap, this is a 20-years-old design that looks more or less the way current cars do. On the outside, the interior is another story ;)

@@pdcichosz I’m not sure the V10 is less complicated than the turbo V8 (S63). That V8 lacks ITBs and obviously has two less cylinders/pistons/connecting rods. While all M engines have internet complaints of rod bearing issues, the S85’s are most severe.

Thanks!

Thanks!

It was 750 and 740i was better anyway😀

It is that car. It's just love for it I have to admit.

They start around £20,000 in the UK and go up to £50k+ for time warp low milers! 10 years ago or so they were easily found for way under £10k!

@@OvertakeFilms i have had mine 17 years its done 78k i wonder how much its worth in uk

No, sorry that's my cheap suction cup mount for my audio recorder! Took me a little while to figure out what it was, I guess that's what you get for going cheap. I've now replaced it so it should disappear in future videos!

I have one and kind of have to agree with you. Love the car but the prices have gotten ridiculous the past few years, I wish they were still more under the radar and not talked about all the time.

The rise in values is something that can be seen across the board for anything mildly interesting, where it ends up, who knows!? I certainly yearn for the days when fun cars were more affordable and maybe the rising inflation might dampen the demand a bit. I believe the push towards electric is currently shifting the needle with the most force, as the market realises this is it for the combustion era.

​@@OvertakeFilms That's true, everything has gotten expensive, but in this case there are other factors at play. If you can buy three generations of M5 for roughly the same amount of money, there must be. While E60/E39 price collision can be somehow explained, one might be still near it's bottom price while the other one already started creeping up, the e34/e39 case is what in my opinion suggests that in the era of lightning-fast information, you can create a demand for anything by hyping it up the right way. And all I remember seeing about the arguably brilliant, even better made and definitely more 'classic' E34 M5 is one short video from Matt Watson, whereas youtube et all is being littered with 'the GOAT M5' materials about the e39. Classic car prices have been rising throughout the last 10 or so years, a healthy bit above inflation, I've seen ads trying to convince me to buy into the crowdsourcing schemes for cars, so they've become full-on financial instruments now... I doubt the inflation alone would change anything if not accelerate the price increase, the bubble needs some form economic decline to really burst and put classic cars back into the 'luxurious goods' category. I think you're right about the push towards electric, I'm curious what will happen once the gas statios start to disappear and these investment vehicles need to have their values reassessed as some form of elaborate sculptures. That's why I'm collecting scale models, they are already there for a fraction of a price ;)

What is "scale model"?

@@rinx34 well, it's a model of a car scaled down. A visual representation of it that you can put on your shelf ;)