I bought a 2000 m5 (anthracite gray metallic) in 2017. It had 96,000 miles and was in great shape for 9,000$. Man it’s such a great car , I’ll never sell it. It does everything so well. Very responsive with Lots of midrange punch and very rev happy. It handles so much better than a 3800Lb car should. It feels so planted on the road under most circumstances. Theirs is such a sporting presence sitting in the drivers seat . It moves faster and handles better than a. 400hp should . I bought my 97 540i sport 6speed first and loved it so much that I had to have the m5. I haven’t found a decently priced manual bmw yet that has the same smile factor as both of these. Even the 540 is no slouch with the Msport suspension. And manual transmission it’s still pretty quick but where it shined is high speed acceleration. Simply a great car period. Car should

This era of BMW I3 think the only flop they had was the 318ti. There was a time when BMW was very special and were hitting on all cylinders. This E39 was the pinnacle of BMW. There was also the E36 M3, E46 M3, X5 4.6i, 740/750i/L. Even the regular 528i with a manual transmission were solid cars.

E60 m5 the E39’s successor with the s85 v10 engine was available with a 6 speed manual only in America.

I remember i almost bought one back in 2013 . It would make a good family car

Spend a few years driving more modern stuff then try to go back. They sound great, but a modern 6 cylinder diesel will see it off easily. I did exactly that by going from a 330 e46 to a 2012 X3 30D to a 2003 M3. The m3 felt absolutely ancient after 5 years daily driving the X3.

Wrong on the Turn Signal stalk! This is THE Good one!! The stupid ones that won’t turn off started later, maybe even the E60 had them. E-39 ones simply go on and off and can feel like new still at 200k miles!! Short of the flimsy cup holders the E39 interior is built incredibly well!

I bought a 1991 850i with the rare 6speed manual transmission but it doesn’t have the same smile factor as the 540 6speed and m5.but is still nice to look at.

Cool content. I just started watching the video and was afraid that at 0:14 that the video could have went a different direction.

Do you think it’s worth 40k? For a good condition with less that 100k miles. Or go for a e92 m3 for example..

The sound and feel with the exhaust is kinda ruined. BTW, you could get an E60 manual - I had one. and have an e39 m5 now.

That was a custom exhaust !