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This is my old m6! As an OG Hoovie subscriber, it’s awesome to see it end up in his hands. I previously sold it on Bring a Trailer to a car collector and it looks like he never took my EZ Tag and registration stickers off. I collected all of the paperwork for the car since it’s original purchase into a binder that should be with the car. If it’s not, I’m happy to share all of that as I still have it saved on my computer. Enjoy! It’s my favorite car I’ve owned, and my third bmw v10.

You know BMW design has gone completely off the rails when even the bangle butt era begins to look pretty darn attractive as an alternative.

Fantastic purchase, Hoovie! Absolutely do the manual swap and get carbon fiber intake plenums, the intake noise is biblical with them. S85 is one of the greatest engines BMW made, paired with a 6-speed, you'll love it.

I own a 2007 M6 and I love the car. The SMG transmission takes time to get used to, it's actually not bad. These car are absolutely rare with low mileage and in good shape (mine has 70k miles) and will be collector cars in the future. I've never met somebody who had something bad to say about their M6, just a bunch of broke bmw haters who never owned one.

My M3 E93 left me stranded 200 miles away because the throttle actuators failed. I had to abandon it to get fixed but they gave me a brand new 5 series as a loaner. Tyler, I hope you see this comment, GET THE THROTTLE ACTUATORS AND ROD BEARINGS DONE NOW LMAO.

You actually got a decent car this time for yourself. Ninja will definitely get it right with a trans swap. No Farm updates? Can't wait to see the new metal HG go up.

Hey Tyler! I've had a 2006 BMW M5 in my family since 2006 so I am very familiar with these vehicles. For the manual swap I highly recommend shipping the vehicle to E39Source, LLC in Escondido, CA. They have the swap down to a science converting several M5s and they just recently did an M6 coupe. We added the Mr12Volt Car Interface CCC CarPlay module for our M5 and it works much better than our 2018 Porsche CarPlay system. I cannot recommend it enough!!

As a manual M6 owner, highly recommend doing the manual swap and the rod bearings. Once those 2 are done, you should be set for a lot of fun and amazing sounds! Godspeed! 💪

Manual swap and exhaust and you’ve got one of the best GT cars of all time.

It aged so fine, can't even tell it's a 20 years old car, great purchase, the whole car is still shining and the rims are hot!

I love the Hoovie look of trying to hide a smile as he says “Well…I guess I need to manual swap it”. 😅

These are fun cars to drive, I had a 07 M6 cabrio and my wive had the 08 M5. Sold em as soon as the extended warranty was up. Fond memories though.

Regarding the manual swap; check out the Drivetribe M5 estate series. They did a manual swap on that and apparently it made a HUGE difference.

This was my first M car, and I LOVED IT. I took it from Montreal to Key west for a rally and had the greatest time. Was such a comfortable and fantastic vehicle

Looks really clean. As an E24 owner, I never liked the new 6-series, but compared to current BMW's this is a fairly attractive car. The V10 always was amazing. Glad you're doing a manual swap on this one.

My non-M E63, also 2006, still running great with 48K miles. Only on major issue in the 11 years I have had it, that was repaired. And you are right, Hoovie, the older the car gets, the more it grows on one.

M539‘s Manual M5 with the Carbon Intake Manifolds (stock looking) sounds great. He also did the Throttle Actuators, Rod Bearings, etc. Now reliable and awesome

big fan of the M6, just wish the motor was more reliable and didn't require as much maintenance to keep running. From a looks perspective it's aged really well. One of the biggest issues for us without Car Ninja's and Wizards is that not many shops work on the V10 as the shop time they charge usually doesn't pay for the time spent on the labor. Not a lot of v10 specialists.

2007 M6 coupe owner here. Don't have it too long but been reliable so far. Only had to change a coil and regular maintenance. No record of the rod bearings being done! Don't mind the smg trans at all. Silver on black is the best combo I think.

Tyler, all bmw’s you should warm up till the temp gauge “floats” and then drive it to temp before slamming the gaspedal

Alright let's take bets how many episodes it will take for Tyler to start backpedaling on all this praise and start justifying why it needs to go ASAP? 😅

I owned a V10 M6 for 6 years... It was deresteicted and I hit 320km/h (200 mph) with it. Unbelievable acceleration, smoothness and balance. I do miss it.

One of my most favorite looking BMWs. Got to valet a deep blue one every summer and loved greeting the owner every time

Why does no big KZfaqr buy a 6.1L hemi car? Started making them in 2005, 425 HP, few different options to pick from as for the car, and the bottom end is basically indestructible. One of the biggest hidden gems in the car world.

Agreed with the title. Not just the M6 though, I bought a 650i recently and can't get enough of it. Great car.

Well, look no further than Sreten at M539, his manual E60M5 is now his favourite car, even topping the E39M5 which was his diamond.

If you eliminate the SMG nightmare with a manual the only big issue are rod bearings. Just plan on replacing every 60,000 miles. This is a scaled up F1 motor that revs to 8200 rpm. Throttle actuators can fail but not a big job to change: I replaced my failed actuator and the other side just to be sure and while I was there replaced the injectors.

As an owner of a 2006 M6, 6 years with it 40 k plus put by me I can say its a great car. Do rod bearings and eventually throttle actuators and its much better than most think reliability wise. Engine sounds magic have long tube headers tune and filters.

Hey Tyler, amazing video as always! Loving the M6 journey so far. To all the BMW aficionados here, let's get real. Is it just me or does the M6 have this dual personality? It can be a luxurious Grand Tourer and a raging beast on the racetrack, all in one. 💎🔥 As for the rod bearings and throttle actuators - consider this comment a third reminder to get those fixed ASAP! 😂🔧

I agree, this design wasn’t that bad. The 7 series is iffy, but these weren’t too bad imo.

My business was flying high back in 2006, and I bought one of these. 3 months later, I lost my contract, which led to me losing my business, and ended up declaring bankruptcy and gave the car back to the dealer. I had 4 small boys and my wife, and I thought my life was over. The dealer owner heard my story, and felt sorry for me, and bought it back from me, for $3k less than I paid. I loved that car. Have fun with it.

I've owned my manual 2007 m6 since 2013. Up to 101k miles. I tried to keep it under 100k miles for as long as I could. I wish I had the updated euro style headlights and seats, that came in 2008-2010 model runs. I plan to do the rod bearing service at a reputable BMW service shop in the next year. I have a dinan stage 1 tune to remove the speed governor, which I can confirm worked. The car seems to consume about 1 quart of oil per 1200 miles. I do the same thing Hoovie described the previous owner did--wait in the garage for the car to warm up before setting off. I will never sell my car because I perceive the style, V10 grand tourer with a manual, as never coming back.

Here in the uk there’s a company that regularly manual-swaps V10 M5s and they use the manual box and diff from an E92 M3 which apparently works well. I would assume it could be done to the M6 as well. As the ratios are shorter it reduces the theoretical top speed but is much better suited to the torque of that V10.

These cars are fantastic, Rod bearings and throttle actuators and these are very reliable. I’ve had mine for over 70k miles now with no issues but tires

OMG I LOVE IT!!!! I love how now you're into collector cars and stuff instead of basic hoopties, please take care of it and keep it and i think the manual swap would be a good choice and if you want you could keep the old transmission on the side 🤷🏻‍♂️

Really looking forward to this series of videos. Good luck with the conversion.

You need to push the m button on the steering wheel iirc, when they're not in M mode they have 400 hp and in M mode 507.

Your description of the M6 issues and costs for repairs makes me feel pretty good about my bad decisions. I am just daily driving something with an Optispark. Inconvenient and a bit expensive, absolutely, but way better than the 15 things that will total a BMW.

Yeah Hoovie! Killing it as always. Way to go. Would be really nice to see a tribute to the old top gear where they were driving on the beach with this one!!

You are not modifying it by swapping for a manual transmission, you are FIXING IT! Drive Tribe had a M5 Touring Swapped on their channel. Just praises for it!

BMW oil leaks come from the factory as standard,I’ll give it to ya fella that is a mint example 👍😉💪

Another great video! Thanks for making me remember how great my 2007 M5 was. Loved that car was, it was an absolute beast on the track. Put everything in the most aggresive settings and the car would just eat up the track and then go back to normal for the drive home. Got it 34,000 miles and traded at 50,000 after two transmission fault warnings. probably should have kept it. was just and awesome car to drive and the v10 noise in the car at high RPM. Just wow!

A manuell swap is gonna be insane!

I bought my 2007 E63 M6 in Scotland in 2011 my car is like new with 27 thousand miles on it currently. Same colour as your one Indianapolis Red. My car never goes out in bad weather and lives under a cover in a de humidified garage here in Ireland ! I always loved these !

I have mentioned in the comments of previous e63 videos how much I LOVE this version of the 6 series. The car looks bad ass as it drives by. I LOVE my 645 convertible. It's a delicate flower, but it is what it is.

Love it Hoovie! Great choice! You are a manual swap and rod bearing replacement away from a supercar. (Plus wheel, CarPlay module, KW suspension, exhaust and bodykit)

These look so cool. Those taillights are so advanced for the time. Absolutely beautiful at night, and super distinctive!

Just got a Silver 645i Convertible, black interior and with the M6 rims. Coupe is cool, but the Convertible is the best looking version. The car is unreal, looks like nothing else and the quality and ride is crazy good. One of the best cars ever made no doubt. You feel like a king driving this with the top down.

Had a 2006 6 speed manual E63. Was an amazing car, so fun to drive, absolutely screamed, had it for 3 years 2018-2021, didn’t kill myself, didn’t get arrested, didn’t blow it up, sold it for more than I paid for it, that’s a E63 story made in Heaven. The 6 speed manuals are the only ones to own, don’t buy an SMG.

Nice to see you back at it, Tyler. This might be an OK purchase!

You can try getting the European SMG tune, which really does improve the gearbox quite a bit. Also, your catalytic converters are off of your headers so basically you can do cats back and virtually put almost nothing there with the exception of rear resonators and the car will sound amazing and it's not loud inside at all. I did that to my M5 along with a custom dyno tune and it really rolled out.

Hoovie i think i just had same issue as you went trought.Your videos and your positivity are actually helping me a lot to get trough it.

I had a manual 2010 M6 convertible with under 15k miles for a couple years. Never gave me a reliability issue and was the best car I've ever owned. You can't find a car that provides a driving experience like this at a similar price point. If you can find a well maintained lower mile one they can be a great car for the money.

Definitely put a manual in it Tyler, what a beautiful car

Would love to offer a replacement boot lid, taking the line of the rear lamps, maybe a vague boat tail…… it would hammer the boot capacity, but……. 🎉🇬🇧

Have daily driven my e63 M6 for the past 2 years and the car has been flawless. It's really aged like fine wine. As a long time sub, it makes me happy to see one getting some love on the channel. Might pick up a second M6 later in the year because I love it so much ;).

Yes swap it and get a nice valves exhaust for it they sound glorious when they’re unrestricted. I was obsessed with these when I was younger then saw all the maintenance on them and said nope real quick.

Really nice find. My experience was much different than yours. My 2007 M5 sedan with SMG performed flawlessly for the 11 years I had it until a hater ran a red light and t-boned and ended her life. Even the adaptive seats worked until the very end. Roughly $98,000 sticker with every option I remember except for the heated steering wheel. Incredible vehicle.

I'm 2nd owner of a 2006 BMW 530i that I bought from my friends wife. She was 70 when she bought it new. I was 60 when I bought. It had 50K on it when I got it 12 years ago. It just turned 100K. Always maintained and garaged. Non smokers and with no children. Never had a problem with it so far. It is still a 9 out of 10. Still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. Artic White over Saddle Leather. There are some good ones out there if they were maintained properly.

Ninja is a man whose work will never be replaced by AI, for what I like to believe are very obvious reasons.

I’d say swap to a manual once the smg pump starts to give u a lot of issues, but since there was a recent service I wouldn’t worry about it too much, that’s what I did with my E46

I remember in my younger days, I wanted one of these.

I bought a E64 M6 convertible during the pandemic for $20k w/ 46k miles. Been loving it ever since. Such a bargain due to the overhyped issued, so thanks to all the haters for bashing it.

Tyler my 335i has thrown a belt.. so what a ya do!? Just parked in the driveway for now.. You have a big heart and it’s good to see that glimmer of your prankster grin coming back! truly big hearts hurt the worst.. You’re awesome and I look forward to many more years of your antics!

This is a future classic for sure. And has good mileage. Mint condition! Don’t touch it, keep it as it is.

Just a thought...find an early 2000's Land Cruiser, 4 Runner, or Sequoia, fix it up with overland stuff. Then drive it for a few months and flip for a profit.

I just traded in my 2006 M6 for a M8 competition. 72K miles, absolutely mint condition with the Silverstone interior, and black exterior it was one of the nicest ones on the road. Miss that V10 roar

None are left because even the car knew it should put ITSELF out of it's future misery. An out of warranty BMW is an endless money pit.

Had an '08 M6, same color with the carbon roof. Sold it 4 years ago for 15k. It had 68k miles on it. About 50k miles is when all the problems started. By the time we sold it, it had the entire ABS/TCS system replaced, it was on its 5th battery. Throttle actuators both replaced (do the gear upgrade). Slave cylinder went - new clutch, flywheel. It killed an alternator. It really likes to eat the power window regulators. It was a great car when it worked.

I am a big fan of "OE +" mods where they look like they could've come factory but make it way better I think a Dinan exhaust and the manual swap would qualify.. most BMW owners approve of Dinan as some have them dealer installed

Looks like classic great hoovie content for the next couple of months Glad

This isn't called the stupidest KZfaq channel for nothing. Congratulations Hoovie on your new BMW. I'm sure there will be much more content from this. You can always LS swap it if it goes too far south. Next level for buying this car sight unseen.

I wonder which v10 is more unreliable, the m5/m6 with the v10 or the audi s6/s8 with the “Lamborghini” v10

I have a M5 just like the one you had earlier on. Surprise surprise, it’s down right now with a trans issue. It’d be nice to see a manual swap and what all it entails. Maybe I’ll just swap mine rather than fixing the SMG.

The Carbon fiber roof was standard for the m6. The power button is to unleash the full +500 horsepower. Default startup mode is 400 horsepower. I had a 2010 m6 Silverstone metallic. I miss it soo much! The only major repair I had were the throttle actuators. I did have to service the differential but wasn't too major. All between 45k and under 55k miles. I think the thermostat was on its way out when I was selling it.

The E63 M6 was my uncles attainable dream car for a long time and he got one a few years ago, 50k miles and super clean and he loves driving it

take a shot every time Hoovie says "Bangle butt"

21k is a good deal for that M6. Let ninja sort it out (just replace everything known to go) and it's a sweet ride. Order the carbon intake manifold for the sound of brilliance!! Love the color combo.

It certainly has style, things always changing. Best wishes on the outcome

Hoovie will certainly appreciate his M6 when it appreciates 😂😂😂

As someone who owned an E60 M5 and an E63 M6, they are AMAZING cars. I sold my M5 for 10K more than I bought it 1 year later. Freddy hated it and laughed at me. But I was right at the end, they're shooting up in values.

You should get the swap kit. It makes it look like it came that way from the factory if you do it right. @Drivetribe did that to their E61 M5 wagon and it looked great!

Love the face of Ninja @18:22 when he hears there is only 20.000 miles on in.. Lol. Pop the hood

Amazing selection of cars Hoovie. Best car collection ive ever. Watching your new cars is like Dreams come true to me.

Difficult and expensive to own, absolutely, but man, what a special engine.

Love me some Hoovie!

prediction - hoovie fixes this, drives it twice, parks it until next spring, fixes it again, then sells it for $30k

Wouldn‘t do the conversion… If you understand the SMG and know how to drive it, it‘s an awesome gearbox and matches the drive train so well! Although I usually prefer manuals myself, I absolutely love my SMG. It‘s special, it‘s involving, it demands you to actively drive the car yourself. Had no major issues on my M6 except standard maintenance, rod bearing service and one throttle body actuator/ new clutch at around 90k miles… A few remarks though: - All M6 came with a carbon roof, it wasn‘t optional. - Exterior was designed by Adrian van Hooydonk, while Bangle was the head of design. - The butt got lifted quite a bit on the LCI models - looks way better and still modern today.

Beautiful car I have a 2007 with 208,000 on it so as long as you stay on path with the maintenance you’ll have plenty of awesome drive time on this vehicle. This is by far my most favorite car to drive.

I love how Johnny knows hoovie well and was worried when he saw another bmw

Keeping all original parts and Ninja doing the swap and perhaps videoing it answers a couple of the few big questions.😎

“Pop the hood, let’s see if it has an M engine” Ninja is a savage 😂

Yes you MUST do the manual swap. Great gen of bmw. Looks super clean

I’ve owned an E60 M5 and I miss it dearly. I was extremely fastidious with maintenance and it gave me zero issues even to the day I sold it with 90k miles. And nothing this side of a Carerra GT or LF-A sounds so good. Absolutely incredible car. Regarding the hatred of the SMG, it’s hugely overblown. It requires practice to use, just like a proper manual. It was never designed to be flat footed around, and I think a failure by BMW was teaching new owners how to drive it properly and calling it an “auto”

Looks like a Buick LaCrosse and Pontiac Aztek got together and had an odd looking baby.

Really I think this would be a good candidate of a car to do a engine swap on it much like you did the Porsche go from unreliable to reliable.

This is a beautiful car. I do feel like this will gain in value given enough time. It will never be a viper, but the M6 badge does hold prestige. I've got a more modern 640i, and it's a beautiful car. Well fast enough, huge, comfy. I love it.

I have to admit that I always loved these cars. I live in Jamaica and a reggae artist named Junior Reid bought one new. I saw it on the road all the time. He had a convertible and it was black on black. The sound of that engine and the curves of the design made it one of the coolest cars I saw as a kid. My Grandad had a E34 525i when I was a toddler and my love for BMW grew from there. The V10 stuck with me though. Very special car.

Low miles are not great for these cars. I've got 140k miles on my '08 M5 and I'm still on the original rod bearings. If they're taken care of and driven they will treat you well. Good luck!