e34 M5?

[StayHungry]

Wrong forum I know, but how do you all like the e34 M5s?

Just ran across one today that seemed a bit cheap and it piqued my interest:

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/548463554.html

[E30SPDFRK]

They are real expensive to maintain, other than that, they are great cars. For 3 grand, that car either needs alot of work or is a scam.

[James Crivellone]

Wonder how much compression is left in that motor

[E30FreaK89]

doesnt matter! for that money take the motor out rebuild it and put it in the e30!!

[James Crivellone]

doesnt matter! for that money take the motor out rebuild it and put it in the e30!!

Rebuilding an S38 is somewhat expensive ;)

[WillisE30]

Rebuilding an S38 is somewhat expensive ;)

By somewhat you mean ALOT.

[James Crivellone]

By somewhat you mean ALOT.

Depends on the motor history, but I can only imagine how a fairly unkept E34 M5 with 192k miles on it runs. Probably has not had a valve adjustment in 30k miles :p

[Farbin Kaiber]

so buy it, sell the shell, then sell the e30, then the first born, then a full o.e.m. rebuild, then sell kidney for clean e30 by the time your done.

[e30e]

Wrong forum I know, but how do you all like the e34 M5s?

Just ran across one today that seemed a bit cheap and it piqued my interest:
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/548463554.html

I should have my brother check it out since its near where my parent's live.

[jflip2002]

$13k Motor

[Erik]

It's not an M5...

[StayHungry]

Ah, seems you're right, not an M5.

Asked for pictures and a little info from the guy, he replied with this:
"dont know shit about car its my sons car and he know a little but you need to look and drive it that is all i can say"

Haha

[Erik]

haha fucking idiot. If someone's son had an M5 I'd hope they would know SOMETHING about it.

[e34john]

yea not an M, but looks clean maybe you can talk him down some more and pick it up to drive around till it dies.

[gearheadE30]

Definitely not an M. My parents have one with 90k on it, and it hasn't had any major problems. The S38 eats v-belts for some reason, and it needs a valve job every 10k-15k miles. The adaptive suspension is also extremely expensive to repair if yours leaks, shocks are a few grand a pop. Ours also had some severe oil leaks, but those were easy enough to fix. Expect a good M5 to run around $15k with higher miles, the good ones are often more like $25k. Euro 3.8-liter cars are worth almost $40k in the US if they are really nice. We only got the 3.6.