woojah

Obviously I'm biased, but it makes the car feel a lot more up to date; updated maps, widescreen, bluetooth (with music too, I think) and a reversing camera. It's now specced similar to my F31 daily!

Snap! I don't come on here very often, but this very much sounds like my car which was being seen to on that day by BMW Tunbridge Wells. However, my idrive was installed by the previous owner (a forum member), so sounds like it's ANOTHER car. What are the chances! In the 2+ years I've owned mine I think I've only seen one other E39 M5 in my local area.

Will do, when I get a chance!

Indeed

Unless im mistaken, Google says 3 is in Crawley, 4 is in Dartford? Anyway I'd gratefully receive any recommendations. Ideally I'd like to use the same place for all things - big and small.

I've just got an E39 M5 (woohoo!), which I'm planning to keep for many many years, and of course in top condition. What BMW M specialists do you recommend in the Kent / East Sussex area? From reading around the most commonly mentioned ones, I've got the following choices within a 30-40 min drive from where I live: 1. Munich Legends 2. ETA motorsports 3. BMR Performance 4. Scott's Performance (Or is CPC - 1 hr 30 mins from me - THE place to go for E39 M5s...?)

The cheque is in the post...

The search is over! I picked up a very good example from a forum member last weekend

Thanks Dan. Prices seem all over the place and not many around the £15k bracket. mumbojumbo - how long have you been looking for? Have you thought about getting a cheaper car and then spending some £££ to get it up to standard? Good luck to you as well!

Thanks for the tip! Sent inkiboo a PM. Any views on what a realistic budget should be?

Hi all I've decided this year's the year to get an E39 M5! I'm after a decent example: - 2001+ facelift, with Nav - circa 100k miles - low number of owners - full service history backed up with invoices etc. - no rust, straight bodywork - decent spend on maintenance items, e.g. suspension, clutch, brakes etc. Based on my wishlist above, how much should I budget? Do you know of any that might be coming up for sale? Many thanks!