2007 E64 M6

[TBP88]

The SMG box does put me off these V10's quite a bit. It does not seem fantastic and as you said it does seem very finnicky.
The fact that Evolve are close to getting a DCT box to run "like OEM" on these I think is amazing, although another larger cost as you need to find a DCT box and have it fitted and get the Evolve electronics to make it work nicely. Not going to be cheap.

I guess buying a decent one and dropping another R200k+ financially puts you into a region where your choice of M cars is quite substantial.
However for a car with a V10, perhaps it's still on the cheap side and IMO one of the most unique M cars which are still easily available.

Yeah, but when you go down the road of DCT or manual swapping it you're in a whole new world of money. Now you're talking about a R1m (maybe even more) project to have it all sorted. At that price you have your pick of M cars including stuff that might have serious legs in terms of appreciation (looking at S54 engined Z3Mcoupes for instance).

 

[individj]

respect to you for keeping her going and on the road...always appreciate hearing and seeing them ...theres a lady that I see often ...driving a beautiful black V10 M5 and im like is she just the luckiest owner or what. Not for the faint hearted ...would love one but ya

 

[Katanator]

Yeah, but when you go down the road of DCT or manual swapping it you're in a whole new world of money. Now you're talking about a R1m (maybe even more) project to have it all sorted. At that price you have your pick of M cars including stuff that might have serious legs in terms of appreciation (looking at S54 engined Z3Mcoupes for instance).

I would not rate it any different to a e9x m3 in terms of maintenance.

Critical areas, bearings, vanos oil pump, main oil pump and injectors are shared by both.

SMG is one big difference. I seem to like it but would say its a matter of taste. To me its exotic and a different driving experience than any other. Mostly driven in manual mode anyways. Repair wise with some diy the motor can be repaired or replaced with some aftermarket solutions.

Other stuff I did was cosmetic and voluntary, bushes, mounts etc is due on most performance bmw's by the time they reach 100km.

Regarding cost I think its fair to say to budget 100-200k depending on how restored you want the vehicle and how much diy. I would easily rate mine as the best condition most reliable out there at the moment.

Decent condition and low mileage e60 M5s are being advertised for 700-900k, probably not selling there but buying a decent M6 for 300k,adding 100k leaves you with a very enjoyable and reliable car with limited other options at that price. Anything else you buy for 400-500k is probably also going to need some work down the line.

 

[TBP88]

I would not rate it any different to a e9x m3 in terms of maintenance.

Critical areas, bearings, vanos oil pump, main oil pump and injectors are shared by both.

SMG is one big difference. I seem to like it but would say its a matter of taste. To me its exotic and a different driving experience than any other. Mostly driven in manual mode anyways. Repair wise with some diy the motor can be repaired or replaced with some aftermarket solutions.

Other stuff I did was cosmetic and voluntary, bushes, mounts etc is due on most performance bmw's by the time they reach 100km.

Regarding cost I think its fair to say to budget 100-200k depending on how restored you want the vehicle and how much diy. I would easily rate mine as the best condition most reliable out there at the moment.

Decent condition and low mileage e60 M5s are being advertised for 700-900k, probably not selling there but buying a decent M6 for 300k,adding 100k leaves you with a very enjoyable and reliable car with limited other options at that price. Anything else you buy for 400-500k is probably also going to need some work down the line.

Yeah, probably similar-ish levels to e9x, but it has 25% more injectors and whether that SMG is better than DCT/Manual can be a matter for taste, but it's materially more problematic and expensive to fix.

I think if you can find one for 300k and are happy to then spend 200k getting it to good shape, you are doing well, not much else is gonna sound like that V10 at 500k. But 500k is not *nothing* - you can get pretty solid experience cars that are also pretty quick around there that are miles cheaper to run (500k is veering towards yaris GR money, or older golf R money, M140is are around there, a very decent Z4M is there etc.).

They'll always have a place, and a well sorted one will definitely have a market, but they've acquired their rep for unreliability and I doubt that's going to go away, the rarest manual M6 or M5wagon with a weird colour and all the options might one day be worth some amount of money but I don't see a world where these are ever highly desired. The BMWs that are most fondly appreciated are small sporty coupes (the various M3s, the Z3Mcoupe, 2002ti, e9s etc), the sole exception being the E39M5 - which is the last manual "bigger" family saloon (and is about the same weight as a modern M2).

 

[Katanator]

Suns out today. Stretched some legs after a wash and leather care earlier.

Still keeping it under 5000rpm, there is still plenty of fun to be had.

Roughly 400km after bearing change. Checked oil filter last night and all seemed good.