Car of the Day: 1995 BMW M5
07-21-2010, 10:25 AM
#3
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It's a beauty. But...
That can't be right.
Mileage: 11700
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07-21-2010, 11:07 AM
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Why can't that mileage be right?
I know a ton of people who have multiple cars and several are only used on occasion and put 500-1000 miles tops per year on them. Example, one of my parent's friend's from NY has a BMW 318 convertible (believe it's a 1993) which had ~15k miles when he bought it. Car was babied and used sparingly in a household which had multiple cars. Being in NY and that they have 4 cars when only two adults live in the house currently means it only gets a few hundred miles a year. He takes it out quite a bit, but just around town to run errands, etc...
I also had a weekend car which, if I kept it longer, would have averaged about 400-500 miles a year. Over 15 years it would have only had between 6k and 7500 miles if I kept that average up... so 11,700 for a 15 year old car is not far fetched by any means...
I know a ton of people who have multiple cars and several are only used on occasion and put 500-1000 miles tops per year on them. Example, one of my parent's friend's from NY has a BMW 318 convertible (believe it's a 1993) which had ~15k miles when he bought it. Car was babied and used sparingly in a household which had multiple cars. Being in NY and that they have 4 cars when only two adults live in the house currently means it only gets a few hundred miles a year. He takes it out quite a bit, but just around town to run errands, etc...
I also had a weekend car which, if I kept it longer, would have averaged about 400-500 miles a year. Over 15 years it would have only had between 6k and 7500 miles if I kept that average up... so 11,700 for a 15 year old car is not far fetched by any means...
07-21-2010, 01:26 PM
#16
That's what she said!
Let me put on my BMW Geek Glasses here for just a sec. Daytona Violet is the color of the purple stripe in the ///M logo. Some people will hate but I love it. E34's are one of my favorite cars, the M's are notoriously high maintenance and very expensive to repair. Owning one of these is a labor of love.
07-21-2010, 01:54 PM
#18
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Let me put on my BMW Geek Glasses here for just a sec. Daytona Violet is the color of the purple stripe in the ///M logo. Some people will hate but I love it. E34's are one of my favorite cars, the M's are notoriously high maintenance and very expensive to repair. Owning one of these is a labor of love.
So many cars I'd be able to take a chance on because I could fix them if they broke.
07-21-2010, 01:57 PM
#19
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Wow, I've never seen one before. If I had 15gs sitting around for a rare weekend car, I'd snag that shizzit up in a heartbeat. A 1995 model European car with 340hp and a 6 speed? I wouldn't care if it was hot pink, that's a freaking monster of a deal!
07-21-2010, 09:10 PM
#22
'10 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
I think it looks great except I wish it was a leather interior. It is very clean and I would have expected the price to be a bit higher to be honest especially if it indeed is a Eurospec motor.
07-27-2010, 05:13 AM
#26
Someday, an RS6 Avant+
Very nice...... And the interior is very European. You could get similar patterns on VW and Mercedes. Hell, MB has had cloth interiors for a very long time. BMW too.
07-27-2010, 05:54 AM
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does it have a 6-speed too?
I actually like the purple, and with gray I don't mind. And I can acknowledge that the blue and the red (///M colors) matches the paint scheme...... but that pattern is just terrible.
Still... it's got the Euro motor! I was indeed considering an E34 M5 at one point seeing its reasonable prices.... then I found out they're pretty pricey to maintain.
does it have a 6-speed too?I actually like the purple, and with gray I don't mind. And I can acknowledge that the blue and the red (///M colors) matches the paint scheme...... but that pattern is just terrible.
Still... it's got the Euro motor! I was indeed considering an E34 M5 at one point seeing its reasonable prices.... then I found out they're pretty pricey to maintain.
07-27-2010, 09:06 PM
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