Whether its a good deal or not, i dont know. There’s a lot more than just miles that determines the price. But that carbon hood just screams ‘ stay away’ . + black rims and tinted lights, just a red flag for me.
Here’s probably the reason it won’t sell, would take a long time. Age, it’s hard to get a loan for, so it’s a cash buyer. Likely a cash buyer is going to want something newer and willing to pay more. The hood color shows maybe it’s been modified, so feels risky. Likely your market is a 20 year old kid that’s in the army.
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I’m not discounting what everyone else is saying (I kind of am tbh), but unless you have or currently do own one please stop parroting the internet. I don’t know the particular history of this car but I do know that if you do the preventative maintenance and don’t abuse her, she’ll likely be very reliable. First thing I’d do is a complete pre purchase inspection, then make sure you attend to the major areas of concern. Starting from the rear, drain, inspect and replace the diff fluid with the latest bmw spec. Smg change that to Redline 75/90. Rod bearings and Vanos line (I’d advise 5w/50 or 15w/50 redline not 10w/60 redline though as it’s viscosity is actually higher than 15w/50 at low temps). Throttle actuators although if/when they go you can still limp home and there’s no catastrophic damage. Consider replacing the fuel injectors and filter as well. I had mine inspected and wound up flushing the brake fluid and replacing a control arm bushing. Finally once you’ve attended to that, follow proper warmup procedures and then let every other internet expert do the worrying.
How many miles on yours? Have you done the rod bearings?
Correct - I’m so sick of the nonsense about the s85. It is a fantastic intoxicating engine. Anyone complaining about these cars just couldn’t afford to own one. My biggest problem is what car do you buy after owning one of these masterpieces…
I agree, but I will add the car is a classic that will likely rise in value in the future provided there’s still gasoline to buy. Sure you can daily it, but I don’t. I treat it like another classic bmw, such as an e46 M3 or e39 M5.
They are 40k in Ireland now - I only drive mine at weekends - E60 M5 though. I fuckin love it. I don’t know why they don’t hold their value in the US but I suspect you have way more 500hp+ cars on the market. 500 is high in Ireland. The new M2 is very tempting…
Exactly, this. E60 M5 but same thing. It’s great car, with an exotic, but yes high strung engine. But it’s widely known what the flaws are, and they are things that can all be addressed so with maintenance and proper care the car will last. Sure servicing isn’t cheap, but you don’t buy a V10 and expect to get Corolla priced parts. I just put something like 4k miles on mine over a weekend driving it down to the mountains and all through the twisties with over 100k on the clock and it’s ready to do it again tomorrow.
No it isn’t.
no 👍
Can we see the inside? Everyone is shitting on you which I dont find particularly fair. Yes the carbon hood spoils it, but put the factory hood on and you’re square. Seems like you know a thing or two about the s85. Atleast you know you have it lol. Paint from 20 ft looks good, wheels look nice… that hood is just ouch.
But with that said, you should also know why a carbon hood makes it look like it’s been trashed. It’s not a popular or very appropriate mod for this kinda car. Also Imo.
If you’ve kept records of the maintenance, have maintenance all the way back till new, a story, and proof you havent (and nobody else) have done what we all first think about. Which is some kid bought something he didn’t know much about and now its mechanically worn. Then you’ll get a pretty penny for it.
How the car looks inside and out up close, with recipes, that is how you’ll get an accurate estimate on here. Hell without the hood, it might even be a good BAT car… who knows. Documents documents documents
If you have heavy pockets for maintenance sure. But you’d be better off getting a 2017+ F series bmw at least with the B48 engine. It’s much more reliable, Toyota has trust in those engines.
Only with a 100% maintenance BMW service book 🙂 … and for this money, there will be nothing like that, or it’s maintained by a „shop under a bridge“ which is sometimes more worse than being not maintained.
If You know your way around those V10 engines, know about the Bangle Butt Era of BMW and there Quirks, You are a BMW Tech and entusiast, sure go ahead!
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Oh wait, You wouldn’t ask the Question in the first place, go and do some research first about the engine itself, and if You still really want it, make it Your 3rd Car in the Garage, have fun but keep the down time in mind if you won’t go in ball to the wall with everything at the the time.
Just sayin’.yeah this isn’t my only car haha you can’t really daily a M car the same way as a honda civic or a chevy volt
I daily mine and I’m the Mechanic behind it.
Feels like a Honda Accord Wagon with 400hp under the hood.
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Planning on 600hps down the line, and I’ll daily it cuz I’m a Madman! Hahahaha!
Man, if you really want to get it, mine is currently at 123k miles, still running strong. Heck, I currently daily drive it right now until my beater is back on the road. Ohh by the way, mine is an E60 M5. You have to do maintenance in any car, so that really shouldn’t be a problem, and guess what if you do maintenance it will do right by you. The pointers I can give you is, do transmission right away, replacing them if you can, and also having a good tech look at the pump, clean, or rebuild if you have to. They don’t have to be done at once but plan on it. You don’t need to buy if the car is currently running, but replace your old piston oil squirts. I’ll say that one is really important because they have a hand in blowing the engine when they get stuck open, I removed mines myself and sent it for cleaning because I couldn’t find new and there wasn’t a need, you’ll notice a difference in your engine and it helps maintenance. Second you don’t have to and depending on where you live, I live up north and there’s this guy name TroyJeup and he recommends changing the oil to 5w-50 instead of 10w-60, to help the engine with cold start, I did and never had an issue with my car and oil and I also changed the thermostat. Call me old but I didn’t mod the car much beside mufflers and lower the front of mines and going with 20mm spacers all around. I’ve owned the car since 50k miles and 6 years now with no major headaches after I did my maintenance procedures. like I said, I daily it now and no problems. (Knock on wood)
I want one of these for the glorious v10 noise but only as a manual. I do all my own maintenance so all the horror stories just makes them cheaper to buy. 16k doesn’t seem like a good deal on these and prices have been falling across the board for used cars so better to wait and let them keep falling before jumping in and finding something worth picking up.
Like most BMWs, documented maintenance history will sell the car faster than low miles.
that’s near me 😂
let’s line it up
you’ll probably take off on me 😂 i got a 135i
Unreliable asf, but it’s a pretty nice car if u have the enough money
why do you think it’s unreliable
Cuz the people I know who had a M6 told me are unreliable, but tbh I never had one so idk by my own experience, it’s like a M5 E60 but coupe and automatic.
I think you’ll have an easier time selling it if you put it back to stock.
alright cool i’ll try and do that