I'm getting one soon, had one before too, real great car.
Just watch out for the usual problems, Nikasil on the 4000 cc engine, Vanos on the 4400cc (but not as much as the E39 M5 engine), windows regulators, radiators are consumables, powersteering leaks (note the correct use of oil, the ones with self leveling suspension require pentosin synthetic oil, not atf) A/C evaporators go after some years, engine should not misfire (was a leaking valve cover gasket on mine, not expensive but kind of hard to replace) AFM's are not the best. All electronics should work correctly when you buy the car, don't take one with ABS or traction control problems as they can be expensive/nightmare to fix. the interior wears really nicely on those. I do not recommend the M-parallel wheels, they simply destroyed my back (and I'm still young), If you are getting one with the step-tronic tranny just make sure it shifts well without hesitation (the old tranny could handle more torque iirc). The tranny oil SHOULD be changed too, even though BM says its lifetime, I'm not very sure of the procedure, because there is no dipstick.....
Highly recommended car, unless if you beat-up/ignore them. check german used car websites, some of them have 400k+ Km's on them!!!
Just watch out for the usual problems, Nikasil on the 4000 cc engine, Vanos on the 4400cc (but not as much as the E39 M5 engine), windows regulators, radiators are consumables, powersteering leaks (note the correct use of oil, the ones with self leveling suspension require pentosin synthetic oil, not atf) A/C evaporators go after some years, engine should not misfire (was a leaking valve cover gasket on mine, not expensive but kind of hard to replace) AFM's are not the best. All electronics should work correctly when you buy the car, don't take one with ABS or traction control problems as they can be expensive/nightmare to fix. the interior wears really nicely on those. I do not recommend the M-parallel wheels, they simply destroyed my back (and I'm still young), If you are getting one with the step-tronic tranny just make sure it shifts well without hesitation (the old tranny could handle more torque iirc). The tranny oil SHOULD be changed too, even though BM says its lifetime, I'm not very sure of the procedure, because there is no dipstick.....
Highly recommended car, unless if you beat-up/ignore them. check german used car websites, some of them have 400k+ Km's on them!!!
