Low maintenance //M

[Clownshoe]

I bet that got your interest...

A big part of buying an older M is the maintenance cost. I was put off Ms by a friend's disaster with the timing chain on an e26 M5 that eventually lead to him selling and buying a Nissan (tragic, I know). And I was wondering which one stood out as being relatively reliable and cheap to maintain.

I would guess the S54 and S50 but they are the most highly tuned of the M engines.
The V8s?

My gat juk vir nog n' //M:banghead:

 

[zaleonardz]

Best bet, E39 M5

 

[444YYY]

The one that was cared for the most by its previous owners....

 

[calypso]

I wanna buy an e39 M5 but the dealer keeps telling me that a e46 M3 is far less of a ball ache.

 

[Sankekur]

I would be worried buying any kind of ///M car, as there is almost no way of tell how the previous owner might have -ed up the engine, did he always get the oil up to temperature properly, did he properly run in the engine, etc.

 

[Fordkoppie]

I would say if all were treated equally, all are reliable as the next.
However, if something goes wrong, i would say that any S50 engined ///M would be the cheapest to fix, and the S85 V10 engined ///M cars are the most expensive followed VERY CLOSELY by the e39 M5's S62

 

[Clownshoe]

I would say if all were treated equally, all are reliable as the next.
However, if something goes wrong, i would say that any S50 engined ///M would be the cheapest to fix, and the S85 V10 engined ///M cars are the most expensive followed VERY CLOSELY by the e39 M5's S62

Hmm, nope that did not turn me off an E39 M5:nono: I am a sucker for punishment.
But seriously: thinking an E39 M5 will be the ticket too performance vs space and practicality. My vehicles get used very little... All will now be standing for 5 months before i see them again.:banghead: Missus is rolling the Coupe backwards and forwards every week...

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And yes i realise that getting a none thrashed //M is like tring to find a boat that did not get wet.