Thanks for the warm welcomes guys.
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Originally Posted by davesaddiction
Welcome! Beautiful rides.
What do you miss (and not miss) about the E39 M5, compared with your E90 M3?
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Wow, that's a tough one! The E39 is truly an epic car and is still a benchmark today, 13 years after its launch. Designed in a different era when engineers wrote the checks not accountants.
The E90 M3 is it's natural successor IMHO (not the E60 M5). So close in terms of concept and delivery.
I miss the low down torque but the E90's top end offsets that. I miss the bullet proof build quality (my last one was 10 years old and didn't have a single squeak or rattle), and the E39 felt much bigger inside.
Don't miss the poor rust proofing (many UK cars suffer badly from corrosion) or the parts prices (which are high even vs. the E90).
However, the decision to move to the E90 was predominantly down to the DCT box. Absolutely LOVE it, and hooked up to the S65 all other bets are off
Would like to put another E39 in the garage at some point. Money, space and time being the only roadblocks
