Chris, I did a full Porsche Carbon Ceramic conversation on my E60 M5 15 years ago… speak to BG Developments in Bromsgrove or reach out as I still have the drawings for the disc bells and calliper carriers to convert the PCCB’s to BMW, front and rear (rears had the handbrake designed in the bells) 👍
Please share! I was about to order the carbon ceramics from a F82/F87 to bolt up to my E61 M. But PCCB sounds way more interesting. How difficult and expensive did that project turn out? How well did Porsche parts integrate with the car? Really cool, never heard of someone doing that retrofit.
Chris rationalizes rebuilding the M5's engine by asserting he will then have a new car. Nothing could be further from the truth. His semi-desperate optimism resonated with me because I've been there. In my mid-20s I was eaten out of house and home by a 1970 E-Type roadster. It took eight months to sink in that I was never going to enjoy owning that car. Imagine being 25, single, living in a swinging city and swanning around in an E-Type. Sounds ideal, right? If it was a Series 1, it might well have been. But when British Leyland took over production, Jaguar's formerly good reputation for reliability was forever sullied. Being stranded on the shoulder of a freeway late at night in the driving rain, before cell phones, has a way of diminishing the appeal of even the world's sexiest sports car. By the time I unloaded it I was glad to see it go.
I had a Golf R32 for a couple of years. I enjoyed nothing more than going to the “doctor” to put it up and discuss what needs fixing. There’s something about these car discussions with the mechanic especially when you appreciate every part of the car driving experience and you look forward to making it even better.
I actually always drove my E92 M3 on the stick when on road, felt more interactive. On track I used the paddles (aftermarket ones which were great, but felt silly at 30mph)
Honestly, V10, estate car....This thing could be up on blocks 90% of the time and I'd still be DEEPLY in love with it. Also, YES: INTAKE NOISE!! No moaning, droning, vacuum cleaner wooshing noises; let me hear pistons and valves!
Have you owned an unreliable European car? Apparently not. I remember my dad having a great owner experience with his Jaguar Mark 2. But that was before British Leyland. When Car and Driver called the Rover 2000 TC the best sport sedan on the planet, my dad bought one sight unseen. And engineering-wise it was in a class of its own. But it was assembled by workers whose Marxist union leadership told them would go to the people who oppresed them. The car literally fell apart within a year. My dad liked that car so much, thinking its poor reliability was a fluke, he bought another. Same result. It took the Japanese to shoe the industry how to build a reliable car. I experienced the misfortune of owning a 1970 Series 2 XK-E.
I saw the E28 in the end, that is a PROPER car! Will love to see more of it, the original film on it back in the /DRIVE days is probably my favorite video Chris ever made, nice to see it stuck around! Also yes, Enzo is a brilliant name for a dog. Loved that! Will send this video to a friend tempted by these for how cheap they are to get to 200MPH in 🤣
I'm just about to buy my old E28 back and I can't wait! It's no M5, but it's had an M50B25 stuffed in and it's fun! E28's are underappreciated, I absolutely love them and can't wait to see Chris's video on it.
Chris, you are a proper car guy, I hope you continue doing car stuff for a long time, as there are fewer and fewer of "your kind"! Also, you should do a collaboration with @M539 Restorations (YT channel, this guy is doing amazing work), I'm sure he'd make this car perfect! Cheers
I love these types of videos. It reminded me of 10 - 14 years ago Drive Channel, which was amazing and the best. Also, I love how Chris called people discussing old and worn parts nerds. He also calls people like that a "sad individual". Love it! Please make more videos like that!
It’s funny you mention how good the sound of the hifi in this car. We have a 2007 335i that’s the same year as this car. Without a doubt it’s one of the best sounding stock audio systems I’ve ever heard. The car is 17+ years old and it sounds way better than the optional/upgraded stereo systems available in new cars now.
Not bashing because I love the content. But as an e60 m5 owner I think he’s under estimating costs here. I know that Intake and plenum from infinity design is £3.5k! I’d say he’s getting free to cheap labour to only be at £10k for all that work! Most of the work he’s done here I’ve also done to mine and I was at £10k just for the intake, rod bearings and control arms. Let alone the clutch and anything else!
@@jonasbaine3538 I think it’s subjective. It’s. Avery special motor, the CSL never saw production and this part is exactly what BMW had on their CSL prototype. It’s a lot of carbon, well engineered and plays a beautiful tune of an aspirated V10. To me, worth every cent
Chris, the way you describe the SMG is spot on, you need to drive the car to that gearbox, which was for me M & S6 everyday. All those reviews who day the the gearbox is hopeless only drive it in Auto mode (in which is is as they say) I miss mine, had it for 2 years, flogged it to hell every single day (35000ks) and the only issue i had was throttle actuators, but was expected. Not expected on 2nd day of ownership though. Avg fuel consumption was at least 21L/100km
21L/100km! Wish I could afford those sorts of bills haha. That's nearly $50 to drive 100km here in Canada. Pretty close to saying it would be worth it in an M5 though.
This is the content we all need. Its the perfect mix of the good influencers and self professed car anoraks. Loved every second, saving for my own E61 M5 has begun.
Love the ID Intake and plenum, pair that with their equal length headers and you’ve got a properly breathing V10! Also there’s a tonne of options to get CarPlay in these cars but the mr12v is by far the best, it’s the only one that send audio via fiber optic to the amp so the quality is as good as what you’d get in any car today! Love this content!
My ex e46 m54b22 also required 1l oil every month, maybe because ccv was a bit f*ckd. Fuel consumption and power was fine, also no oil puddles on the ground, exhaust wasn't smoking, and always past the emissions @ MoT My ex e36 m52b28 didn't drink a sip of oil😮 but it had oil catch can instead of oem ccv.
Love this! I had a saloon I used daily for 4yrs (don’t ask about the fuel 😅) the V10 and SMG was sublime and the haters know nothing. Biggest car regret is selling it as mine was a minter and good as gold mechanically. Did a Ring trip in it too and proved it was a genuine 200mph car on the Autobahn as was Evolve tuned. True masterpiece cars from BMW 😍
Brits are some of my favorite people in the world, their dry sense of humor is just my perfect cup of tea and Mr. Chris Harris is is such a likeabe bloke, I will automatically click on anything he releases here, that's my idea kf entertainment.
I installed mr12volt CarPlay on my 2012 Cayenne Turbo. It’s absolutely the best CarPlay retrofit that I’ve ever had, and I’ve tried three other brands. It uses the fiber optic connection for audio, so it sounds even better than the stock system. High recommended.
exactly... even if it was a ferrari i cant stand unreliable anything.... even if it was a gf, if she fails on me she have to go, thats it, lifes to short to have even more problems when u can avoid it and i also own a 5 series of the next gen and it still have alot of made to brake quality german engineering... reality is bmw make more money out of maintenaince that from selling the cars.... and its never a good sign if you have to open the engine bay more than 1 time per year.
I converted my SMG M3 E46 to manual myselft, but i like Chris' opinion on the SMG. It's a thing you need to master and learn to get it right. Thats what it makes interesting and thats what i liked about it.
"Intake noise is the future" - YES... YES... I'm not sure how long I've been saying this... my Corrado VR6 used to rock a BMC CDA airbox and boy that thing made the VR6 really bellow... but the exhaust note remained completely reasonable and not annoying AF for other people. On the E61, I'm not fortunate enough to have an M5 but I do have an E61 520d of a similar vintage and as every year goes by, I love it more and more. Yes it's expensive to keep on the road but I've done a lot of repairs myself which has kept it manageable.. it's a superb car and it's crazy how cheap you can pick them up for these days. Just, as eluded to in this video, they are a bit needy now at this age in terms of maintenance :)
Really love these types of videos, honest look over a mega car. I used to have a LS430 and the fuel economy was similar, was lucky to see 20mpg on a good day
That’s a man who gets it. A real car guy. This is the last of the quality built BMWs in my opinion. Still a bit cheap in places, but better than their modern replacements. I took a similar gamble recently with an E91 330d manual, because I love the way they drive and the practicality of the touring. It’s needed some upkeep, but I’m not homeless yet.
Absolutely loved my E60 M5 had one for 2 years it was my only car only had a new battery and wheel speed sensor it was a very looked after example when I got it always been on a full BMW warranty
Had a e60 m5 for 3 years and I stand by it being one of the greatest cars ever smg and all its about the theatre and experience on that era of tech and it ticks all the boxs
It’s like watching myself and a friend in our garage, chilling, only with a recorder. And that E28 just sitting there.. my god, what a machines. We just bought a E60 M5 as well and are in the process to buy a 328i convertible with 60.000km on the clock. Can’t wait for both.
Met Chris at Bicester in January, when he’d recently bought the E6. It was parked nearby and he was very excited about it! I have a UK E28 M5 and look forward to the next video on DWP - it’s only been 12 years!!
The "I need to to have a look at my ring" 🤣 But anyway, God I loved these M5's, but yeah, that maintenance is rough unfortunately, and we never got the Touring here, so there's really no point in going through the headache for the sedan 😂 Side note, you know they have manual conversions for those SMGs, right? SMG stays IN the car, just tuning, a manual stick, and a 3rd pedal and connection to the slave pretty much, just like they do with the Ferrari 360s and 430s.
E60s really are the best, I had a manual 530xi and miss that Logic 7 sound system and multi-contour seats (my bolsters adjusted but weren't active), one day I'll return to the E60 fold with and M5...one day!
The new cars are all just crap plastic. That is a proper car! As you say, the seats, engine, tailgate just work. You got me to buy the E91 335i done perfectly for the kids with plenty of power to spare. I want another!
Cool cars. I remember from my 535d e61 days going through all that with the I drive and suspension. Not to mention warped brake discs, thermostat, turbo pipes, new torque converter etc etc.
If it makes you feel any better Chris, they did about 12-14 mpg when they were brand new. Fairly certain I specced this car up back in the day when I worked for BMW GB.
Great video l think I would need a job working for the BBC top gear maybe to run that beast 😂 if you sell it keep us viewers in the loop l am interested to see how long you keep it before you fall out of love. 😂 Love this old car stuff better then you showing us a new Porsche or Ferrari, Keep the videos coming 👏🏽👍🏽👊🏽🥂
Great vid - proper car people ❤ love the Tidal in the apple carplay and yes the hifi was peak bmw imo. Amps built by Lear or Alpine from memory...#geekingout
I’ve had a ton of sports and super cars. My e60 M5 v10 was a love hate!!!! I had rare 6MT and it was glorious especially with muffler deletes it sounded insane. However it broke every other drive! As Chris says it’s $2k every time too. Battery went flat out of nowhere & massive pain to replace and reset Ecu. Then the throttle acculaters went out $3k. Then steering angle sensor went and I damn near crashed when I lost steering mid intersection. It’s like that one GF you had that was high maintenance & psycho but damn at times she made you very happy 😂
Keeping old great cars going *is* cool, but don't kid yourself. If you were brave enough to use this as a daily driver, 10,000 miles a year at 14mpg means you'd be emitting about 7.2 tonnes of CO2 a year. That's roughly comparable to the emissions produced when manufacturing an EV (McKinsey estimated between 5 and 10 tonnes of CO2). A Tesla Model 3, charged on UK grid electricity as of 2023, would cause about 300kg of emissions when driven 10,000 miles. So after, at most, 18 months of driving, the total emissions from buying a new Tesla would be lower than the M5. There are a variety of ways in which we'll be able to keep classic cars on the road and mitigate the carbon impact, but they will be much more expensive than keeping an EV as your daily driver and saving the classic car for the weekends.
On the oil consumption. I used 3 to 4 litres of oil on a round trip to Le Mans last year from Milan via Monaco. The average speed was higher than what I’d be comfortable mentioning but I think with a big engine with lots of pistons with some miles on it you’re bound to have some oil usage. I do also have a leaky main seal but whatever. It used to bother me but I don’t let it anymore and it’s only heavy on oil when used at high RPM, it’s pretty good doing to the shops and around town. Car was Mercedes E55 Kompressor
I like how Chris is turning this car into a business expense so it doesn't bankrupt him 😂
was just about to say you need a good running youtube channel to keep these cars running😂😂😂, I guess thats why mine doesnt run 🤣🤣
Came here to echo the comments on how much I enjoyed this 20 minute video 5 minutes after it went up. And Enzo is a great name for a dog.
childhood dog was named enzo after the car. best dog ever.
More of these video please, bloody enjoy Chris being Chris and pooring over older cars
“Pooring”, that was Freudian
Looking forward to the E28 M5 vid even more than I did this one. CH's earlier vid on it in his Drive era is one of my faves.
Loved the line of 10w60 in the boot floor 😂
Chris, I did a full Porsche Carbon Ceramic conversation on my E60 M5 15 years ago… speak to BG Developments in Bromsgrove or reach out as I still have the drawings for the disc bells and calliper carriers to convert the PCCB’s to BMW, front and rear (rears had the handbrake designed in the bells) 👍
Please share! I was about to order the carbon ceramics from a F82/F87 to bolt up to my E61 M. But PCCB sounds way more interesting. How difficult and expensive did that project turn out? How well did Porsche parts integrate with the car? Really cool, never heard of someone doing that retrofit.
That's cool, I wanna see that 👍
I put Ceramics from a McLaren SLR up front on my E36 M3 GT back in 2007 :D
Any details you can share James?
@ all you boys, James wanted Chris’s attention and response, not yoll, sorry lads!!!
Two proper car people. Doesn't get better than that.
Chris rationalizes rebuilding the M5's engine by asserting he will then have a new car. Nothing could be further from the truth.
His semi-desperate optimism resonated with me because I've been there. In my mid-20s I was eaten out of house and home by a 1970 E-Type roadster. It took eight months to sink in that I was never going to enjoy owning that car.
Imagine being 25, single, living in a swinging city and swanning around in an E-Type. Sounds ideal, right? If it was a Series 1, it might well have been. But when British Leyland took over production, Jaguar's formerly good reputation for reliability was forever sullied.
Being stranded on the shoulder of a freeway late at night in the driving rain, before cell phones, has a way of diminishing the appeal of even the world's sexiest sports car. By the time I unloaded it I was glad to see it go.
I had a Golf R32 for a couple of years. I enjoyed nothing more than going to the “doctor” to put it up and discuss what needs fixing. There’s something about these car discussions with the mechanic especially when you appreciate every part of the car driving experience and you look forward to making it even better.
Same a new car would bore me to tears
Could listen to Chris natter on about cars for hours. Great stuff.
Niel O and Chris back on the "On Cars" love this stuff, thanks boys 🤪
The genuine car nuttery that is Mr. Harris brings utter joy to me!
Finally, someone talking sense about why the SMG is so good and engaging to drive. Great video as always
I actually always drove my E92 M3 on the stick when on road, felt more interactive. On track I used the paddles (aftermarket ones which were great, but felt silly at 30mph)
I love this thing so much, I could never afford the maintenance so living vicariously through Chris is the next best thing 👌
Honestly, V10, estate car....This thing could be up on blocks 90% of the time and I'd still be DEEPLY in love with it. Also, YES: INTAKE NOISE!! No moaning, droning, vacuum cleaner wooshing noises; let me hear pistons and valves!
Have you owned an unreliable European car? Apparently not. I remember my dad having a great owner experience with his Jaguar Mark 2. But that was before British Leyland. When Car and Driver called the Rover 2000 TC the best sport sedan on the planet, my dad bought one sight unseen. And engineering-wise it was in a class of its own. But it was assembled by workers whose Marxist union leadership told them would go to the people who oppresed them. The car literally fell apart within a year. My dad liked that car so much, thinking its poor reliability was a fluke, he bought another. Same result.
It took the Japanese to shoe the industry how to build a reliable car.
I experienced the misfortune of owning a 1970 Series 2 XK-E.
Proper Chris Harris content 🙏 about a proper car ! More of this please !
I saw the E28 in the end, that is a PROPER car! Will love to see more of it, the original film on it back in the /DRIVE days is probably my favorite video Chris ever made, nice to see it stuck around! Also yes, Enzo is a brilliant name for a dog. Loved that!
Will send this video to a friend tempted by these for how cheap they are to get to 200MPH in 🤣
Had one, a 1987 535 iS-A. Even as an automatic on TRX tires a great car.
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I'm just about to buy my old E28 back and I can't wait! It's no M5, but it's had an M50B25 stuffed in and it's fun!
E28's are underappreciated, I absolutely love them and can't wait to see Chris's video on it.
2:00 Intake noise is SO MUCH better than exhaust noise too, it always sounds cooler.
And you have it when you want it
Once again love the fact that the e60 platform is finally getting some recognition
Darragh truly knows his stuff! And congrats to Chris for his sheer bravery in buying this magnificent machine.
Chris, you are a proper car guy, I hope you continue doing car stuff for a long time, as there are fewer and fewer of "your kind"! Also, you should do a collaboration with @M539 Restorations (YT channel, this guy is doing amazing work), I'm sure he'd make this car perfect! Cheers
That’d be awesome!!!
I love these types of videos. It reminded me of 10 - 14 years ago Drive Channel, which was amazing and the best. Also, I love how Chris called people discussing old and worn parts nerds. He also calls people like that a "sad individual". Love it! Please make more videos like that!
It’s funny you mention how good the sound of the hifi in this car. We have a 2007 335i that’s the same year as this car. Without a doubt it’s one of the best sounding stock audio systems I’ve ever heard. The car is 17+ years old and it sounds way better than the optional/upgraded stereo systems available in new cars now.
Chris back to his old video style. Best out there!! More please 🙏
I absolutely love that Harris gives the true costs. So different to other YT who gloss over costs
Not bashing because I love the content. But as an e60 m5 owner I think he’s under estimating costs here. I know that Intake and plenum from infinity design is £3.5k! I’d say he’s getting free to cheap labour to only be at £10k for all that work! Most of the work he’s done here I’ve also done to mine and I was at £10k just for the intake, rod bearings and control arms. Let alone the clutch and anything else!
@@kylem7457that’s not worth it. Insane costs.
@@jonasbaine3538 I think it’s subjective. It’s. Avery special motor, the CSL never saw production and this part is exactly what BMW had on their CSL prototype. It’s a lot of carbon, well engineered and plays a beautiful tune of an aspirated V10. To me, worth every cent
@@kylem7457 it’s the car appreciating or depreciating in value?
@@jonasbaine3538 appreciating? The fact you have to ask tells me a lot
Chris, the way you describe the SMG is spot on, you need to drive the car to that gearbox, which was for me M & S6 everyday. All those reviews who day the the gearbox is hopeless only drive it in Auto mode (in which is is as they say)
I miss mine, had it for 2 years, flogged it to hell every single day (35000ks) and the only issue i had was throttle actuators, but was expected. Not expected on 2nd day of ownership though.
Avg fuel consumption was at least 21L/100km
21L/100km! Wish I could afford those sorts of bills haha. That's nearly $50 to drive 100km here in Canada. Pretty close to saying it would be worth it in an M5 though.
This is the perfect content. Neil and Chris showing some proper car nerdery
"Get off the f**king ramp" 😂
enzo! 😂
This is what we love to see Harris
Harris is such a funny guy, great to see him unfiltered
Love the mr12volt unit! Glad you got it as well
Old M car restoration videos might be the greatest pleasure on RUclips
We need more content on this !!! thank you
E61 and E28 - a man of taste I see.
This is the content we all need. Its the perfect mix of the good influencers and self professed car anoraks. Loved every second, saving for my own E61 M5 has begun.
Chris makes the best content, he should do it for a living.
Love the ID Intake and plenum, pair that with their equal length headers and you’ve got a properly breathing V10! Also there’s a tonne of options to get CarPlay in these cars but the mr12v is by far the best, it’s the only one that send audio via fiber optic to the amp so the quality is as good as what you’d get in any car today! Love this content!
Wonder how many of these were made? Thank you for helping restore a piece of history!
E28 every time for me just so chuckable,those were indeed the days.
Have the same opening rear windscreen on my 75 Tourer's tailgate - it's been problem-free! 🤪
21 min mark played multiple times, hilarious... woo woo woohoo.... This was great.
I love CH videos like this, they are the best
Chris Harris plus Darragh really is the perfect antidote to the fury and chaos of the world.
More of these videos pls. Love watching Chris. One of the best on cars around.
More videos like this please!!!!!
Love the longer vids.
Love it. Absence of the Car Play is what's been putting me off e60 M5 since forever.
I have to wait 4 more years before transporting it to USA I CANT WAIT!!! 😍😍
This is elite level content, really enjoyed it! More Darragh!
M5 is legendary machine and it will remain that as long as this world exist.
The oil consumption is fucked but then so is the fuel economy.
My ex e46 m54b22 also required 1l oil every month, maybe because ccv was a bit f*ckd. Fuel consumption and power was fine, also no oil puddles on the ground, exhaust wasn't smoking, and always past the emissions @ MoT
My ex e36 m52b28 didn't drink a sip of oil😮 but it had oil catch can instead of oem ccv.
If you listen to the collecting cars podcast he changes oil brand and the consumption is radically reduced.
Love this! I had a saloon I used daily for 4yrs (don’t ask about the fuel 😅) the V10 and SMG was sublime and the haters know nothing.
Biggest car regret is selling it as mine was a minter and good as gold mechanically.
Did a Ring trip in it too and proved it was a genuine 200mph car on the Autobahn as was Evolve tuned.
True masterpiece cars from BMW 😍
Brits are some of my favorite people in the world, their dry sense of humor is just my perfect cup of tea and Mr. Chris Harris is is such a likeabe bloke, I will automatically click on anything he releases here, that's my idea kf entertainment.
I installed mr12volt CarPlay on my 2012 Cayenne Turbo. It’s absolutely the best CarPlay retrofit that I’ve ever had, and I’ve tried three other brands. It uses the fiber optic connection for audio, so it sounds even better than the stock system. High recommended.
Imagine the benefits of NOT owning one of these
im not sure but my dog keeps asking to go 180mph
exactly... even if it was a ferrari i cant stand unreliable anything.... even if it was a gf, if she fails on me she have to go, thats it, lifes to short to have even more problems when u can avoid it and i also own a 5 series of the next gen and it still have alot of made to brake quality german engineering... reality is bmw make more money out of maintenaince that from selling the cars.... and its never a good sign if you have to open the engine bay more than 1 time per year.
@@thepro08 more than once a year? i see you dont know much about cars
You'll need to open it more than that just for screen wash alone @@thepro08
@@thepro08 it's not a Honda civic, it's a road car with a race engine. Of course it requires more maintenance 😂
I converted my SMG M3 E46 to manual myselft, but i like Chris' opinion on the SMG. It's a thing you need to master and learn to get it right. Thats what it makes interesting and thats what i liked about it.
Fabulous machines! 🔥❤🔥 I’ll never forget the howl of the engine, the first time I heard one on the street, when they were new! Thanks for the video! 🎉
More of these please on all the Harris fleet. Love it
PS who doesn’t want to go for a pint and chat about flange
More of this please!! PLEASE!!!!!
Love these videos! Can’t wait to see more and follow Chris’ journey with this amazing car.
Love this car and we need more videos with it. 😎
Superb, looking forward to something similar on the E28.
Infinity Designs also have a lovely set of equal length long tube headers.
Already in production 😊
The e28 M5 is coming back 😄🤘🏻
"Intake noise is the future" - YES... YES... I'm not sure how long I've been saying this... my Corrado VR6 used to rock a BMC CDA airbox and boy that thing made the VR6 really bellow... but the exhaust note remained completely reasonable and not annoying AF for other people. On the E61, I'm not fortunate enough to have an M5 but I do have an E61 520d of a similar vintage and as every year goes by, I love it more and more. Yes it's expensive to keep on the road but I've done a lot of repairs myself which has kept it manageable.. it's a superb car and it's crazy how cheap you can pick them up for these days. Just, as eluded to in this video, they are a bit needy now at this age in terms of maintenance :)
I wish I could hang out with Chris, top bloke
I want one of these so badly! I just know it would be a terrible idea. Currently trawling the classifieds!
Really love these types of videos, honest look over a mega car. I used to have a LS430 and the fuel economy was similar, was lucky to see 20mpg on a good day
That’s a man who gets it. A real car guy. This is the last of the quality built BMWs in my opinion. Still a bit cheap in places, but better than their modern replacements.
I took a similar gamble recently with an E91 330d manual, because I love the way they drive and the practicality of the touring. It’s needed some upkeep, but I’m not homeless yet.
I’ve got a 90’s estate and can echo many of the points/criticisms/positives albeit in a more Scandinavian fashion.. Love an old quick estate. 👍🏻
Absolutely loved my E60 M5 had one for 2 years it was my only car only had a new battery and wheel speed sensor it was a very looked after example when I got it always been on a full BMW warranty
Had a e60 m5 for 3 years and I stand by it being one of the greatest cars ever smg and all its about the theatre and experience on that era of tech and it ticks all the boxs
It’s like watching myself and a friend in our garage, chilling, only with a recorder. And that E28 just sitting there.. my god, what a machines. We just bought a E60 M5 as well and are in the process to buy a 328i convertible with 60.000km on the clock. Can’t wait for both.
We need a follow up video now please with driving impressions after you've had the work done. 🙏
Met Chris at Bicester in January, when he’d recently bought the E6. It was parked nearby and he was very excited about it!
I have a UK E28 M5 and look forward to the next video on DWP - it’s only been 12 years!!
Really enjoyed this vid because of how Chris got on with Darragh. Was a bit of a Green MX5 shaped Elephant in the room in the background too...
Loving the dog just standing watch. \m/
Never stop making these Chris
The "I need to to have a look at my ring" 🤣
But anyway, God I loved these M5's, but yeah, that maintenance is rough unfortunately, and we never got the Touring here, so there's really no point in going through the headache for the sedan 😂
Side note, you know they have manual conversions for those SMGs, right? SMG stays IN the car, just tuning, a manual stick, and a 3rd pedal and connection to the slave pretty much, just like they do with the Ferrari 360s and 430s.
E60s really are the best, I had a manual 530xi and miss that Logic 7 sound system and multi-contour seats (my bolsters adjusted but weren't active), one day I'll return to the E60 fold with and M5...one day!
That was Absolutely Brilliant. ENJOY MANY MORE MILES IN YOUR M5 CHRIS.. The Ultimate M5 Driving Machine😊😊😊👌👌👌
I like 'EverythingM3s' logo.
We need Chris Harris and Sreten from M539Restorations content😮
M539 is a legend 👌🏼
Hands down, the easiest man to listen to talking about cars.
I love videos like this. More of the same please Chris, and more often✌🏾
The new cars are all just crap plastic. That is a proper car! As you say, the seats, engine, tailgate just work. You got me to buy the E91 335i done perfectly for the kids with plenty of power to spare. I want another!
Cool cars. I remember from my 535d e61 days going through all that with the I drive and suspension. Not to mention warped brake discs, thermostat, turbo pipes, new torque converter etc etc.
22:04 is a masterclasses in man mathing
BEST BMW seats are e38 Contours, delicious!
I thought my eyes were going funny and I was seeing drops of some kind of liquid dripping. Glad he said it was the air con 😂😂😂
I really love these kinds of videos! Do more please.
If it makes you feel any better Chris, they did about 12-14 mpg when they were brand new. Fairly certain I specced this car up back in the day when I worked for BMW GB.
Brilliant
awesome
17:07 reminds me of the phrase "Land Rover: Making Mechanics out of Owners since 1948." Smashing video though, and a wonderful car. Health to drive.
Great video l think I would need a job working for the BBC top gear maybe to run that beast 😂 if you sell it keep us viewers in the loop l am interested to see how long you keep it before you fall out of love. 😂 Love this old car stuff better then you showing us a new Porsche or Ferrari, Keep the videos coming 👏🏽👍🏽👊🏽🥂
Great vid - proper car people ❤ love the Tidal in the apple carplay and yes the hifi was peak bmw imo. Amps built by Lear or Alpine from memory...#geekingout
I’ve had a ton of sports and super cars. My e60 M5 v10 was a love hate!!!! I had rare 6MT and it was glorious especially with muffler deletes it sounded insane. However it broke every other drive! As Chris says it’s $2k every time too. Battery went flat out of nowhere & massive pain to replace and reset Ecu. Then the throttle acculaters went out $3k. Then steering angle sensor went and I damn near crashed when I lost steering mid intersection. It’s like that one GF you had that was high maintenance & psycho but damn at times she made you very happy 😂
Great video.Keeping old great cars going is cool. Also, think of the energy/implications you've saved in not creating a new car.
Keeping old great cars going *is* cool, but don't kid yourself.
If you were brave enough to use this as a daily driver, 10,000 miles a year at 14mpg means you'd be emitting about 7.2 tonnes of CO2 a year. That's roughly comparable to the emissions produced when manufacturing an EV (McKinsey estimated between 5 and 10 tonnes of CO2).
A Tesla Model 3, charged on UK grid electricity as of 2023, would cause about 300kg of emissions when driven 10,000 miles.
So after, at most, 18 months of driving, the total emissions from buying a new Tesla would be lower than the M5.
There are a variety of ways in which we'll be able to keep classic cars on the road and mitigate the carbon impact, but they will be much more expensive than keeping an EV as your daily driver and saving the classic car for the weekends.
On the oil consumption. I used 3 to 4 litres of oil on a round trip to Le Mans last year from Milan via Monaco. The average speed was higher than what I’d be comfortable mentioning but I think with a big engine with lots of pistons with some miles on it you’re bound to have some oil usage. I do also have a leaky main seal but whatever. It used to bother me but I don’t let it anymore and it’s only heavy on oil when used at high RPM, it’s pretty good doing to the shops and around town.
Car was Mercedes E55 Kompressor
Coming up on 184k miles on mine!