I kept all my bills and receipts for work done on the car (always at the dealer) and when I finally let the machine go I decided to spend some time with the calculator. The machine cost on average about $4,600 in maintenance and repairs per year. The total cost for it over the 11 years was $50,480 CDN. E36 1999 M3 Coupe Dakar Yellow/Black Vaders E60 2006 M5 Sepang Bronze Metallic/Light Sepang/Olive Ash E36/8 2000 M Coupe Cosmos Black/Black Leather, Shark, Conforti CAI, B&B Exhaust, H&R, Bilstein. E39 2000 M5 Imola/Black Heritage E46 2005 M3 Coupe ZCP Carbon Black/Black, Eventuri E86 2007 Z4 M Coupe Interlagos/Black/Carbon BMW makes the best and the worst for stop and go traffic. Best: Anything with Autohold Worst: E60 M5 SMG 535 expensive for what you get and make you wish you bought the 550 every year they've made it If you go catless, you can kill a canary in the back seat while sitting in the Texas heat For this year's maintenance, I have fixed the FSR, the hesitation, the loose window, and installed a new rear spring for purely aesthetic reasons. What remains to be done are to fix my almost perfectly working cabin blower with WD40, and replace the rusted screws for my headlights. Total cost around $170 for the year. Almost all initial models of E60 had one common problem, and that was with the new infotainment system. There were several sensors and electronics issues related to it. This issue can appear at any time and it will cost you around $350 in repairs. To replace it completely, one can expect to pay $1000 to $1400. Active Steering System: This was Proper oil needs to be used, and oil changes around 8K kms, proper warm up procedures etc. Things I have replaced personally on the M6. * Bearings - Cost was about 10K, however I did this myself, and would recommend it to noone, rather take it to tunetech. * Actuators - They wear quickly as they are plastic. No 535i/xi in 07. The first year of the 535i/xi is 08. The 530i/xi was in 07. Totally different cars. 08/09 535i/xi is a 300 HP N54 turbo motor, the 530i/xi has the NA N52 255 HP motor. The N52 motor is pretty bullet proof. The N54 engine has had issues associated with it and the fuel suply (HP Fuel Pump). View all 34 consumer vehicle reviews for the Used 2006 BMW M5 on Edmunds, or submit your own review of the 2006 M5. I spent $7000 fixing the transmission problems and just a few months later G8ID.

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