New M5 Owner (archive)

I picked up my E28 M5 on Friday and couldn't be more thrilled. The car I bought is absolutely perfect, but it does run a little hot at low speeds. At one point I got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and the needle climbed a little beyond the 3/4 mark. It was still a couple mm from the red zone, but was a little scary. The previous owner warned me of this and said I might want to install a thermostat that would kick the fan on at a lower temperature or else install a switch that would allow me to manually kick the fan on.

Is this a common problem? I didn't see any posts in the archive, so it doesn't seem so. Which of the above fixes would be best? Any other suggestions?

Anyone know a good ///Mechanic in the NW Atlanta area?

Thanks.

Sean
'88 M5
'76 2002

Follow Ups:

Mechanic recommendation Chris 12:18 8/27/2001 (0)
Re: New M5 Owner GREG 11:57 8/27/2001 (0)
Re: New M5 Owner bailey 11:49 8/27/2001 (2)
- Re: New M5 Owner Sean 12:14 8/27/2001 (1)
  - Re: New M5 Owner Todd Kenyon 20:19 8/27/2001 (0)

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