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An E-Mail to JIMMY from a 2001 M5 Owner..... (archive)
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Posted by JIMMY on March 18, 2001 at 14:04:30:

Hi All:

I just received this e-mail from a 2001 ///M5 owner. I'm very happy about what he wrote about my car. =)

Here is my quesiton..... Do you think this person might have gotton a Lemon and could this case be applied in the State Lemon Law?

============================ Here is the E-Mail =============================
Subj: M5
Date: 3/18/01 8:24:20 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: XXXXXXXXX (XXXXXTechnologies Inc.)
To: happy540i@aol.com

Greetings Jimmy!

You have got one of the best web sites I have ever seen ! Your pictures are stunning !

By dumb luck (Yahoo search), I found it last night. Your site has been of great help to me.

Over the past 4 years we have purchased 6 new BMWs: Z3, M roadsters, 528i, 740il and we just got (4 weeks ago) a 2001M5.

All was well in BMW land for the first 800 miles of the M5s life. At 800+ miles the transmission started making banging and clanking noises when the clutch was engaged or disengaged at low speeds.

I took the car to the dealer and they replaced the tranny with a rebuilt trans (much to my anger). The 'new' trans is louder than the original !

I met with 2 levels of BMW service reps and they told me that there was nothing that BMW could or would do about the problem.

After doing a bunch of research, I discovered that the M5 is really nothing more than a 504i with some work done to the 4.4 liter 540 engine. Most likely bored out a little to achive the 4.9 liter specs. The trans is the 540i 6 speed and cannot handle the additional tourque load of the M5 engine.

I saw the oil that was in the first trans. It looked like a silver pearl paint. The gears and bearings are just getting ground up by the tourque of the engine.

We love BMWs so we are trading the M5 in and ordering a 2001 540i sport with the steptronic. Your web site has been a real eye opener to us. You have demonstrated that you can take a stock 540 and turn it into a faster, stronger car than the M5 for about the same investment.

Any suggestions that you might have to make concerning our project would be greatly appreciated !

Thanks for your effort.

Chris DXXXXXXXXX
===================== End of the E-Mail =============================

Regards,
JIMMY
One Bimmer.Org Member

Click here to see JIMMY's 430HP Dinan Supercharged 540i




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