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For sale is a well maintained, lower mile, and quite clean example of a late model E39 M5. This is a close friends car that I helped him acquire, and he has asked for me to move it for him to make way for a new toy. I told him he'll regret it, to which his simple response was "I know".

Currently the car is with me in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.

The car is LeMans Blue with the two tone blue/black interior, sitting with 87,2xx miles. She was purchased in November 2012 from an older gentleman who drove the car from his home in New Jersey to his home in the Miami area multiple times a year, so the majority of the mileage is truly highway cruising. The biggest plus was the clutch had been replaced at 75K miles by the previous owner, and though that's the one service record I didn't get from him (he did it at an indy shop instead of the dealer, and lost this receipt), I knew it was the truth right when I drove the car; clutch engagement is super crisp and drives exactly as a fresh one should.

The car makes no vanos noises, non of that secondary carbon....just a smooth running powerful motor that one would expect especially from a 2003

I'm a professional concours level detailer on the side and I brought this paint back to life when he got the car, and have again refreshed it for the next owner (thankfully a lot less work this time around ). Needless to say, you'll be hard pressed to find a better looking LMB M5!

The interior is no less minty than the outside. The seats have minimal wear on the side bolsters, and truly only the steering and shift knob show the age of the car.

I had the wheels refinished when he acquired the car, so they are absolutely minty and are shod in tires with 7-8/32nds of tread depth. No curbs, not even any chips honestly.

The only damage other than expected rock chips and the occasional ding is on the front bumper; he was parking and got the front end just a bit too far into the overly tall curb, which cracked the lowest portion of the front bumper on the passenger side, and took the underplastic and exterior temperature sensor with it. Hard to notice unless you have the car on a lift.

VIN: WBSDE93473CF92632

Here's a list of many of the maintenance stuffs done to the car that I have records for:
89k-Fuel Pump changed
86K-Oil changed
82K-Oil changed
80K-Fan Clutch Replaced
78K-Front wheel replaced, oil filter canister mounts replaced, oil changed
74K-Oil changed
67K-Front pads and rotors, thermostat, sunroof cassette assembly, front thrust arm bushings, oil changed

The car throws an intermittent P1118 code for dirty MAF sensor. I cleaned the sensors and the light went away, but they need cleaning again (very simple DIY job) since the SES is currently on.

Modifications wise, the car only has very minor things:
-BnB Axle Back Mufflers (here is a sound clip from youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28rX-gidi5o)
-DICE MediaBridge Bluetooth

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