2006 BMW M5

Sedan

5.0L 4999CC V10 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated

Automatic

wbsnb93556b582937

Salvage

Gasoline

Please read this entire listing before bidding! I have made a YouTube Video of the car. Please click this link to watch it link : I also have a Google Drive Folder that has 107 Pictures of the car Just click this link to watch it link : This car is my dream car! I bought it from a lady in Arizona who was the first owner and drove it here to Texas where I live. I drove it for a few months with no problems at all. In January of 2014 I had the car parked in a warehouse that I was renting. A fire started in the warehouse (the Fire Department could not determine the reason the fire started) and there was significant damage caused to this car. I have included a picture of what the car looked like after the fire. As you can see the whole rear end just basically looks melted, as well as paint damage all over the car from falling debris and heat. Once I was able to get the car out of the warehouse and assess the damage I decided it was worth it to buy the car back from my insurance company and fix it up. I took the car to a shop and had them check it out. The car started right up and there didn't appear to be any motor or power-train damages. I took the car to a reputable body shop in Arlington,TX called Ray's Body Shop and had them do all the body and paint work. I ordered all original BMW parts for them to use including rear bumper, quarter panels, plastic guards, tail pipes, tail lights, and much more. I also took the car to the BMW Dealership here in Fort Worth, TX after all the body and paint work was done. I was experiencing some glitches with the stereo system before the fire, so I decided to have them replace that which was $1500. I also had the dealership do a check up on the entire vehicle and change the fluids. I have spent well over 15 thousand to repair the car and it is in almost perfect condition. Here is a list of everything that I know is wrong with the car. The trunk does not open with the remote or button inside the car (see YouTube Video) The trunk worked fine before the fire, so it must have been something that happened in the fire or when they were doing all the body work on the rear. I haven't looked into seeing how much it would cost to get this fixed but I assume it is something electrical. The only way to open the trunk now is to access the emergency open latch in the trunk through the back seat. The lights above the front sun visors on both sides do not work. The Dome Lights in the front and back do not work. Both rear doors do not lock/unlock with the remote or the button in the car. You have to unlock and lock those doors manually. Plastic cover is missing that goes over the windshield wipers. There is a cover piece on the rear window that covers the tail light that is in the back window, sometimes it falls off and it is not on there good. I don't think that it is broken, maybe it just isn't attached correctly. Also back there the headliner is sagging a little, but its just right in the back where that piece is. (see video) There are a few rock chips on the front bumper. This has only happened twice since I purchased the car, but the radio would not turn on, I had to turn the car off and turn it back on and it worked fine. Again that has only happened twice in the last 6 or 7 months since I have been driving it after the repairs. It does have a Salvage/Rebuilt Title which I own free and clear. I am selling the car because I have decided that I want to get a Nissan GTR and I have too many other toys. If you are close to Fort Worth you are more than welcome to come and take a look at it and take it for a test drive, just send me and email and we'll set up a time. I can help arrange shipping anywhere in the US (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) If you are serious about this car than it would be worth it to read this article from Car and Driver below to really understand just how awesome this car is! Or you can just look it up on YouTube! Happy Bidding! The M5 is, and always has been, the distillation of everything that makes BMW cars special. M division engineers, endowed with a streak of lunacy, take an already great BMW 5-series car and add power, improve its handling, and create a sedan that takes on dedicated sports cars. You get the feeling these guys share a kinship with those fun-loving, society-be-damned types who put a few special ingredients into a still and create moonshine. In this case, it's the new, 500-hp BMW M5, the moonshine of cars.The differences between a regular-production 5-series BMW and the no-holds-barred M5 have never been greater. First and foremost is the new engine. In today's automotive world of economies of scale, mergers, and collaborations, it is rare for an automaker to design an engine that is entirely new, but the 90-degree, 5.0-liter V-10 is an engine that must have skipped kindergarten because it doesn't share any of its parts. The high-revving V-10 was made for the M5 exclusively, and it makes the car feel as special as anything built outside of Maranello.Press the button marked "power" next to the shifter, and you get 500 horsepower at 7750 rpm and 384 pound-feet of torque at 6100 rpm. That's 106 more horsepower than the previous M5's V-8 and 175 more than a 545i's. Don't press the button, and the intake restricts itself to 400 horses. On paper the rpm at which maximum torque is achieved seems a bit high, but variable valve timing and individual throttles for each cylinder allow the engine to enjoy low-end grunt and midrange power. There's almost always enough power on tap to induce midcorner oversteer at the briefest stab of the throttle. The V-10 sounds great, too. Tear away from a city stoplight and run the V-10 to its 8250-rpm redline, and you'll leave nascent car enthusiasts in your wake.Aside from the new engine there is a new transmission-the third generation of BMW's sequential manual gearbox (SMG)-that takes lessons learned from Formula 1 and applies them to the M5. BMW does not offer a conventional manual transmission, and that seems counter to its Ultimate Driving Machine marketing mantra. Although this latest SMG is faster and smoother than ever, a skilled driver could achieve less jerky shifts. You may wonder why there's no conventional manual. It has to do with the way the gears are arranged in the tranny casing. First and second gears, which experience the most abuse and stress, find themselves nestled in the strongest parts of the casing to withstand the violently quick shifts that the SMG can make. The rest of the seven gears are arranged to follow the same logic. If the M5 had a normal shifter, its pattern would be a maze so intricate that even the smartest rats lured by the best cheese would have trouble figuring it out.Since the shifts are governed by electronics, there are different settings that alter shift speed and clutch slip. There's also a fully automatic mode. On the other side of the spectrum is the entertaining launch-control function that allows for maximum acceleration with minimal effort. To trigger launch control, shut off stability control, set the gearbox for the fastest shifts, push the shifter forward, and floor the throttle. What's odd is that you don't need to hold down the brake pedal. When the engine revs rise to 4000 rpm, release the shifter and keep the accelerator pedal floored. Gearchanges are head-bangingly fast and at the perfect rpm, as the program knows exactly when to shift. If there's enough space, the M5 will run to an indicated 168 mph, although BMW claims the governor only allows for 155 mph, still safely within the limits of the Y-rated Continental SportContact 2 tires.It is interesting to note what technology the M engineers had to scrap in order to make the M5 chassis perform. They ditched current 5-series innovations such as active steering, active anti-roll bars, and run-flat tires. In place of the active steering is a passive, mechanically variable ratio that changes imperceptibly once you turn the wheel past a certain point. There are two levels of power-steering assist, light and heavy, that change depending on which damper setting you choose (comfort, normal, or sport). In the softest setting, the dampers take the harshness out of the ride, and the steering is noticeably lighter in that mode.There is so much adjustability to the new M5 that there's a button for programming the driver's preferences into a single setting. Press the M button on the steering wheel, and you get your favorite damper, steering, shift, power, and stability settings.Braking gets an upgrade to keep the M5 in check. Big 14.7-inch rotors in front and 14.6-inchers in back slow the M5 from top speed quickly and without drama. Two-piston calipers clamp the front rotors. The M guys eschewed the fashionable four-, six-, and even eight-piston calipers because, they correctly claim, the effectiveness of the brakes is limited by tire traction, not rotor clamping force.Leather covers nearly every part of the M5's lavish interior, and as with the last generation, buyers will have to choose between luxury (wood and more leather) and sport, which features aluminum accents in place of wood. Both cabins are a huge improvement over the regular 5-series interior and make you feel as if you were in a four-door Ferrari.The M5 required so many platform changes that you can imagine the engineers letting out a collective groan when the latest 5-series appeared at their door for treatment. However, they were given the freedom and money to make their kind of car. What the M5 will cost the public has not yet been set, as this car is still a year away from our shores, but expect the price to start at about $90,000. That's expensive, but the next-cheapest four-seater that provides the M5's dynamic thrills is Ferrari's 612 Scaglietti, and it goes for $260,000. Like moonshine, the M5 provides the same kick for far less money.