Used Car of The Day: 2008 BMW M5

by Tim Healey

Published: December 21st, 2023

Today we're going German with a 15-year-old sedan that ticks a lot of boxes -- powerful, handles well, and offers a manual transmission. It's a 2008 BMW M5.

Apparently this particular version is one of only 1,400 made, and one of fewer than 10 in this color with a stick shift.

The seller says its fully loaded with things like cooled seats, automatic high beams, head-up display, rear airbags, and a heated steering wheel.

The seller says there are about 90K miles on the clock and that the car has been well-maintained, with "newer" brakes and up-to-date iDrive. The tires are Michelin PS4S in "great" condition. The seller indicates that there have been no major issues.

The ask for this car is $34,900 and it's in Seattle.

Click here to see it.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ChristianWimmer on Dec 21, 2023

Wasn’t the manual transmission on these pretty awful? Or was that the case on the successor model?

A friend of mine in Cologne has the basic 530i Automatic with about 300,000 km. Drives all over the country with it and like me is a speed freak on the Autobahn.

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- IBx1 on Dec 22, 2023
  
  There’s no such thing as a bad manual transmission
  
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Lou_BC on Dec 21, 2023

Seller a fan of Tony the Tiger?

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