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Weekend Road Rally With Friends

Recently  I had the privilege of being invited on a weekend drive with many customers of my friend Chris Germana, owner of the independent shop I take the Beast to – called Motor Werke here in Kelowna.
The drive was about 3 hours in length and took us down to Penticton from the West Side, over [...]

June 28th, 2010 | Brooks | 1 comment | Continued
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Dinan S2 E39 M5 Video

A new video has been added to the Private Members area of the M5 Video Guide.  It is a video about a very special 2003 Dinan S2 E39 M5 with some other very cool and useful modifications including:
* Front and back cameras you can watch on the nav screen
* Removable subwoofer
* Stop Tech Big Brake [...]

June 4th, 2010 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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E39 M5 Oil Change How To

I’ve just added a new video to the Guide on how to change you own oil either with the ol’ school method or the top side method on the E39 M5.
There are pros and cons to boths oil change methods as you’ll learn in this video.  Had I just done a topside oil change, I [...]

April 14th, 2010 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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New Video Added – Buying The E39 M5

Just a quick note that I’ve just added a new video to the M5 Video Guide, titled…you guessed it: “Buying the E39 M5″ It is about 10 minutes long and covers the key places to look for the Beast, in addition to some time tested tips for inspection, service history tools and some other useful [...]

March 24th, 2010 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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New BMW E39 M5 Enthusiast Site

The site BMW E39 M5.net appears to be focused exclusively on our favorite car!   As of this writing, there are not many pages, but the content is solid.  Does the world REALLY need another site about the Beast?  I guess so…
What else could be said about the best 4 door car ever made [...]

January 18th, 2010 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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Polishing E39 M5 Exhaust Tips

It doesn’t take long in crappy weather or the winter time for your exhaust tips on the E39 M5 to start lookin’ ugly.  Recently I took it upon myself to clean them up and get them back to looking new.
Below is a picture of them before and after – and the full project is outlined [...]

January 3rd, 2010 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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Meet Chris Brady And His 2002 Oxford Green E39 M5

Recently I had the chance to catch up with one of the M5 Video Guide customers on the east coast of the USA and learn more about his recently purchased e39 m5 in addition to his interesting work at the Pentagon with the United States Government.
The text below is a transcript of the interview which [...]

December 31st, 2009 | Brooks | 2 comments | Continued
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A Review of TOPBMWsites.com

I came across this site that has some links to other useful 5 Series and E39 M5/ M5 sites.  It’s run by Strictly Cars and is focused on BMW’s only – so it’s not a spammy site.   It’s called TopBMWSites.com and it’s worth a visit.
The thing that I liked about the site is that you [...]

December 21st, 2009 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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Top Tips For Buying The E39 M5

There are a few key areas in the E39 M5 that you should know about if you’re considering buying what is probably, to this date, still the BEST 4 door car on the planet. Find me a car with 400 horsepower, the style, class and reliability of the BMW brand for under 25k. Can you?

The E39 M5 is officially a classic in my books. It is a cult car and will [...]

December 8th, 2009 | Brooks | 1 comment | Continued
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Looking for the full specs on the Dinan E39 m5? It is here…

Ok – I’m just gonna say it – I love Dinan!  The brand rocks.  First of all – it was unheard of that they came out with a modification package that kept the full warranty in place for not only the e39 m5, but all cars they mod.  Second (and this has been said before) [...]

November 20th, 2009 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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