New Pics of My Car

[StanAE86]

When I was at the BMWCCA Oktoberfest, my car was lucky enough to be singled out for possible magazine publishing in BMW Car. Although I made it into the September issue as a side shot, the picture was cropped and I think the originals looked better. In any case, I got in touch with the original photographer (Erik Eikenberry, Automotive Art Photography) and got a hold of some of the original pictures:

http://img42.exs.cx/img42/2897/199824769HQevHi_fs.th.jpg (http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=199824769HQevHi_fs.jpg) http://img42.exs.cx/img42/4745/199825334jxWiFW_fs.th.jpg (http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=199825334jxWiFW_fs.jpg) http://img42.exs.cx/img42/5227/199826026rVMkjL_fs.th.jpg (http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=199826026rVMkjL_fs.jpg) http://img42.exs.cx/img42/6927/199826583Ustpah_fs.th.jpg (http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=199826583Ustpah_fs.jpg) http://img42.exs.cx/img42/8108/199826998uyxOKc_fs.th.jpg (http://img42.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img42&image=199826998uyxOKc_fs.jpg)


I love my car. :D

[SilviaEvo]

nice pics dude i love your car too

[dingo]

ummm....don't you need the JW custom shot?

[mclaren_Gt]

wow very nice pics
and shure very nice car

i love your car :D

[TT]

The pics are superb, but indeed I think you never provided a custom shot (when you posted the first topic it wasn't mandatory). Would be nice if you can submit one asap :)

http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=124881#124881
and
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=196672#196672

[aks]

nice car man, she must drive like a dream!

[bmwmpower]

best, i love m cars 8)

[marktak]

Still a nice car man, I realy love the older M5 series!!

[StanAE86]

ummm....don't you need the JW custom shot?

Yeah, but everytime I take the car out for a drive, I don't remember to take a picture of the owner's manual. The rest of the time, it sits under a cover in the garage. I'll try to do it later tonight. I remember reading the announcements a while ago, but didn't think I'd post any new pictures of my car...but...ya' got me....

[StanAE86]

TT,

Can you Dload the pictures and put them somewhere? My account at Webshots is limited and I clear out the pictures every-so-often. Thanks.

My Subaru Forester, my GoPed Liquimatic, my Go Kart, my M5:

http://community.webshots.com/album/200176027bJWgeR

[TT]

Uhm.. you can simply upload them on imageshack.us from now on ;) I'm doing it for you and thanks for the key shot ;)

[StanAE86]

Oh...I read the page too fast. I thought I had to register to Uload anything. I guess that's only if you want to Uload multiple pics at once. Lemme give it a try:

http://img88.exs.cx/img88/6539/6284.jpg

http://img88.exs.cx/img88/3270/6285.jpg

Wow...I'm reading the FAQ...that's a great service. Lookie here, everyday I learn something new from this educational message board. :lol:

[Caplax40]

Hey cool! You have one of those SW/// key chains! You get that off of Ebay?







8)

[StanAE86]

Yeah, I got it off EBay. But unfortunately, I got a knock off ///M5 one that turned out to be about $5 more than the genuine SW/// one. I'm such a fool. :lol:

[chest3r]

Nice car!! And those wheels look pretty good :o :wink:

[StanAE86]

Thanks. They're M Parallels. I think "Type 37" in the BMW Wheel catalog.

[StanAE86]

Although I'm not positively sure, the M5 was available with M Parallels only on certain trim levels in the later years. They were 18x8 for all four wheels. The ones I have are off the 7Series and are staggered: 18x8 in front and 18x9.5 in the rear. They have been refinished in "black chrome". Not as shiny bling bling as regular chrome, but still shiny and a little different. Besides the wheels, the upgraded headlights and foglights (projector style) and the Dinan badge, everything is stock in appearance.

The 1991 M5 that I have comes stock with a 3.6L motor with 310hp. I have a Dinan chip and Dinan cam gears for engine enhancements. The suspension is Dinan Stage III. The 286hp you're thinking of is the regular 5Series, 540i.

In 1993, ithe M5 went up to 3.8L with 340hp - a very fast car. However, at 4,000lbs. it is a heavyweight and by today's standards, is only "average" with 0-60 mph of about 6.0. But for its time, like the new E60 M5 coming out, it was cutting edge and the benchmark that all performance sedans were compared to.

Thanks for all the compliments. :D

[DanielW]

Hey cool! You have one of those SW/// key chains! You get that off of Ebay?







8)
haha i remember the sw keychains lol

beautifull m5. looks like a dream.

[StanAE86]

Yeah, that's only for you lucky ones in Europe. In the US, our M3 only came with 240hp for the whole time it was here. There was a slight bump in displacement and torque, but the overall hp rating stayed the same for all 4 years. AND, our motors only had one throttle body versus your motors which got the M trademark of individual throttlebodies for each cylinder. Lucky for us, things have changed for the US and we get what you all get now...almost. :D

[Sachmo12345]

the normal 540 is 282HP... you have my DREAM car do you have any pictures that are 1600x1200 id like to make on my backround

[StanAE86]

Sorry, I don't. I think you can resize everything in Photoshop if you have access to it. Thanks for the compliments... :D

[TT]

Indeed, since they are bigger, you just need to shrink them to fit your desktop Sachmo :)

[BADMIHAI]

I love the car but, for a professional taking them, I'm not so impressed with the pics.

[StanAE86]

Really? I think they're quite good, but then again, I'm probably biased since it's my car and I've never really had any better pictures before that.

[Volk]

man those rims look good on your car. nice :!: :)