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Originally Posted by Zba

If you are concerned with the difference in maintenance costs between an SMG and a manual, maybe the M5 is not the car for you. I see this with P-cars all the time: The price is reasonable to get into one, but once they come in for their first $1500 service, they can't do it and the car eventually falls to shit. I believe the oil service is going to be in the neighborhood of $200 if not more.

I don't know you or your personal finance situation, but regardless of whether or not it's a SMG or a manual, it's going to be a maintenance pig. It's a V10, it's a BMW, and for crimminy, it's an M!

This does post does not reflect the awesomeness of a V10 M5, or maybe it does!

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