We Bought the Untouched E39 BMW M5

Spike's Car Radio

Spike Feresten

Leisure, Automotive

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Zuckerman just scored a unicorn—a Dakar Yellow E39 BMW M5 with only 633 ORIGINAL MILES! Spike, Zuckerman, and guest Drew Leslie from EAG break down the absurd negotiation process, the restoration challenges, and whether this car is too perfect to drive. Plus, Spike dishes on his Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid road trip, the auction of his ‘66 Triumph Bonneville, and Jonny S on the Moda Miami car scene. _____________________________________________________ 🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage Get 15% off plus free shipping with code SPIKE911 https://RaceDeck.com 📻 Listen to DRIVE with Jim Farley Check out the new season of the Ford CEO's car podcast! https://lnk.to/drivewithjimfarleyPS!spikescarradio 🍽️ EveryPlate - America's Best Value Meal Kit! Get 50% off your first box with code SPIKE50 https://everyplate.com/podcast 🗢 BlueChew - Get Bricked Up Get your first month free with code SPIKE911 https://BlueChew.com 🏎️ Win a Porsche 911 Get 10% off with promo code SPIKE10 at https://000magazine.com and enter to win 000 Magazine's custom Porsche 911 Turbo S! _____________________________________________________ Zuckerman’s M5 is one of the rarest in existence, but is it meant to stay in a garage or hit the road? Drew Leslie walks us through EAG’s meticulous inspection process, from sourcing impossible-to-find OEM parts to adding Eventuri intakes. The crew debates originality vs. performance upgrades, breaks down the Moda Miami car show, and roasts Mercedes-Maybach's latest indulgence—the EQS 680 SUV. Plus, a listener in Newfoundland has a bizarre request, and Spike announces Ford CEO Jim Farley as next week's guest. _____________________________________________________ 📧 To advertise with Spike’s Car Radio, contact Club Road Associates: [email protected] 🌐 https://www.clubroadassociates.com Produced by Skyview Entertainment & Q6 Media https://q6.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good news. You've just found a 25-year-old E-39 with 633 miles. Bad news? We've got to get it back on the road, and we're going to find out what it takes.
0:14.6	And here we are, gentlemen. Again, the show before the show, always entertaining. Let me set the table, Zuckerman, if I can.
0:23.4	And by the way, we have a guest here who I will introduce momentarily.
0:28.2	But it was what, maybe six months ago, that I was having my BMW awakening, driving many of your beautiful cars, right?
0:37.3	And in that in that awakening,
0:40.3	I drove your 2001 BMW M5, your white car. Correct. Your beloved car. Right. And it was calling
0:47.7	you saying, this is, this is great. I'm starting to see what you really love about this thing.
0:51.5	And somehow in my travels, I find this
0:54.7	Dakar Yellow M5. Now, I didn't find it. It's a storied car that's been talked about in the
1:00.9	BMW community forever because it is brand new old stock BMW M5, E39 from the year 2000,
1:10.0	with 633 original miles on it.
1:13.4	And I pitched it to you in the audio show, remember, with Johnny?
1:17.2	And I said, do you know this car?
1:18.9	You said, I'm aware of this car.
1:21.2	It was priced at $270,000.
1:23.9	$280,000.
1:25.5	Right.
1:26.2	And we talked about there's no other person for this car than Zuckerman. He's probably only got two summers left.
1:32.3	And he's worked his whole life. And it's like uncorking a rare bottle of wine. There's nobody, in my opinion, that deserve this car more than you. And you bought it.
1:43.7	It was surprising what
1:45.8	it was when we were doing the radio show the audio show you walked into my house and it was pre-show
1:53.2	you walked into the yellow kitchen yes and you said to me you're going to buy this car and and frankly
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