Used Car of the Day: 2002 BMW M5 Dinan

by Tim Healey

Published: February 16th, 2024

Today we head to Florida for this Tampa-based 2002 BMW M5 Dinan.

It appears to have been well-maintained with a lot of Dinan bits, including exhaust, cold-air intake, and chip. There's also a short-throw shifter and upgraded sound system.

It's a stick with 140,000 miles on the clock.

There's not much to add here -- though the buzzword-heavy ad copy is worth a read, I think our seller might have a day job in automotive PR -- so click over and scroll through.

The ask is $24,000.

[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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ToolGuy on Feb 16, 2024

This one is rather appealing, must be a trap.

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Fed65767768 on Feb 16, 2024

Once again, Lazy Tin presents us with a Teutonic money pit. Do better, you somnolent sod.

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